: 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,536) Paperback £15.20
Fans of Downton Abbey who love a good mysterywith plenty of romance and a dash of 1930s atmospherewill devour this series.
Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail
A desperate girl. A dead matron. A detective with secrets of his own.
Its Chicago, 1935, and ever since the Crash and her fathers subsequent suicide, Henrietta Von Harmon has been left to care for her antagonistic mother and seven younger siblings. In desperation, Henrietta takes a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall. Just as shes beginning to find her footing, however, the floor matron turns up dead. When the aloof Inspector Clive Howard arrives to investigate, he persuades Henrietta to go undercoverplunging her deeper into Chicagos gritty underworld.
As Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector reluctantly join forces, they find themselves drawn to each other in ways they didnt expect. But will their growing attractionalong with the misplaced efforts of a lovestruck neighborhood boythwart their hunt for the real killer before its too late
Perfect for readers who enjoy clever historical mysteries featuring an age-gap romance, class-divide love story, undercover investigations, a working-class heroine, and a wounded war veteran hero with a protective streak.
Review
Awards:
2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards): Gold Winner in Book Series – Fiction
2017 IPPY Awards: Gold Mystery Winner
2016 Readers Favorite: Gold Mystery Winner
2016 Foreword Indies: Gold Mystery Winner
2016 Foreword Indies: Romance Finalist
2016 Shelf Unbound: Top 100 Notable Indie
2016 Chanticleer Awards: Mystery and Mayhem 1st place Winner
2016 USA Best Book Awards: Fiction Romance Finalist
2016 Beverly Hills Book Awards: Regional Fiction Winner – Midwest
2016 Next Generation Indies: Romance Finalist
2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Finalist in Series
2016 Reader Views: Historical Fiction Winner Regional Winner Great Lakes Tyler Tichelaar Award
Product details
ASIN : B0FSFYFNXK
Publisher : Woolton Press
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 9 Oct. 2025
Language : English
File size : 3.8 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 360 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8988009771
Page Flip : Enabled
Book 1 of 8 : Henrietta and Inspector Howard
Best Sellers Rank: 182 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
3 in Historical Mysteries (Kindle Store)
18 in Women Sleuths (Kindle Store)
86 in Romance (Kindle Store)
: 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,536)
