A Poisoned Season

A Poisoned Season (2007) Tasha Alexander

Set in London ~1890

The mystery here involves the supposed son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and a thief who seems to specialize in articles once owned by the former queen.

I do enjoy the dialog in this series.

“And, Emily”—he grew serious—“if you ever…if Hargreaves doesn’t…if you do need someone…I think you and I could come to a mutually satisfactory understanding.”

“Really, Jeremy, that has to be one of the most romantic proposals in all of English history. May I record it in my diary?”

“I mean it, Em.”

“Really, Margaret. No good could come of associating oneself with a person of such ambiguous morals.”

“There’s nothing ambiguous about them. He’s bad through and through. Very appealing.”

I could not bring myself to respond; this, however, presented no problem. My mother always preferred soliloquies to dialogue.

I did like the thief especially, and it was interesting to see how Emily and Ivy’s relationship changes.
Rating: 7/10

Published by HarperCollins

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