The Agency 3: The Traitor in the Tunnel (The Agency Mysteries) Queen Victoria has a little problem: there’s a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Can Mary and James trust each other (and put their simmering feelings aside) long enough to solve. Me
| Title | : | The Agency 3: The Traitor in the Tunnel (The Agency Mysteries) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.99 (314 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0763653160 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2012-02-28 |
| Genre | : |
Editorial : Victorian England comes alive again with Y.S Lee’s third novel in THE AGENCY series. Lee has a terrific knack of combining intrigue, romance, and mystery with the strong female character, Mary Quinn Girls of all ages will enjoy the fast pace, the twisting plot, and most of all, the romance that awaits them.—VOYALee, as ever, paints an evocative picture of London life Mary makes for a bold heroine (sometimes too bold for her own good), and her fans will want to find out how it all ends.—Booklist
Get steeped in suspense, romance, and high Victorian intrigue as Mary goes undercover at Buckingham Palace — and learns a startling secret at the Tower of London.Queen Victoria has a little problem: there’s a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Charged with discretion, the Agency puts quickwitted Mary Quinn on the case, where she must pose as a domestic while fending off the attentions of a feckless Prince of Wales. But when the prince witnesses the murder of one of his friends in an opium den, the potential for scandal looms large. And Mary faces an even more unsettling possibility: the accused killer, a Chinese sailor imprisoned in the Tower of London, shares a name with her long-lost father. Meanwhile, engineer James Easton, Mary’s onetime paramour, is at work shoring up the sewers beneath the palace, where an unexpectedtunnel seems to be very much in use. Can Mary and James trust each other (and put their simmering feelings aside) long enough to solve
Easy to understand and reader is given what needs to be done to fix the problem of govt holding our health care. It's wonderful when an author can do that.
I'm not sure if there is going to be another book after this one or not, but it does end fine as is. I thoroughly enjoyed this tale.
Now, we've been told this is the end of a trilogy and the book does have a finite ending in certain respects, while in others there is still plenty of openings for a new trilogy or series to continue from here; perhaps more of an adult read than YA. Why? Except for the fact that the illustrations done by Chris Demarest are fresh and colorful.The illustrator has a good command of handling watercolor and pen and ink. For Jack, it has been a very long life so far because he happens to be a vampire. Haven't finished it yet. But my recommendations of it are based upon its sensible content. Thus, the Quinoa diet is something that would be of interest to anyone with gluten sensitivity or
No comments:
Post a Comment