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Keira,her husband,Sebastian,& infant daughter,Emma, join Lord Gage,Sebastian‘s father,on an unexpected journey to the Cornish coast.After 50 years of no contact, Lord Gage has been summoned by his estranged family to uncover the murderer of his uncle.When they arrive,they discover they‘ve been tricked into coming, & that there is no one to trust among this family of smugglers & thieves.Mystified,they struggle to uncover what purpose they serve.

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Starting this tonight.

This is the first Sparks & Bainbridge mystery that I‘ve read, so I was playing catch-up with the characters. That aside, it was a very enjoyable read. Set in postwar London, the titular characters are trying tie a new crime to an old series of robberies. The plot is pleasingly complicated, the history well drawn and the characters are interesting. The only bad news is that I now have a new back list to read, but I‘m looking forward to them.

Kat's friend Joanna's husband, Sam, is suspected of embezzling from the bank where he works. Kat swings into action with her friends to prove Sam's innocence.

The real embezzler was fairly obvious almost from the start but the mystery of Dan's origins gets deeper. And we definitely need more of an epilogue - it's not clear whether Sam was reinstated.

A woman's body is found in the Thames and she appears to be mixed up in a German spy ring. Major Ramsey is forced to call on Ellie's expertise when her uncle is unavailable. This is a decent historical mystery/espionage novel. I do still really love Ellie, her family, and Major Ramsey. However, the love triangle subtext is annoying. I'll keep going with the series, but I hope this nonsense of Felix vs Major Ramsey gets settled in book 3.

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I read a lot in July, I started the Lumberjanes GNs that month. I love the Lady Sherlock series, so the tagged wins out for the month. #12booksof2024 @Andrew65

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Book 3 of the Saffron Everleigh series, my third & final #Roll100 book for December & probably my last finished book of 2024 since it‘s 10:30 PM. I struggled a bit with this one & all the characters, but I really enjoy Saffron, her roommate & her colleague/love interest. The science & the 1920s London setting are great too. I find I really enjoy historical mysteries, ⬇️

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Doing some breakfast & coffeeshop reading before running errands on this NYE day. Tonight I‘ll be shutting myself in the house away from fireworks smoke as all good asthmatics with a sinus thing should do. 😷😮‍💨🤧😉

I‘m starting this one, my third #Roll100 pick but doubt I‘ll get it done before tomorrow.

My only 5⭐️ book in April ‘24 was the tagged historical mystery, an entry in a series that I love but which is coming to an end with the next book. Say it ain‘t so! 😩😩

The other 3 books were close runners-up with the Marsons book being the start of the 2024 “Kim Stone Spree” for me. 😂😂

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