"London, 1887. At
the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid
women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious
Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task--saving
society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Ramsforth, accused of
the brutal murder of his mistress, Artemisia, will face the hangman's
noose in a week's time if the real killer is not found.
But Lady
Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is
only the first of many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her
natural-historian colleague, Stoker, Veronica races against time to find
the true murderer. From a Bohemian artists' colony to a royal palace to
a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves
to be a very perilous undertaking indeed"--Goodreads blurb
The 2nd book in this series did not succumb to the slump that so many second-in-a-series books do. Finding the true murderer brings Veronica and Stoker closer, and also puts them in some very hilarious situations. Well-written and fast paced, I am once again clamoring for the next book in the series.
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