Waiting on Wednesday: August 10

I am participating in Waiting on Wednesday hosted by Breaking the Spine. This gives me a chance to show the books I’m looking forward to in the next few months.

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a-perilous-undertakingA Perilous Undertaking

by Deanna Raybourn

Series: Veronica Speedwell #2

Genre: Historical Mystery, Victorian England

Publication date: January 10, 2017

Synopsis: Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Accused of the brutal murder of his artist mistress Artemisia, Ramsforth will face the hangman s noose in a week’s time if Veronica cannot find the real killer.

But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of the many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural historian colleague Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer a ruthless villain who not only took Artemisia s life in cold blood but is happy to see Ramsforth hang for the crime. From a Bohemian artists colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed….

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The reasons this book appeals to me:
  • I read the first book in this series and thought it was a lot of fun.
  • I like the Victorian setting and the characters–especially Veronica.
  • The mystery in this story sounds great!

Author: Jan

I love to read--especially mysteries, science fiction and fantasy. I also love blogging, photography, gardening, playing Mah Jonng, reading with a cat on my lap, throwing a ball for a dog, creating cards to send to family and friends, reading book blogs, using my computer.

4 thoughts on “Waiting on Wednesday: August 10”

  1. I’m behind on Raybourn’s books and haven’t read the first Veronica Speedwell yet but I love her books! Plus this cover is just fantastic!

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  2. I’m so excited for this one—and I got the ARC! Can’t wait to read it, but there are a bunch of other ARCs in line before it, so I guess I’ll have to put it off at least a little longer.

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    1. I haven’t requested the book yet. I’m trying to decide whether to do more requesting on NetGalley right now since I’ve been a little ho-hum about some of the book I requested. Makes me not want to read them and then I feel guilty about it. So might not be worth it to try to get more books. Ah, well…

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