Lady Emily Mysteries: Death in the Floating City (Hardcover)

from jennybeast

Oooooh, this one really gelled for me -- the combination of Venice's potent and beautiful setting and the medieval romance that unfolds against the backdrop of an unexpected death. I'm intrigued to see what happens after this, given the fallout from this installation in Lady's Emily's life.

from jamespurcell

Good entry in this series. Quite successfully wove the thread of an ancient mystery with the warp of a recent murder. Excellent main protagonists supported by an appropriately Venetian local cast. Stirred the social undercurrents of the good life of the rich and the difficult existence of those w...

from Schlyne

An enjoyable duo of detectives, set in the turn of the century. However, you follow lady Emily more than her husband as she solves crimes, this time in the city of venice. This is the first one of the series that I have read and I look forward to reading more.

from justabookreader

Lady Emily Hargreaves, accompanied by her husband Colin, is on her way to Venice to help a childhood friend named Emma Callum. A better description would be a childhood nemesis --- Emily and Emma were not exactly the best of friends as children and Emily did her best to distance herself from Emma...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

Well dang: I knew this was familiar.... I recognized a good portion of the story, but I'm not sorry that I read it again. Lady Emily & Colin are called to Venice by an childhood enemy of Emily's to help solve the murder of her father-in-law & find her missing husband. There is a tale of forbidd...