Lady Odelia’s Secret, Audiobook

Lady Odelia’s Secret, Audiobook (2022) Jane Steen and Elizabeth Klett narrator (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries #2)

Set in Sussex in 1882

I felt Michael—who hated to touch, or be touched by, other people—flinch as I rested my fingertips as lightly as possible on his arm.

“I enjoy reading about people who are real to me for a short time, knowing that if terrible things happen to them, I can comfort myself in knowing they have no existence but in the writer’s head.”

“The preparation of a large canvas is a marvelous operation. The frame must be exact down to one-sixteenth of an inch, the stitching done with great care, everything perfectly measured and calculated before we apply the first drop of size.”

I think Ned is my favorite secondary character.

“As you leave your grief behind you, my dear, I’d like to urge you to do more—to join me in a cause that’s very close to my heart.” He leaned forward, his napkin crushed in one large hand. “The greatest problem for the poor of Littleberry is that problems are tackled piecemeal. There are many of us who support a more thorough approach.”

“Ned, no.” Gerry huffed out a sigh. “Not the hospital, not now. It’s Christmas.”

…

“And what better time to introduce the subject of caring for the poor and meek than at Christmas, when we celebrate the birth of the One who came into the world in a stable?”

Characters: Lady Helena Whitcombe, Guttridge, Armand Fortier, Mr. Quinn Dermody, Mrs. Gabrielle Dermody, Michael Scott-De Quincy, Alice and Annette Scott-De Quincy, Julia Scott-De Quincy, Briggs, Sir Edward Freestone, Lady Geraldine Freestone, Odelia Scott-De Quincy, Lydia Freestone, Sir Geraint, Janie, Mountjoy, Edmund, Thomas Freestone

Cover by Rachel Lawston

Publisher: Aspidistra Press

Rating: 8.5/10

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