Uncommon Heroes…or Unsuspecting Victims?
Toronto, 1914. Merinda Herringford and Jem Watts never could have imagined their crime-solving skills would set them up as emblems of female empowerment in a city preparing to enter World War I at the behest of Great Britain. Yet, despite their popularity, the lady detectives can’t avoid the unrest infiltrating every level of society.
A war measure adopted by Mayor Montague puts a target on Jem and her Italian husband, Ray DeLuca. Meanwhile, deep-rooted corruption in the police force causes their friend, Constable Jasper Forth, to wonder if his thirst for upholding the law would be best quenched elsewhere.
In spite of these distractions, Merinda, Ray, and Jasper join with other honorable and courageous city leaders in the Cartier Club, which exists to provide newly arrived residents of Toronto with a seamless integration in the city.
When a club member turns up dead, bearing a slanderous white feather, will Merinda, Jem, and those they hold dear be able to solve the high-stakes mystery before they’re all picked off, one by one?
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The White Feather Murders
Book Author: Rachel McMillan
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"Wonder marvelously; for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told to you." - the prophet Habakkuk in the Old Testament
The two notorious women detectives, Merrinda Herringford and Jemima Watts DeLuca, are having a difficult time believing that Toronto will ever be purged of its illusive "lions in sheep's clothing"; those in high places who are constantly hunting, preying on unsuspecting innocents, using the cloak of impending war to their full advantage. When a series of murders occur across the city, the villain's "calling card" is a white feather, a symbol of the worst kind of cowardice; a refusal to fight for one's country when it matters the most.
On the home front, Jem is having a terrible time juggling her roles as a wife, mother, and professional sleuth. When her husband's journalism career is jeopardized and Jem's safety is severly compromised, the not-so-newly-weds struggle to rediscover their "center", while Merinda maintains her stubborn reputation as an act-first and think-later kind of business partner.
In her brilliant way of putting together a nearly unsolvable case, while at the same time entertaining her readers with wit and wiles, Rachel McMillan manages to uncover more than a murderer, she virtually solves the mystery of love.
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