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Cassie Coburn Mystery #2
Bombing in Belgravia
Things are about to blow up for Cassie...
When an ambassador's children are killed in a deliberate gas explosion in the middle of the night, Violet Despuis is on the case.
Right from the start, not everything is as it seems, as Cassie confirms at the crime scene that one of the victims had been poisoned beforehand.
What Cassie expects to be an open-and-shut case ends up becoming a case of international intrigue and suspicion, with MI5 doing their best to stop Violet and Cassie from pursuing the case.
And what happens when Cassie decides to take a small case on for a friend on her own?
It turns out there's a lot more at stake here in London than just catching a murderer...
The Cassie Coburn mysteries are a cozy mystery series featuring a Sherlock-holmes style sleuth. If you want a light, fun, modern mystery featuring a San Francisco girl totally out of her element in London, and a crazy French woman who happens to be very good at noticing things, then this is the series for you.
When an ambassador's children are killed in a deliberate gas explosion in the middle of the night, Violet Despuis is on the case.
Right from the start, not everything is as it seems, as Cassie confirms at the crime scene that one of the victims had been poisoned beforehand.
What Cassie expects to be an open-and-shut case ends up becoming a case of international intrigue and suspicion, with MI5 doing their best to stop Violet and Cassie from pursuing the case.
And what happens when Cassie decides to take a small case on for a friend on her own?
It turns out there's a lot more at stake here in London than just catching a murderer...
The Cassie Coburn mysteries are a cozy mystery series featuring a Sherlock-holmes style sleuth. If you want a light, fun, modern mystery featuring a San Francisco girl totally out of her element in London, and a crazy French woman who happens to be very good at noticing things, then this is the series for you.
202 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 6, 2016
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Samantha Silver
109 books305 followersSamantha Silver lives in British Columbia, Canada, along with her husband and seventeen-year-old dog named Terra.
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February 26, 2018
I am really digging this cozy mystery series. Too bad it looks like it stops after four books. It's easy enough to get through in a few hours (I finished this in like 2 and a half with snack breaks included).
In the first book in the series, we have Cassie Coburn (our Watson) is still going through some depressive episodes. After being injured and unable to continue her medical career, her relocating to London is starting to do the trick though. When she's called up in the middle of the night by Violet Despuis (our Sherlock) she starts to feel her juices going again. The twosome investigate when two children of a prominent ambassador are found dead. All signs point to murder and Cassie and Violet have their hands full working for/against the Triads as well as thumbing their nose at MI-5.
Cassie is a great character to root for. I do wish that we had seen her following up with her mother in this one though. Besides being worried about her adopted cat, she doesn't have a lot going on. I do like her friendship with Brianne as well. I am wondering if Silver has plans to have Cassie going into teaching or something. Even though she can't be a surgeon anymore, it definitely seems like she has a lot to still offer the medical community besides giving Violet the rundown on dead bodies.
Silver does a good job with research on art in this book. I was fascinated by the history of painters using the color white in their works. I also thought the solution was clever and got a kick at seeing Violet show up MI-5.
The setting of London is used very well and we get to read some about London's Chinatown. I also loved we have Violet and Cassie visiting a museum with Violet's descriptions of things as well.
My biggest complaint though is that this book is short (it's only 212 pages) so I balked at spending $3.99 on this and even though I did like it, think it's too much. The next book is 204 pages for $3.99 and the final book is the shortest yet at 167 pages at $3.99 as well. So even though I enjoy this series, I am going to take a hard pass at buying the rest of the books in this series.
In the first book in the series, we have Cassie Coburn (our Watson) is still going through some depressive episodes. After being injured and unable to continue her medical career, her relocating to London is starting to do the trick though. When she's called up in the middle of the night by Violet Despuis (our Sherlock) she starts to feel her juices going again. The twosome investigate when two children of a prominent ambassador are found dead. All signs point to murder and Cassie and Violet have their hands full working for/against the Triads as well as thumbing their nose at MI-5.
