Penny for Your SecretsEngland, 1919. In Anna Lee Huber’s latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is finding that life after wartime offers its own share of danger . . . The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada’s marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently married to the Marquess of Rockham, is overwhelmed trying to navigate the ways of the aristocracy. And when Lord Rockham is discovered shot through the heart with a bullet from Ada’s revolver, Verity fears her friend has made a fatal blunder. While striving to prove Ada’s innocence, Verity is called upon for another favor. The sister of a former Secret Service colleague has been killed in what authorities believe was a home invasion gone wrong. The victim’s war work—censoring letters sent by soldiers from the front—exposed her to sensitive, disturbing material. Verity begins to suspect these two unlikely cases may be linked. But as the connections deepen, the consequences—not just for Verity, but for Britain—grow more menacing than she could have imagined. Praise for Anna Lee Huber’s Treacherous Is the Night “A thrilling mystery that supplies its gutsy heroine with plenty of angst-ridden romance.” —Kirkus Reviews “A splendid sequel. . . . Huber combines intricate puzzles with affecting human drama.” —Publishers Weekly “Masterful. . . . Just when you think the plot will zig, it zags. . . . Deeply enjoyable.” —Criminal Element |
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User Review - Vesper1931 - LibraryThing1919 After an evening spent at the home of Ada, a friend of Verity, she and her husband Sidney are awoken by a telephone call saying that Ada's husband, the Marquess of Rockham had been killed. Not ... Read full review
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User Review - Auntie-Nanuuq - LibraryThingVerity & Sidney Kent are once again embroiled in murder & government secrecy. An odious man is shot after a dinner party, his former mistress-now wife is the main suspect. verity is asked by her to ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 13 |
Section 2 | 23 |
Section 3 | 32 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Section 5 | 52 |
Section 6 | 65 |
Section 7 | 74 |
Section 8 | 87 |
Section 16 | 173 |
Section 17 | 185 |
Section 18 | 195 |
Section 19 | 205 |
Section 20 | 215 |
Section 21 | 227 |
Section 22 | 238 |
Section 23 | 249 |
Section 9 | 97 |
Section 10 | 107 |
Section 11 | 117 |
Section 12 | 127 |
Section 13 | 138 |
Section 14 | 148 |
Section 15 | 159 |
Section 24 | 260 |
Section 25 | 272 |
Section 26 | 283 |
Section 27 | 292 |
Section 28 | 306 |
Section 29 | 319 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Penny for Your Secrets Volume 3 of A Verity Kent Mystery |
| Author | Anna Lee Huber |
| Publisher | Kensington, 2019 |
| ISBN | 1496713192, 9781496713193 |
| Length | 336 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths |
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