A Pretty Deceit

I continue to enjoy this series with great characters, various interesting settings, and the time period after WWI. All the characters are living in the post war trauma that is known for veterans and their families and friends. Verity, a former intelligence officer with the British Secret Service, a......more

When ex British intelligence agent Verity Kent is summoned by her aunt to figure out what’s going on at the family estate, she finds artwork forged and valuable heirlooms stolen among a number of strange happenings with links to a bigger, much more sinister, problem. As Verity gets closer to the tru......more

Take one part Amelia Peabody, add a dash of Tommy and Tuppence, shake, and add Moriarty and a healthy dose of Sherlock Holmes, and you have Verity Kent and her dashing war hero Sidney. Not that Verity doesn’t have her own skill set as a former Secret Service Agent for the British government during t......more

Loved this fourth in the Verity Kent mystery series! Dug the characters, especially Verity (a female WWI spy!), and her husband, once thought lost in the conflict. The narrative’s elegant style, careful attention to historical detail, and clever twists kept me rapt. Is a servant really missing from......more

A slow start, coupled with an unnecessarily convoluted plot made for a less than excellent read. I hate the recurring villain storyline, even though that story arc was ultimately more interesting than the other aspects of the plot. Verity’s former lover made for an interesting return, but that could......more