Royals And Rogues

Emma Rhodes #5

by Cynthia Smith

Assigned to look into a Russian manufacturing company by its American stockholders, Emma Rhodes leaps at the chance to plunge into St. Petersburg's high culture, until she lands in the Russian underworld in fear for her life

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

Cynthia S. Smith was the author of best-selling non-fiction books until she turned to crime. She lives in Florida.

Reviews

[Margaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this book up at a used book sale and thought it was something very different. I was pleasantly surprised by this story, and glad to find out is part of a series. Emma is a private resolver and she is rich enough to pick and choose her cases. This one takes her to the new Russia - by the way, I hope the picture of Russia is exaggerated because I can't imagine anyone living there. She stays with a prince and princess, meets glamorous people and solves the case. I will definitely check out more of these books.

[Linda Smatzny · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book features Emma Rhodes as a Private Resolver. Emma helps wealthy people for a set time at a set fee. This time she is hired to find out what is happening at a plant in Russia. When she arrives Emma finds out that seemingly everything is controlled by the Russian mafia. The setting of the book was mostly in St. Petersburg. The book was a quick easy read.

[Lana Kamennof-sine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seems odd to write Russia mafia then follow with a fun read. But it was. There may have been some translation quibbles but it was a fun read

[Adele Dawn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my type of book, unfortunately. I'm not big on breaking the wall between character and reader and that bothered me a bit. There were a few too many asides for me as well. Cooking instructions, history lectures, and clothing details that I couldn't care less about and didn't tie in with the story that they needed to be discussed in such depth.