Regency London’s detective duo is back on a new case–and this one is going to be a killer.
Caught in the explosion of the Hammersmith Mill in London, Bow Street Runner Daniel Swann rushes to help any survivors only to find the mill’s owner dead of an apparent gunshot.
Even though the owner’s daughter, Agatha Montgomery, mourns his death, it seems there are more than a few people with motive for murder. But Daniel can’t take this investigation slow and steady. Instead, he must dig through all the suspects as quickly as he can, because the clock is ticking until his mysterious patronage–and his job as a runner–comes to an abrupt and painful end. It seems to Daniel that, like his earthly father, his heavenly Father has abandoned him to the fates.
Lady Juliette Thorndike is Agatha’s bosom friend and has the inside knowledge of the wealthy London ton to be invaluable to Daniel. She should be in a perfect position to help with the case. Still, her instructor in the art of spy craft orders her to stay out of the investigation. But circumstances intervene, dropping her into the middle of the deadly pursuit.
When a dreadful accident ends in another death on the mill floor, Daniel discovers a connection to his murder case–and to his own secret past. Now he and Juliette are in a race to find the killer before his time runs out.
“Erica Vetsch once again weaves a classic tale of how the old affects the new. An artfully told story that will have you wondering at the outcome until the final pages are read.”– Ruth Logan Herne, USA TODAY best-selling author
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Summary
Millstone of Doubt by Erica Vetsch is the second book in the Thorndike and Swann Regency mystery series. You dont have to read the first book in the series to enjoy this one; however I do recommend it. You will see the relationship between Juliette and Daniel develop.
In book one Juliette has joined her parents and uncle as spies. She is still in training so her uncle has told her to not investigate the death of her best friend’s father. She cannot help herself and end of helping Daniel.
Daniel is a Bow Street Runner. His past is some of the most interesting parts of this story. His birth mother is a housekeeper at Lady Juliette’s house. He has a mysterious patronage that is about to end. It is interesting to see how his thoughts on it are tangled.
The underlying mystery is a murder and explosion at a mill owned by Juliette’s best friend’s father. The author gives us plenty of suspects that have a motive or means. However I felt it was a little too obvious as to who the murderer was but still a great story.
Sexual content - kissing
Violence - two murders, and a couple more attempts