Her entry begins:The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gower: loved this. It’s set in Georgian London (one of my favourite periods) and it’s full of lush period detail that really brings that world alive. And of course there are mermaids too, so that makes it...[read on]About England Expects, from the publisher:
Dangers abound in 1950s Brighton as former Secret Service operative Mirabelle Bevan cuts to the chase to solve multiple murders...Visit Sara Sheridan's website.
When sportswriter Joey Gillingham stops off at a Brighton barbershop for a shave and a trim, he gets more than he bargained for—a slashed throat. The journalist's next headline story in the paper is his obituary.
With the ghastly murder the talk of the seaside town, Mirabelle and her close friend and coworker Vesta Churchill find themselves irresistibly drawn to the case. Rumors of thenewspaperman being a member of the freemasons lead the ladies to the group’s local lodge, where they happen upon a cleaning lady in the throes of poisoning. Are the two deaths related? The common thread seems to connect to the secret society.
Despite being warned off by Superintendent McGregor, the fearless friends continue to investigate, breaking into an abandoned royal residence in Brighton and following a trail of clues to a Cambridge college and bizarre masonic rituals.
To beard the lion in his own den, Mirabelle and Vesta will need to walk the razor's edge—but with desperate characters and more bodies turning up, it's going to be a close shave...
My Book, The Movie: England Expects.
The Page 69 Test: England Expects.
Writers Read: Sara Sheridan.
--Marshal Zeringue
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