Fire Must Burn
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
The owners of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are back, and more determined than ever to bring love matches to the residents of Post-WWII London . . . so something as trivial as being dragged into a spy mission isn’t going to stop them!
Sparks fly when an old friend comes to town . . .
London, 1947. After recent events have left the normally steadfast Iris Sparks thoroughly shaken, she’s looking forward to some peace. With The Right Sort doing well, she and business partner Gwen Bainbridge are due a holiday. Until Iris’s former boss enlists their help for a secret mission.
Iris, who left British intelligence after the war, is being recruited for her Cambridge connection to one Anthony Danforth. She hasn’t seen Tony in almost ten years, yet she and Gwen must manipulate him into hiring their marriage service.
Tony’s suspected of being a Soviet operative, and an undercover agent posing as his perfect match could discover the truth. Despite her reluctance at being dragged back into the world of espionage, Iris agrees. After all, Tony was once a very good friend. If he’s innocent, she’ll happily prove it. If not? Well, no one ever said being a spy was easy . . .
Those who enjoy reading Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Mysteries and Dorothy Sayers will adore this warm and witty historical mystery!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A jaw-dropping twist and sophisticated character development mark Montclair's exciting seventh mystery featuring Iris Sparks and Gwen Bainbridge, proprietors of London's Right Sort Marriage Bureau (after An Excellent Thing in a Woman). In 1947, the Brigadier, Sparks's former superior in British intelligence, asks for her help with a sensitive assignment. Anthony Danforth—whom Sparks knew at Cambridge in the 1930s—has recently arrived in England from Shanghai and been assigned to a high-ranking position under the British Foreign Secretary. The Brigadier suspects him of being a traitor. To get more information, he asks Sparks to enlist Danforth—a bachelor—as a client of her and Bainbridge's matchmaking business, then pair him up with a covert operative who could ascertain his true loyalties. Convinced that her country is at risk, Sparks agrees, but things get more complicated when somebody close to the operation is nearly killed. Montclair's wit, top-notch pacing, and obvious affection for her characters ensure that readers will be on tenterhooks for the next installment. This is a treat.