Cassie is a great character to root for. I do wish that we had seen her following up with her mother in this one though. Besides being worried about her adopted cat, she doesn't have a lot going on. I do like her friendship with Brianne as well. I am wondering if Silver has plans to have Cassie going into teaching or something. Even though she can't be a surgeon anymore, it definitely seems like she has a lot to still offer the medical community besides giving Violet the rundown on dead bodies.
Silver does a good job with research on art in this book. I was fascinated by the history of painters using the color white in their works. I also thought the solution was clever and got a kick at seeing Violet show up MI-5.
The setting of London is used very well and we get to read some about London's Chinatown. I also loved we have Violet and Cassie visiting a museum with Violet's descriptions of things as well.
My biggest complaint though is that this book is short (it's only 212 pages) so I balked at spending $3.99 on this and even though I did like it, think it's too much. The next book is 204 pages for $3.99 and the final book is the shortest yet at 167 pages at $3.99 as well. So even though I enjoy this series, I am going to take a hard pass at buying the rest of the books in this series.
July 23, 2023
*Review both in english and french*
C'est le deuxième volet des aventures de Cassie à Londres.
Elle est américaine, et faisait des études pour devenir chirurgienne, jusqu'à cet accident qui l'a plongée dans la dépression. Elle décide de s'installer à Londres, et rencontre Violette, détective, dans le premier tome.
Cassie seconde Violette dans une enquête criminelle. J'aime beaucoup Cassie, et Violette, qui est pétillante, je trouve, et vraiment amusante. Elle est très futée, aussi. Les connaissances en médecine de Cassie les aident dans leur enquête. La détective n'hésite pas à enfreindre la loi à plusieurs reprises dans le roman !
J'ai aimé ce tome beaucoup plus que le premier, et l'histoire se lit toute seule. Ce qui aide, c'est la dose d'humour dispersée, ça et là.
Les meurtres, dans cette série de livres (8 tomes en français), sont intéressants et assez originaux.
J'ai apprécié de découvrir de nouveaux quartiers de Londres. Aussi, Biscuit, le chat, est chou : il miaule par exemple, pour réclamer auprès de sa maîtresse, une balade en laisse à Kensington Gardens.
Aussi, il est très sympa que la narratrice, Cassie, explique tout : les références à la médecine, à l'art, les autopsies...Pas besoin de se renseigner sur un moteur de recherche !
En définitive, ce roman est un cosy mystery dans un style que j'aime beaucoup :)
Attention spoiler
Ps : Je n'ai rien à dire de négatif, sinon un petit détail, je pense, oublié par l'autrice : Violette affirme qu'elle laisse les indices qu'elle trouve derrière elle, mais elle ne dit pas avoir redéposé la clé à l'entrepôt (celui où Jenny Lin entrepose ses affaires).
This book was funny, and the murder mystery is really interesting and original. I loved the characters, especially Violette, who is original and clever. It was better than book 1 in my opinion, or maybe i was in a reading slump when i read book 1. Loved the cat, who loves walks in Kensington Gardens, and i loved seeing London. We get to see new neighborhoods. Violette and Cassie explain difficult words (for example scientific words). It was a good mystery book !
Sorry for my bad english ! I'll try reviewing in english more in the future.
C'est le deuxième volet des aventures de Cassie à Londres.
Elle est américaine, et faisait des études pour devenir chirurgienne, jusqu'à cet accident qui l'a plongée dans la dépression. Elle décide de s'installer à Londres, et rencontre Violette, détective, dans le premier tome.
Cassie seconde Violette dans une enquête criminelle. J'aime beaucoup Cassie, et Violette, qui est pétillante, je trouve, et vraiment amusante. Elle est très futée, aussi. Les connaissances en médecine de Cassie les aident dans leur enquête. La détective n'hésite pas à enfreindre la loi à plusieurs reprises dans le roman !
J'ai aimé ce tome beaucoup plus que le premier, et l'histoire se lit toute seule. Ce qui aide, c'est la dose d'humour dispersée, ça et là.
Les meurtres, dans cette série de livres (8 tomes en français), sont intéressants et assez originaux.
J'ai apprécié de découvrir de nouveaux quartiers de Londres. Aussi, Biscuit, le chat, est chou : il miaule par exemple, pour réclamer auprès de sa maîtresse, une balade en laisse à Kensington Gardens.
