Verity Lark, a magnificent, often bizarre, woman!

A Lark's Release (Verity Lark Mysteries #4) by Lynn Messina         

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Verity Lark’s busy mind leaves me astounded. She’s a master of disguise’s balancing them with aplomb and always ready to search out the odds and make the best decision she can, even when sorely tested, under fire as it is.

Having just been released from Newgate, she’s now being accused of stealing an artefact from the British Museum. 

Her neighbour is poisoned with a treat meant for Verity. Both Delphine and Verity feel a bit queasy by the closeness of the call.

Verity continues to investigate the death using her Mr Twaddle-Thum persona. Relations with Hardwick go from intense, to cordial, to downright aggravated on Verity’s side, back to intense. After all how can Verity handle a man who has the decency to treat her as a partner? Verity’s definitely thrown.

To see the unvocalized behavior between the two in their investigative processes is a thing of beauty. Why is Verity annoyed, even fearful of this?

In the meantime someone powerful is behind Verity’s troubles, but who?

The disclosure is alarming and rather sad. 

Verity come closer to who her father is. To think she’d been sired by such a degenerate reprobate, his throwing her to the wolves is a reflection on him not Verity.

And Verity still hasn’t given shooting lessons to Her Outrageousness, the Duchess of Kesgrave!

I’ve grown very fond of Verity. This is another wonderful gallop through her zany amazing life built from the ashes of a sordid, harsh childhood.

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