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Ladies and Phalluses and Killers and Artists

September 1, 2017 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Ellepkay won a A Perilous Undertaking as a set of CDs, but discovered that she already had a copy. She offered the CDs, and I gladly took her up on her offer. The audio version was about 12 1/2 hours, and I listened to it over two days. It was an entertaining listen. The narrator, Angele Masters, did a good job of portraying the energy of the book. If it’s set in Victorian London, there must be a salacious sex subplot. We assume, don’t we, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: A Perilous Undertaking, Deanna Raybourn, Ellepkay, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian London

Emmalita's CBR9 Review No:88 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: A Perilous Undertaking, Deanna Raybourn, Ellepkay, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian London ·
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You are the Most Dangerous Person in the British Empire

August 19, 2017 by Emmalita 3 Comments

A few weeks ago in the Facebook group (Cannonball Read Book Chat), Ellepkay offered an audio copy of Deanna Raybourn’s A Perilous Undertaking. I said, “yes, please.” A Perilous Undertaking is the second of Raybourn’s Veronica Speedwell Mysteries. Naturally, I had to read the first book first. A curious Beginning is only $2.99 on Amazon Kindle. I highly recommend it. I spent the first third of this book alternately delighted and annoyed by Miss Veronica Speedwell. Eventually I settled into delight. I was initially annoyed that Veronica […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Deanna Raybourn, Ellepkay, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian London

Emmalita's CBR9 Review No:86 · Genres: Mystery, Romance · Tags: Deanna Raybourn, Ellepkay, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian London ·
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