Deadly Scandal

Name: Deadly Scandal
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Kate Parker
ISBN: 9781541470439

Author: Kate Parker

Series: The Deadly Series #1

Narrator: Henrietta Meire

Unabridged: 8 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/28/2017

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Olivia Denis is a content young wife with a carefree life in late 1930s London. Then her world is shattered with the violent death of her husband, Reggie. The police want to call it a suicide and close the case, but Olivia knows Reggie couldn't possibly have fired the fatal shot.
Further mysteries surface surrounding her husband's death. Did the trustworthy Foreign Office employee betray government secrets? Was his murder linked to the death of a German embassy clerk the same night? And who searched their flat?

Her desire for answers and her need to support herself cause her to break away from the pampered life she's known and take a job. But with the much-needed paycheck as a society reporter for a newspaper comes a secret secondary assignment—one that involves her in the increasingly dangerous world of European politics as the continent slides toward war.

About Kate Parker

Growing up in a family of mystery readers, Kate Parker read Agatha Christie while her classmates read Dick and Jane. To this day, she can't see a routine place or event without cloaking it in mystery, complete with a dead body. Kate is fascinated with brooding historic buildings in Great Britain and Europe and the people who once inhabited them. This led her to create characters from other times to live, commit crimes, and seek justice in these beautiful old towns. She began writing to allow the cozy thrillers lurking in her brain to have their own existence. Kate is the author of the Victorian Bookshop Mysteries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andree on January 10, 2018

2.5 stars, but I rounded up. Mostly because there's nothing really wrong with this, it's more that everything felt slightly off. The prose felt slightly clunky. I didn't really love any of the characters. The romance felt somewhat rushed (although sometimes it did actually work). The setting is basi......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on April 09, 2020

This is such an entertaining mystery! Fast paced with lots of action, a gutsy sleuth, suspicious characters, wonderful 1930s London setting, pre-WWII political intrigue, and just the right touch of romance to keep the pages turning! Great fun and a great introduction to the Deadly Series.......more

Goodreads review by M. on September 22, 2016

I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed this. Writing, plotting, character and historical atmosphere were all superb. Kate, the protagonist, is newly widowed on page one. She's smart and resourceful and authentic for her time frame. The mystery twists and turns through pre-WW II London with its o......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on January 29, 2021

I love historical mysteries! This one is a pip! Lots of red herrings, kept me guessing until the end.......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on March 27, 2018

A new-to-me author! This is the first of a series set in late 1930s England. The protagonist is Olivia Denis, an upper middle class housewife whose husband works in the Foreign Office. When he is killed, the police think it was suicide, but Livvy knows Reggie would never have killed himself. She det......more