The Man in the Shadows

Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham of the Worlds End Bureau are back with the third episode in this Victorian private investigation series. The agency is on firmer footing now but they are both bemoaning the fact of having a constant flow of cheating spouses to track instead of cases that would be more......more

Another sound entry in this series. This is my favourite series by Alys Clare. This story involves a miscarriage of justice and in a different case, Russian immigres escaping the pogroms for a safer life. Lily and Felix split up to solve these cases and both come to a successful conclusion. Many tha......more

August 1881. After a series of divorce cases the World's End Bureau get two new cases. Firstly they are approached by the Reverend James Jellicote to find a missing Russian Jewish refugee fleeing with his family from the pogroms, who had recently arrived in London. A job for Lily Raynor. And that of......more

I would like to thank Netgalley and Severn House Publishers for an advance copy of The Man in the Shadows, the third novel to feature Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham of the World’s End Enquiry Bureau, set in London in 1881. The Bureau is starting to have some success, but Lily and Felix are getting f......more

Probably 2.5 stars, but I'm a bit cranky about this one, and while it's competently written, I didn't really enjoy reading it. Look, the reason I read cozy mysteries is because I want to see characters interact. In this one, the World's End Bureau gets two cases, and Lily and Felix essentially divid......more