Aussi, il est très sympa que la narratrice, Cassie, explique tout : les références à la médecine, à l'art, les autopsies...Pas besoin de se renseigner sur un moteur de recherche !
En définitive, ce roman est un cosy mystery dans un style que j'aime beaucoup :)
Attention spoiler
Ps : Je n'ai rien à dire de négatif, sinon un petit détail, je pense, oublié par l'autrice : Violette affirme qu'elle laisse les indices qu'elle trouve derrière elle, mais elle ne dit pas avoir redéposé la clé à l'entrepôt (celui où Jenny Lin entrepose ses affaires).
This book was funny, and the murder mystery is really interesting and original. I loved the characters, especially Violette, who is original and clever. It was better than book 1 in my opinion, or maybe i was in a reading slump when i read book 1. Loved the cat, who loves walks in Kensington Gardens, and i loved seeing London. We get to see new neighborhoods. Violette and Cassie explain difficult words (for example scientific words). It was a good mystery book !
Sorry for my bad english ! I'll try reviewing in english more in the future.
January 5, 2018
Cassie gets wakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from her detective friend Violet, who tells her to come look at the liver of a dead man right away in
Bombing in Belgravia by Samantha Silver. Cassie wants to return to sleep and go in the morning, but Violet keeps ringing Cassie until the American woman agrees to drag herself out of bed and go to see Violet. As a surgeon who lost her career when she was injured in a car accident, Cassie has become Violet’s medical advisor and Watson in this pastiche of the Sherlock Holmes books that never actually references Holmes. When Cassie arrives at the address, she finds a home that has been blown up in a gas explosion, killing two8 8ýw,and o. Violet takes Cassie to the body of a woman and asks whether she was killed in the explosion or died before the event. Noticing the scent of garlic, the pair of women deduce the presence of arsenic and realize that the woman was dead prior to the explosion. When the police realize that the victims are the daughter and son of the British ambassador to Taiwan, the case becomes even more important, bringing in MI-5, the internal security services, who pay Violet a visit, ordering her under the threat of arrest to keep away from the case.
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Bombing in Belgravia by Samantha Silver. Cassie wants to return to sleep and go in the morning, but Violet keeps ringing Cassie until the American woman agrees to drag herself out of bed and go to see Violet. As a surgeon who lost her career when she was injured in a car accident, Cassie has become Violet’s medical advisor and Watson in this pastiche of the Sherlock Holmes books that never actually references Holmes. When Cassie arrives at the address, she finds a home that has been blown up in a gas explosion, killing two8 8ýw,and o. Violet takes Cassie to the body of a woman and asks whether she was killed in the explosion or died before the event. Noticing the scent of garlic, the pair of women deduce the presence of arsenic and realize that the woman was dead prior to the explosion. When the police realize that the victims are the daughter and son of the British ambassador to Taiwan, the case becomes even more important, bringing in MI-5, the internal security services, who pay Violet a visit, ordering her under the threat of arrest to keep away from the case.
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February 3, 2020
An interesting (if unlikely) partnership that provides narrative opportunity. It was a quick and compelling read.
March 11, 2017
Interesting cozy mystery
Trying out a new (to me) author _ Samantha Silver today. I found myself transported to London and into the middle of a puzzling investigation. I loved the book! The characters were well written and very realistic. I love being able to pick up a book and read it through in an afternoon. Five stars for an excellent read!
Trying out a new (to me) author _ Samantha Silver today. I found myself transported to London and into the middle of a puzzling investigation. I loved the book! The characters were well written and very realistic. I love being able to pick up a book and read it through in an afternoon. Five stars for an excellent read!
August 5, 2018
Cute and juvenile.
I like the stories but they’re not fleshed out enough.
I like the stories but they’re not fleshed out enough.
August 1, 2024
As this book opens, Cassie is woken up by a call from Violet Despuis. They met in the last book at the police station and formed an alliance of sorts. Violet needs Cassie to look at a liver for her to determine if poison was involved. Cassie had been in an accident that took away her promising future as a surgeon and Violet is capitalizing on her knowledge.
