Verity Lark it seems does indeed regret!

A Lark's Regret (Verity Lark Mysteries #5) by Lynn Messina   

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Once again Verity Lark mesmerises me worth her convoluted grasp of happpenings. Her masterful disguises of various characters she uses to seek information, to confuse and confound her targets. What is she seeking? Always answers to challenges that seemingly escalate into problems, including murder.

And now Verity has to confront her sister-in-law and her nemesis, the Duchess of Kesgrave, Her Outrageousness. Mr. Twaddle-Thum, Verity’s literary character is trying to put the rumor genie back in the bottle. Twaddle-Thum is being aped and out rumoured by the mysterious Mrs.-Flimmer Flam. Flimmer-Flam’s target is the Duchess, but not in a good way, rather it’s exploitive and nasty, designed to bring about the Duchess’s ruin.

So what would society make of the Duchess in a lowly boarding house with a man dead at her feet, accompanied by none other than Michael Barrington, Viscount Nuneaton?

Apart from giving the Duchess pistol shooting lessons, it’s now up to Verity to make sure the Duchess is not arrested for murder!

I so enjoyed the repartee between the residents of Robert Lark’s home, Verity’s supposed brother, their discussion of problems, Delphine’s contributions, Freddie’s remarks, and now Lord Colson Hardwicke!  

All very witty and lively, amidst the high jinks.

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Many thanks to the author and publisher.