City of Secrets

· Counterfeit Lady Book 2 · RB Media · Narrated by Kate Forbes
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The latest book in the exciting series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles—from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries.

 

Elizabeth Miles knows that honesty is not always the best policy when it comes to finding justice.

 

Elizabeth has discovered that navigating the rules of high society is the biggest con of all. So far, her only success is Priscilla Knight, a dedicated young suffragist recently widowed for the second time. Her beloved first husband died in a tragic accident and left her with two young daughters—and a sizable fortune. While she was lost in grief, Priscilla’s pastor convinced her she needed a man to look after her and engineered a whirlwind courtship and hasty marriage to fellow parishioner Endicott Knight. Now, about nine months later, Endicott is dead in what appears to be another terrible accident.

 

Priscilla had believed Endicott was wealthy, too, but her banker tells her she has no money left and her house has been mortgaged. He also hints at a terrible scandal and refuses to help. Priscilla stands to lose everything, and Elizabeth is determined not to let that happen. She soon discovers that Endicott’s death was anything but accidental, and revealing the truth could threaten much more than Priscilla’s finances. To save her new friend’s future—and possibly her own—Elizabeth, along with her honest-to-a-fault beau, Gideon, delve into the sinister secrets someone would kill to keep.

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Dawn Suiter
October 22, 2018
This review is for the print book, of which I received an advance copy. City of Secrets: A Counterfeit Lady Novel Victoria Thompson Rating: 4 stars I received an advance reading copy of this book in the Berkley HERstory sweeps. While I am not normally a mystery reader, I do enjoy historical fiction, and I found this an entertaining read. This novel is set in New York City during the women’s suffrage period and Thompson does an admirable job of capturing the atmosphere of the time with respect to women’s place in society. The heroine, Elizabeth, is an intelligent and dedicated woman with unique skills and a complicated past. Elizabeth takes on the task of uncovering the mystery surrounding the freak accidents that took the lives of her suffragist friend Priscilla’s two successive husbands. She soon finds that there is much more to the story than she anticipated, leading to an investigation with the assistance of her straitlaced beau, Gideon. City of Secrets is engaging and enjoyable to read with interesting characters and an engrossing story. It can become a little confusing at times with the different points of view and multiple plots. However, they all converge to create a satisfying conclusion--I started on the second book of the series and now not only want to read the first, but look forward to seeing the next book of the series.
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