Violet has her own way of investigating and only DCM Williams is tolerant of her. The others would like to see her are barely civil. In this particular case, she knows the case won't remain with the locals. The house is owned by an ambassador. His children Jenny and Kevin live there while attending the London School of Economics. There are two fatalities and one severe injury from the blast that took out the front of the house. The dead are Jenny and Kevin. It's Violet and Cassie's determination that Jenny was poisoned prior to the explosion that was likely triggered by Kevin when he flipped on a light as he entered. The injured is a man who was walking home from the train, so an innocent bystander.
Violet is also not surprised that MI5 is taking over the case, but that isn't going to stop her. Especially after what she and Cassie learn at the morgue.
I get a kick out of Cassie walking her cat Biscuit like she's a dog. The cat however enjoys it thoroughly, especially the attention such a novelty attracts.
The lead carbonate is a big clue and leads Violet on a whole other track, while MI5 is just looking at the murders.
We meet some very interesting characters as this story progresses. Violet and Cassie are quite the team and always one step ahead of MI5. Violet brings in DCI Williams since the theft is in his jurisdiction and she would give him the credit for solving it.
This book was fun, scary, quirky and more.
Violet has her own way of investigating and only DCM Williams is tolerant of her. The others would like to see her are barely civil. In this particular case, she knows the case won't remain with the locals. The house is owned by an ambassador. His children Jenny and Kevin live there while attending the London School of Economics. There are two fatalities and one severe injury from the blast that took out the front of the house. The dead are Jenny and Kevin. It's Violet and Cassie's determination that Jenny was poisoned prior to the explosion that was likely triggered by Kevin when he flipped on a light as he entered. The injured is a man who was walking home from the train, so an innocent bystander.
Violet is also not surprised that MI5 is taking over the case, but that isn't going to stop her. Especially after what she and Cassie learn at the morgue.
I get a kick out of Cassie walking her cat Biscuit like she's a dog. The cat however enjoys it thoroughly, especially the attention such a novelty attracts.
The lead carbonate is a big clue and leads Violet on a whole other track, while MI5 is just looking at the murders.
We meet some very interesting characters as this story progresses. Violet and Cassie are quite the team and always one step ahead of MI5. Violet brings in DCI Williams since the theft is in his jurisdiction and she would give him the credit for solving it.
This book was fun, scary, quirky and more.
July 1, 2021
Cassie once again finds herself assisting Violet with another investigation.
Cassie receives a call from Violet in the early morning hours to come to the scene of a bombing to tell look at the deceased liver so she's know if the blast had killer her, or if she was poisoned.
It turns out that the people caught in the explosion were the children of foreign diplomats.
MI 5 have shown up to warn Violet off of their investigation as they don't need the help of amateurs getting in their way.
Violet of course ignores them and goes on to look for the killers as well as the art theft of a major painting connected to the deceased.
Pro's:
This story has developed characters, as well as some humor as a few red herrings.
Con's:
The MC of this story is actually the sidekick of the self-proclaimed greatest detective ever.
She is kind of a mix of Sherlock Holmes and Poirot with about 10x the ego of both of them combined.
Never the less, it is an enjoyable story.
Cassie receives a call from Violet in the early morning hours to come to the scene of a bombing to tell look at the deceased liver so she's know if the blast had killer her, or if she was poisoned.
It turns out that the people caught in the explosion were the children of foreign diplomats.
MI 5 have shown up to warn Violet off of their investigation as they don't need the help of amateurs getting in their way.
Violet of course ignores them and goes on to look for the killers as well as the art theft of a major painting connected to the deceased.
Pro's:
This story has developed characters, as well as some humor as a few red herrings.
Con's:
The MC of this story is actually the sidekick of the self-proclaimed greatest detective ever.
She is kind of a mix of Sherlock Holmes and Poirot with about 10x the ego of both of them combined.
Never the less, it is an enjoyable story.
