🎙🎙 Narrated by Naomi Frederick 🎙🎙
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"Fiercely independent Mabel Canning can’t wait to begin working for the Useful Women’s Agency. But when she discovers a body on her client’s doorstep, it’s time to add solving murders to her job description…
London, 1921: Mabel Canning is proud to be a modern woman working for the Useful Women’s Agency, carrying out tasks for gentlewomen from flower arranging to washing muddy dogs. But when she answers the door for wealthy widow Rosalind Despard, she almost chokes on her cucumber sandwich when she finds a soldier’s body on the doorstep.
As she offers tea to the policemen of Scotland Yard, Mabel can’t resist getting drawn into the investigation. Who was the mysterious dead man? And why was he holding a letter for Rosalind, written by her husband on the day he disappeared?
As Mabel hunts for clues, she joins forces with Rosalind’s handsome brother, former detective Park Winstone, and his adorable terrier, Gladys. But when Mabel suspects she is being followed, the detective duo know that time is running out before the killer strikes again.
As she investigates, Mabel discovers dusty old photographs that help her reveal the soldier’s true identity. But as she gets closer to uncovering the young man’s murderer, she knows she’s also one step closer to danger... Can she outsmart the killer and save Park and Rosalind before they also turn up dead as doornails?"
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I listened to the audiobook of this book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a cosy murder mystery set in 1920's London that kept me guessing and intrigued from the start.
The author has created a fantastic character in Mabel Canning; she is strong, independent but not afraid of accepting help when it's needed and when a dead man literally falls at her feet whilst she is assisting at a wake for the Useful Women's Agency, so begins Mabel's foray into the world of investigation whilst juggling various jobs for the Agency.
This book is full of fantastic characters and the setting is vividly described putting you right there in that time period. The plot is intriguing and the pace was perfect for me especially as it was an audiobook. I found it easy to get back into the story when I had to take a break from listening ... due to work getting in the way!!!
Overall, a really good start to a new series and one that I am looking forward to seeing how the characters develop further and where it takes me. Thanks must go to the author, Bookouture Audio and NetGalley for enabling me to listen to and share my thoughts of this promising new series.
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