Miss Treadway & the Field of Stars

This is a fine read, and one which emulates the period it's set in perfectly! Anna Treadway is a dresser in the theatre; she assumes she has a close relationship with the star of the show whom she looks after, but when Iolanthe Green suddenly disappears after the show one evening, she is as much in the dark as any others. With no-one else seemingly doing very much to find Miss Green, Anna decides that the only option is for her to step up and see what she can discover. This wasn't quite the read I was expecting, but then it is another which had apparently got stuck at the bottom of my reading list. It's a decent enough story, but it did go round the houses a bit. However, what did really appeal to me was the obvious social differences between then and now. There are some scenes which, by today's standards, are quite shocking! I enjoyed the read, but it wasn't as dazzling as I thought it was going to be. My thanks to publisher Fourth Estate for my copy via NetGalley. These are my own unbiased opinions.