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In the Victorian period, Mary feels she is the invisible quiet daughter--her parents have tried to find her a husband to no avail, but she wants do be able to do something without just being a traditional wife and mother. Proprio durante questo evento conosce il colonnello Trefusis, un uomo singolare che nasconde molti segreti e ha uno spirito indomito, lo stesso che anima Mary cacciandola spesso nei guai. Its attention to historical detail is admirable, however, and I can quite visualise Lady Mary: Society Sleuth being a global hit on Netflix.
In turn a sweet, heart flutteringly worth and intense romance, an ode to women and their thirst to be themselves, a knowledgeable glimpse into the Victorian era and its ways and mores, a cozy detective story, a spy adventure. She currently campaigns for her international charity Sarah’s Trust which supports the smile of a child, and empowers children’s literacy and education globally. She then manages to "finagle" (bluntly ask for) information that supports her theory from the staff. This was a thoroughly enjoyable story, set in the Victorian era, where women were still very subservient to men but beginning to rebel.During her first case, she meets Colonel Walter Trefusis who is convincing her Father (the Duke) to back his new department of secret intelligence (he is a SPY! They form a friendship, but Trefusis pushes Mary away when he suffers one of his debilitating headaches. I thought it was an okay story although there were so many English terms or words that I was not familiar with.
This time, both Mary and Tre realise that what they have is special and that they don't want to lose each other again. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. But let’s begin with an apposite quotation from EM Forster: “What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote it. Lady Mary is a dormouse with a secret, and Colonel Trefusis is a spymaster who may have met his match.
Mills and Boon books are not my usual reading material, but I was intrigued by the author, Sarah Ferguson, and so requested this book from NetGalley. I liked the balance between the description of time and place, the types of mysteries, the romance, and Lady Mary’s inner thoughts and motivations. Any images and covers will have a text description for the visually impaired enabled through their device's text-to-speech function and similarly, this complies with digital braille readers and similar devices. Unnoticed amongst the ballrooms of grand houses, Mary uncovers stolen jewellery, missing money, and saves reputations. The time was necessary as both characters needed to learn more about themselves, to grow, to find what was important.
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