Brilliant to find such a wonderful new author

I didn't have many expectations of this book when I bought it, but I am really pleased that I took the plunge. Brilliant characters, brilliant story, super narration! I am now eagerly awaiting the Audible version of the second in the series

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A good listen

A thoroughly satisfying read, attractive, likeable characters,
I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.

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Brilliant book

I loved the book but was disappointed with the narrator. I thoroughly recommend it, nevertheless. Georgia Clarke is a brilliant novelist.

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fantastic new series!!

A brilliant piece of writing from Georgina Clarke.
An unlikely partnership between a bow street runner and a prostitute is needed to find a cold blooded murderer. Lizzie is a sharp witted, sassy heroine who has no difficulty in jumping into the fray in order to find justice for her friend. Constable William Davenport plays Watson to her Holmes and comes in handy when some brawn is needed. He's an astute and likeable character. He also has tragedy in his past which instantly evokes sympathy for him. I loved how his friendship with Lizzie developed in this book and I can't wait to see how it evolves as the series progresses.

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Excellent insight into life in London.

Well told with a lighter slant on the life of working women in Soho and how they fell into that way of life.

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good story, narration could be improved

I really enjoyed the story - it's absorbing and light-hearted. However, I found the narrator irritating and I took a while to get used to her. While her voice is pleasant, she employs too much intonation, with the stress usually on the wrong words. I look forward to listening to the second book, and I hope that the change of narrator is an improvement.

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Wow! Fabulous book from start to finish!

I have listened to many books on Audible, but I can honestly say this is one of the BEST credits I have ever spent!!

The story runs at a fabulous pace from start to finish and I was genuinely left still guessing the villain, all the way up until they were revealed!

The author Georgina Clarke, delivers a great murder mystery from a completely new angle and the heroine is without doubt the best “leading lady” I have ever encountered in a book.

I rarely write an actual review and never one this long! Lol but I genuinely can not recommend this book enough!

The cherry on the cake has also to be, the narrator Claire Trusson, who I’ve just listened to for the very first time, she breathed life in to every single character so superbly, that I became totally absorbed into every believable person she voiced.

It’s 3am! And I’m giving up sleep to leap straight into the second book. If it’s anything like this one, I will be gutted when it comes to an end, as so far I can only see two books in the series.

Please, please Ms Clarke, keep writing!! I believe you have created only the beginning of what could be a fabulous series of books to come!!

Guys, just spend that credit now! You will genuinely be chuffed that you did!

Book two....here I come ;-)

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A funny, suspenseful, well-observed detective yarn

This is an enjoyable and irreverent detective story set in 18th century London, which clearly revels in its setting but doesn't shrink from the moral and social issues which it implies. The well-drawn characters include the very people who are often consigned to the background in stories about this period - prostitutes, the poor, the working class etc. and as one would hope and expect, the female characters are rendered with particular insight and attention to the detail of their lives. The book is discreetly but firmly feminist, without resorting to anachronism. And the detective story at the heart of it is engaging and interesting, centred around a relationship between principal character Lizzie Hardwick and agent of the Magistrate Mr Davenport which is always believable and often rather moving. Mostly well-narrated, with just a few jarring slips of intonation and pronunciation. Definitely worth your time

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Absolutely brilliant!

I loved this. It has a clever, engaging plot with genuinely likeable characters. The performance of it was perfect. I couldn't stop listening, and now I can't wait to get listening to the next one in the series!

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Guff

Predictable chick-lit with dated gender stereotyping made ‘acceptable’ through a quasi-historical format. The plot was randomly pock-marked with so many ‘twists’ that the writer is clearly motivated by the juvenile concept that size matters. She is sadly mistaken.

The narrator is alright but has an annoying habit of emphasising conjunctions as a way of hiding the ‘breath break’ - she needs to go back to elocution lessons: emphasise words with MEANING not the ones that merely indicate a link between meaning.

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