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The Dowager's Grand Triumph by Susanne Dunlap #Review #DoubleDilemmaRomanceBook6

  The man she never forgot has returned—with secrets that could cost them everything. Caroline, Dowager Marchioness of Lewiston, has accepted the life she was given: a grand title, a comfortable house, and a heart trained not to want what it cannot have. Sent to India years ago to prevent his marriage to Caroline, Thomas Ashcombe returns with a fortune, a beloved daughter, and dangerous evidence of East India Company corruption. As old feelings between Caroline and Thomas awaken, the secrets surrounding his past may destroy all hope—especially when a new law makes suspicion as dangerous as guilt. Thomas’s daughter, Anjali, faces her own trials in a society determined to question where she belongs. Intelligent, courageous, and caught between worlds, she never expects to find an ally in awkward, honest Sir Julian Meredith, a barrister more at ease in court than in any drawing room. But when Julian and Anjali are drawn into her father’s political danger, they must find th...
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The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola *Blog Tour Review*


    I am delighted to be the next stop on Anna Mazzola's Blog Tour for The Unseeing. It is her debut novel and quite  an amazing one at that. I always enjoy historical crime fiction and this one captures the sights and smells of Victorian London. Inspired by the real life case of the murder of Hannah Brown, which became known as 'The Edgware Road Murder', the author's research shines through. You have a real sense of the physical surroundings where the different characters reside and how they impinge on their lives.  

    Set in the 1830's, Sarah Gale has been sentenced to hang for her part in the murder of Hannah Brown who has been dismembered and her body parts scattered through the city. Sarah's ex-lover, James Greenacre is to be hung, accused of the murder. Sarah's case has been passed to Edmund Fleetwood, a barrister, to review. We soon discover that we cannot take at face value the known facts of the case. Sarah is reticent as to what actually happened, leading the reader to feel unsure, as Edmund must be. Building on actual source material, Anna Mazzola has written a fictional account which weaves together a complex web of relationships. We are kept guessing as to how reliable some of the accounts are, even finding Edmund's motives for continuing his investigation open to question.

    I found the descriptions of life inside Newgate Prison both vivid and chilling. Anna Mazola's eye for detail means that the reader has a strong visual image of the world she has created and you come to care about the people in it as you are so thoroughly immersed in it all. Well paced and expertly plotted, it really is a page turner. This is a book which immerses the reader in the Victorian period and keeps you guessing to the end.

In short: A book which oozes with authenticity and intrigue.

My thanks to the publishers, Tinder Press for a copy of the book via Bookbridgr. 

You can connect with the author on her website, Facebook and Twitter.
 

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