This is the third installment in this cozy historical mystery series.
It’s 1941 and secret agent Jane Treen is back working with codebreaker and analyst Arthur Cilento. This time their partnership has them investigating the murder of a typist who had discovered that there were secret codes inserted into broadcast manuscripts. Jane ends up temping as accompanist to her mother, Elsa, while checking out everyone who is working at the agency.
This one moved rather slowly and, though peppered with marginally dangerous situations for Jane, it never rose to any sort of intensity and had no real twists or surprises. It seems that Jane and Arthur are becoming close and perhaps, after about 10 more books, a romance may bloom though he’s quite sickly and I can’t see what the attraction might be. The characters spend a lot of time talking, eating, and drinking their coffee and tea without much really going on. I just couldn’t get too excited about the plot.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the third installment in a series that should be read in order.
Genre and tags - historical cozy, fiction, mystery, murder, 1941 war time London
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