A Conspiracy in Belgravia. Finished 5-23-20, 4/5 stars, historical mystery, pub. 2017
Unabridged audio. 10 hours, 30 minutes.
Book 2 of the Lady Sherlock series (1- A Study in Scarlet Women)
Lady Ingram, wife of Charlotte’s dear friend and benefactor, wants Sherlock Holmes to find her first love, who failed to show up at their annual rendezvous. Matters of loyalty and discretion aside, the case becomes even more personal for Charlotte as the missing man is none other than Myron Finch, her illegitimate half brother.
In the meanwhile, Charlotte wrestles with a surprising proposal of marriage, a mysterious stranger woos her sister Livia, and an unidentified body surfaces where least expected. Charlotte’s investigative prowess is challenged as never before: Can she find her brother in time—or will he, too, end up as a nameless corpse somewhere in the belly of London? from Goodreads
In the first book of the series, Charlotte was disgraced and in Victorian England this meant society shunned her and her family would try to hide her away. Charlotte, ever resourceful, found a way to use her smarts to support herself, but not without the aid of Mrs. Watson, a fellow renegade. Chaorlotte set up shop on Baker Street offering the services of her bedridden brother “Sherlock”.
Sherlock is approached by Lady Ingram to find a lover she had thrown aside to marry a rich man. That man just happens to be Charlotte’s close friend, Lord Ingram. Deciding to take the job and keep it from Ash was risky. Fielding a second marriage proposal from his brother was another tricky thing to maneuver. He enticed her with dead bodies and secret codes, wooing her for her mind and offering her a chance to enter society once again. Charlotte managed both with the analytical thinking that had gotten her that far.
I have loved these first two books. The mysteries have been top notch and the secondary characters well drawn with complex relationships. I’m looking forward to spending more time with this fine cast of characters.
Taken from our driveway Memorial Day evening.
love this series! 
fascinating.
The librarian at Gage’s school is retiring (and moving to Hawaii, lucky duck) so Gage had quite a few assignments that were aimed at her retirement. For his art assignment he made these to book covers. She always rewarded the kids with parties – but they had to earn them. She went all out and the kids will definitely miss her in the fall.
read this for book club (we had a fun Zoom meeting on Wednesday) and I’ll have my review posted Monday. I really liked it. 
I posted my review of this cool chapbook 
from Mother’s Day last week. My mother and the boy who made me a mother. We have had limited visits with my parents, usually for a few hours once a week. They are retired and at home and we are at home except for a few necessities like Gage’s school work pick up and drop off, grocery store every 2-3 weeks, and occasionally the post office. Jason will go back to his office downtown twice a week starting June 1 and we might have to re-evaluate, but by then outside visiting will be easier to do so I think we can still make it work.
I found out that a friend from the library has written books! He generously sent me these two and I’m excited to take a look at them this week. And he has the 
Still in the early chapters but it’s interesting.
Our backyard last Sunday.
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