September 21, 2020
If you like cozy mysteries and Sherlock Holmes with women as protagonists then this book is for you. If you've not read the first one, I'd start with the first one as that "sets up" all the background, but if you can't for some reason you wouldn't be terribly lost starting here. I do not normally like "cozy" mysteries. However the first of this series caught my eye and I was in a fanciful mood and gave it a try. I fell in love with the characters and love the Sherlock Holmes feel of it. I've already purchased book #3.
January 31, 2020
Enjoying the series
I read the first two Cassie Coburn books and am looking forward to reading the third. I highly recommend them. Entertaining characters with amusing quirks along with unexpected plot twist. Thanks for sharing your hard work of a n excellent story on kindle unlimited!
I read the first two Cassie Coburn books and am looking forward to reading the third. I highly recommend them. Entertaining characters with amusing quirks along with unexpected plot twist. Thanks for sharing your hard work of a n excellent story on kindle unlimited!
July 31, 2022
When two ambassadors children are killed in a bomb explosion in their house, Cassie and Violet are on the case. Stolen paintings and the Chinese triads. This book is an adventure from start to finish
May 6, 2025
I didn’t love the first book, wanting it to be longer, but I have come to appreciate the quick read of this series. It is kind of the book version of a weekly tv show vs a longer novel being a movie. I like the quirkiness of Violet and the reality of Cassie.
August 14, 2018
International Crime
The adventures are getting riskier as Violet and Cassie deal with multiple crimes by multiple people, that all link together.
The adventures are getting riskier as Violet and Cassie deal with multiple crimes by multiple people, that all link together.
October 4, 2018
Another great book
Can't wait to readthe next book in this series.
Wonder I.net g if there Wil l be, more yt? Han six in the group of books.
Can't wait to readthe next book in this series.
Wonder I.net g if there Wil l be, more yt? Han six in the group of books.
July 2, 2019
Female versions of Holmes and Watson
Love this series so far, I usually manage to figure out who dun it early on, but these books keep me guessing till the end. Brilliant read!
Love this series so far, I usually manage to figure out who dun it early on, but these books keep me guessing till the end. Brilliant read!
December 10, 2019
Light and humorous! Just what I need with all the political news of the day!
February 22, 2020
Great little series!
Love this series!! Violet is so funny and Cassie is very enjoyable character! I’m looking forward to see what happens next!
Love this series!! Violet is so funny and Cassie is very enjoyable character! I’m looking forward to see what happens next!
May 31, 2020
Enjoyable quick read. Interesting characters.
June 8, 2020
Excellent follow up
Excellent characters, all contributing to clever solutions with a funny overtone between the main protagonists who are human when it matters
Excellent characters, all contributing to clever solutions with a funny overtone between the main protagonists who are human when it matters
September 6, 2020
I like the way the Violet solves the mysteries. I also like the character Cassie.
January 22, 2021
All I can say is I'm very glad I don't have as friend like Violet.
April 17, 2021
Growing fond of the series. Yes it's a bit Sherlock Holmes-y rip off, but I do like the characters.
June 20, 2023
Keeps you interested.
August 29, 2023
Cassie and Violet are at it again and they do NOT disappoint!
The mystery, as well as the dialogue amongst the characters are so very far from dull.
I'm looking forward to book #3 already!
The mystery, as well as the dialogue amongst the characters are so very far from dull.
I'm looking forward to book #3 already!
November 27, 2024
Another wonderful adventure in crime solving!
The amazing Violet is at it again, and Cassie is beginning to learn the ropes. A fun read. I can't wait to start the next one!
The amazing Violet is at it again, and Cassie is beginning to learn the ropes. A fun read. I can't wait to start the next one!
February 6, 2025
3.5 Stars
June 17, 2025
2.5 stars Another cozy mystery, but this one with a young heroine. These are pretty short and diverting - not great literature and I'm not in love with the characters, but works as a palate cleanser.
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September 15, 2025These are fast, intriguing reads. Really hard to put down...
November 11, 2025
2.5 stars.
December 12, 2025
Intriguing
Espionage. A crime syndicate. Violence. But still cozy. Great book! I love the dynamic between the leads. Ready for the next!
Espionage. A crime syndicate. Violence. But still cozy. Great book! I love the dynamic between the leads. Ready for the next!
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