Blurb:
Can
Fiona catch a killer and find a decent cup of tea before her mustache wax melts?
1917.
New York.
Notorious
spy, Fredrick Fredricks, has invited Fiona to Carnegie Hall to hear a famous
soprano. It’s an opportunity the War Office can’t turn down. Fiona and Clifford
are soon on their way, but not before Fiona is saddled with chaperon duties for
Captain Hall’s niece. Is Fiona a spy or a glorified babysitter?
From
the minute Fiona meets the soprano aboard the RMS Adriatic it’s treble on the
high C’s. Fiona sees something—or someone—thrown overboard, and then she
overhears a chemist plotting in German with one of her own countrymen!
And
the trouble doesn’t stop when they disembark. Soon Fiona is doing time with a
group of suffragettes and investigating America’s most impressive inventor
Thomas Edison.
When
her number one suspect turns up dead at the opera and Fredrick Fredricks is
caught red-handed, it looks like it’s finally curtains for the notorious spy.
But
all the evidence points to his innocence. Will Fiona change her tune and clear
her nemesis’ name? Or will she do her duty? And just what is she going to do
with the pesky Kitty Lane? Not to mention swoon-worthy Archie Somersby . . .
If
Fiona’s going to come out on top, she’s going to have to make the most
difficult decision of her life: the choice between her head and her heart.
My review:
It’s 1917
England is fighting WWI but though America has committed to joining the war
effort they have yet to fire a single bullet. This historical mystery drops famous
names of the era like leaves from a tree. Fiona has to deal with the misogyny
of the time while trying to the follow notorious
spy Fredrick Fredricks. This assignment takes her to New York City where apparently
they can’t make a cup of tea and they call biscuits cookies. Fiona is an
intriguing character and the mystery was engaging. I look forward to further
adventures.
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