Veronica Speedwell Mystery A Perilous Undertaking, Book 2, (Paperback)

from yonitdm

The laugh out loud moments I enjoyed from the first volume came along on this second mystery. I love the characters, both the two amateur investigators and the supporting cast of suspects, friends, foils, etc. The author has doubled down on Veronica's openness about her sexual escapades and I fel...

from les121

A Perilous Undertaking contains everything I loved about A Curious Beginning and more. Veronica and Stoker again find themselves on the trail of a murderer, and as they try to untangle the mystery, they stumble into some dangerous - and hilarious - situations. The perfect blend of excitement, hum...

from jamespurcell

Speedwell and Stoker undertake, for a Princess Royal, a mission to prove the innocence of a man about to be hanged for murder. These quite interesting characters go about it in a seemingly random but entertaining fashion, Another good series from D Raybourn.

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Synopsis: London, 1887. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task—saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Ramsforth, a...

from khinman7

Just what the doctor ordered... an improvement from the first episode, here we find Stoker and Speedwell back again for more adventures. Though maybe a bit light on plot, I found this book to be better organized than the first (if rather predictable). What makes this a four star book isn't the pl...