brilliant

really loved the story with it's twists and turns.
I am off to find more works by this author

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Good regency mystery!

The mystery is well thought out and the characters are likeable and you want to know more. An enjoyable listen!

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Poor choice of narrator

I had to give up. The narrator sounds like a modern day news reader - unfortunately I couldn’t get past it

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Great story shame about the narrator

I really enjoyed the plot and characters it’s a shame the narrator cannot pronounce words correctly! So many mispronunciations it started to detract from the plot. I’m going to read the rest of the books myself to find out what happens!

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Lack of emotion

An excellent plot line with lots of twists and turns. However certain key emotional hot spots were very lacking in emotion and disappointed me as a listener. Lots of unresolved conflicts which make the story fall flat. It’s obviously designed as a series but due to this lack of emotion about some very seriously disturbing behaviours plus the randomly placed and utterly annoying pleases to God, I won’t be following the series. A pity because with just a few tweaks this could be a riveting book, instead of a sort of historical Nancy Drew.

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Very enjoyable

An unusual storyline with interesting characters and a complex puzzle to solve. I enjoyed the narration too.

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Stick with it!

If you’re drawn to this title because you are an Hurrah! fan of Georgette Heyer, Stella Riley or Mary Balough, then definitely proceed. It’s NOT Georgette Heyer, not even close, but you’ll recognise the world, the language and the culture. Far closer to the latter author’s but, thankfully, no Julia Quinn antics.

This is a slow burn and you’ll be grateful for the fact that there is another story available immediately afterwards because, even though it wasn’t rushed, it isn’t over. It’s not your run of the mill Regency Romance, notwithstanding the title. It is in fact a very slow burning espionage tale, which is sensibly bringing us in at the beginning of the middle or perhaps the middle of the beginning!

Like Lady Juliet, we are confused but curious, over our heads but in too deep. Lying to friends but not sure who can be trusted! Complicated? Absolutely! I highly recommend this series. <br /

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The narrator is fabulous (good accents and distinctive characters - you’ll never wonder who is speaking).

This is currently part of the Audible Plus Catalogue and it’s so good that I am immediately off to purchase book 2 in the series.

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Religious overtones

A good mystery novel with excellent narration. I was irritated by the heroine checking that what she was doing was OK with her god. People were more religious in those days but these instances of checking were superfluous to the story.
Audible should advise when there are religious themes.

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Kept me interested and involved

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the story was very engaging the whole way through. The narrator was excellent. Although there were some mentions about God, It was not overdone and I do not feel it detracted from the story. I hope there is a follow-up to this story as I would love to know more about the life of the main characters.

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the childish voices are very irritating

the characters are portrayed as to immature to be believable in what they go on to do. the narrators very childish voice for different characters is a detriment.

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