The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Dia..., T E Kinsey
The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Dia..., T E Kinsey
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The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds

Author: T E Kinsey

Narrator: Simon Mattacks, Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2021

Synopsis

Missing diamonds. Mysterious deaths. And all that jazz.London, 1925. With their band the Dizzy Heights, jazz musicians Ivor ‘Skins’ Maloney and Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Dunn are used to improvising as they play the Charleston for flappers and toffs, but things are about to take a surprising turn.Superintendent Sunderland has had word that a deserter who stole a fortune in diamonds as he fled the war is a member of the Aristippus private members’ club in Mayfair—where the Dizzy Heights have a residency. And the thief is planning to steal a hoard of jewels hidden there under the cover of a dance contest.As mutual pal Lady Hardcastle has suggested, Skins and Dunn are perfectly placed to be Sunderland’s eyes and ears—and Skins’s wife Ellie soon lends a hand with a bit of light snooping. But the stakes change dramatically when a mysterious death at the club brings a sinister note to the investigation.With the dance contest fast approaching, the trio must solve the mystery of the missing diamonds, unmask the murderer, and prevent more deadly crimes—all without missing a beat.

About T E Kinsey

T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at Bristol University. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. After helping to raise three children, learning to scuba dive, and to play the drums and the mandolin (though never, disappointingly, all at the same time), he decided the time was right to get back to writing. The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds is the first novel in the Dizzy Heights series, which follows on from his Lady Hardcastle Mystery series. His website is at tekinsey.uk and you can follow him on Twitter—@tekinsey—as well as on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tekinsey.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on May 07, 2021

The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T. E. Kinsey brings to life 1925 London. The country is recovering from the war and escapism from the devastation comes with jazz music, dancing, and excellent company. This is the first book in the Dizzy Heights Mystery series and is a spin-off seri......more

Goodreads review by Khurram on August 22, 2021

More of a warm band family than a mystery. A very enjoyable read. This is not my usual sort of book but I am very glad I got a chance to read it. It was great to have a hook set in london, and like the author Wood Green has a ver nostalgic place in my heart. The mystery aspect of the book is a distant......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on April 07, 2021

So fun to read this wonderful spin-off series from author T.E. Kinsey! Although the indomitable Emily, Lady Hardcastle and her sassy maid Florence Armstrong do put in an appearance, the main attractions — and sleuths — are drummer Ivor “Skins” Maloney, bass player Barty Dunn and Maloney’s American w......more

Goodreads review by Kylea on March 04, 2021

It would seem the author got caught up in his humorous characters, witty banter, and comical scenes, and forgot to focus on building suspense or creating a believable mystery. The mystery part of the book falls flat and so the book is disappointing even though the characters had me laughing and the......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on October 10, 2022

The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds I both read and listened to this book, but omuch preferred listening to narrators Simon Mattacks and Elizabeth Knowelden bring the quirky characters to life. I had already read the 2nd book in the series so knew the primary characters—jazz musicians in a ba......more

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