Ursula's adventurous life continues in Tudor England
The Scent of Danger (An Ursula Blanchard Mystery #18)
by Fiona Buckley
A comfortable read for me, a not so comfortable time for Ursula Blanchard, agent for spy master Sir Francis Walsingham, and illegitimate half sister to Queen Elizabeth.
It's 1586 and Ursula discovers that one of her recruits, Peter Gray, in the south Devon area near Plymouth to keep an eye on rumours of possible Spanish landings and papist plots involving Mary Stewart, is dead. She worries about the other, Gregory Reeves who lives near Okehampton where Gray died.
On top of this her property at Withysham has some questionable accounting uncovered in its ledgers. That happens to be associated with the manager's uncle who lives in this area.
Off she travels with the loyal Dale and Brockley, and an unexpected companion, Joyce Frost, her unforgiving ward.
What Ursula finds is a rash of unanswered questions, intense personal danger and some troubled young women.
A pleasing read, especially if you've followed Ursula's somewhat irregular life.
A Severn House ARC via NetGalley
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by Fiona Buckley
A comfortable read for me, a not so comfortable time for Ursula Blanchard, agent for spy master Sir Francis Walsingham, and illegitimate half sister to Queen Elizabeth.
It's 1586 and Ursula discovers that one of her recruits, Peter Gray, in the south Devon area near Plymouth to keep an eye on rumours of possible Spanish landings and papist plots involving Mary Stewart, is dead. She worries about the other, Gregory Reeves who lives near Okehampton where Gray died.
On top of this her property at Withysham has some questionable accounting uncovered in its ledgers. That happens to be associated with the manager's uncle who lives in this area.
Off she travels with the loyal Dale and Brockley, and an unexpected companion, Joyce Frost, her unforgiving ward.
What Ursula finds is a rash of unanswered questions, intense personal danger and some troubled young women.
A pleasing read, especially if you've followed Ursula's somewhat irregular life.
A Severn House ARC via NetGalley
***
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