a Sparks and Bainbridge Mystery An Excellent Thing in Woman

Murder, matchmaking and mysteryIt's all in a day's work for Sparks & BainbridgeLondon, 1947. When Parisian performer Miss Jeanne-Marie Duplessis turns up at the Right Sort Marriage Bureau looking for their matchmaking services, Iris Sparks and Gwen Bainbridge don't imagine that she'll be found dead just a few days later . . . or that Gwen's beau Salvatore ('Sally') Danielli will be named the prime suspect!A series of unfortunate coincidences look bad for Sally, but Gwen is convinced of his innocence. To uncover the truth about the mysterious Miss Duplessis, Iris dives back into the clandestine circles she moved in during the war.Can Sparks and Bainbridge clear Sally's name, and catch the real killer?"This is one of the best series going at the moment . . . this installment retains the freshness and originality of the very first"Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine"Montclair seamlessly blends fair-play detection, immersive period detail, and dashes of humor in her latest historical"Publishers Weekly 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 a murder investigation isn’t going to stop them! London, 1947. Spirited Miss Iris Sparks and ever-practical Mrs Gwendolyn Bainbridge are called to action when Gwen’s beau Salvatore ‘Sally’ Danielli is accused of murder! Sally has taken a job at the BBC studios at Alexandra Palace, but when the beautiful Miss JeanneMarie Duplessis – one of the Parisian performers over for a new variety show – is found dead in the old theatre, a number of inconvenient coincidences make him Suspect No:1. Just days earlier, Miss Duplessis had arrived at The Right Sort, desperately looking for a husband – any husband – to avoid having to return to Paris. As the plot thickens, Iris is pulled back into the clandestine circles she moved in during the war and it soon becomes apparent that to clear Sally’s name, she and Gwen would need to go on the hunt for a killer once more! Those who enjoy reading Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher mysteries and Dorothy Sayers will adore this warm and witty historical mystery!