pickI originally borrowed this for my Nana (1940‘s Sydney, Lady Private Eye seemed like a slam dunk) but she gave it back to me because she “had too many books and was busy” 🤨 and so I ended up reading it and loved it - so I gave it back to her - and SHE LOVED IT! She confided in me that she read past her bedtime because it was just that good!
pickBillie is a great character, brave, compassionate, hurting from her wartime experiences and losses but putting her best foot forward and doing her best to revive her fathers private inquiry business - the case seems straightforward at first but it soon becomes apparent that it is anything but. By the time Billie uses her hat pin to take down a guy who comes to warn her off the case I was both 🥳 & 😫! Also why don‘t we wear hats anymore?!
‘He looks a lot more like a body rolled in a rug than I was hoping,‘ Ella observed quietly as she and Alma inspected their handiwork. ‘Let‘s hope we don‘t run into any neighbours or the next residents‘ meeting will be hell.‘
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