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There is no doubt that the readers of SM enjoy her universe of interwoven series that have characters that reach out from the pages of their books to appear in other books, closing the circle. This reader appreciates this to no end.

There is no doubt that the readers of SM enjoy her universe of interwoven series that have characters that reach out from the pages of their books to appear in other books, closing the circle. This reader appreciates this to no end.

Uncheck power corrupts which we know to our detriment to a fever pitch over the last 10 years.
Police misconduct on a global scale has escalated in the 21st-century. This is a scarring reality.

Imogen’s black bag of tricks something every woman should have included chloroform, and black powder, mercury fulminate, nitro glycerin or blasting oil
Scotland Yard was founded in 1829 name for the location of its headquarters. The detective branch was founded in 1842 Staff eight men
Corruption started immediately

In the authors notes SM introduces the 40 elephants and all woman Victorian crime ring that operated for more than a century. Alice diamond the 40s most famous queen, was an explosive expert herself.
Author Brian McDonald, Alice diamond and the 40 elephants.

I am told you are the Duchess of Trevescan… spoken low and smooth like Scotch whiskey
I am
Fascinating, he replied, he replied. As I am the Duke of Trevescan one would think we would have met

And this is the hook she left while SM wandered off and a title of literary fiction which I will not read

The second week of April saw a grand ball hosted by the Duchess of Trevescan. Again something I would’ve loved to attend. And where the hook for the last book appears, at the last sentence
The delay in publication of mastermind the last title in the series has been almost 2 years, but we are promised it in February 2027. Thus the lawyer readers of SM wait

Gougeres, a pastry of French origin with many eggs whipped, milk, flour, etc. which now is a puff pastry from steam but then in 1840 was a flat disc and it was risen from the whipping of the eggs. unknown in England vocabulary but the French chef Careme in his 1833 cookbook mentions them. A copy of that book that was in my book shop sold for nothing at auction just recently. It was a three volume set illustrated.

The sacking of so many in high positions, and the web that allowed them in a lower positions reached parliament in the Home secretary, and everyone under them. Duncan West, familiar owner of the news, made sure there was a broom clean

And how unlikely that now September 20, 2026
We might have something similar. In fact the corruption is about to creep further…

The epilogue, three months on from January, April, the second Tuesday in 1840
They married at St. George’s Church in the first week of April, she became Mrs. Thomas Peck, thorn in the side of the constabulary

That is a wedding breakfast I would’ve loved to attend and I don’t go very many places