{"id":5127,"date":"2015-02-17T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T22:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5127"},"modified":"2021-12-15T21:27:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T02:27:46","slug":"my-lord-and-spymaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5127","title":{"rendered":"My Lord and Spymaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Lord and Spymaster<\/a><\/em> (2008) Joanna Bourne<\/a><\/p>\n

\"My-Lord-and-Spymaster\"<\/a>There is so very much to like about this book.<\/p>\n

Jess Whitby was a thief, but is now the daughter of one of the richest traders and is a genius at accounting. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am England\u2019s expert on skullduggery in accounting.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And she is desperately searching for the traitor Cinq–the man who has been sharing British secrets with the French.<\/p>\n

Capt. Sebastian Kennett is responsible for the arrest of Jess’ father–as Cinq, whose traitorous deeds lead to the sinking of many ships and the deaths of many he called friends.<\/p>\n

I really<\/em> like Jess.<\/p>\n

There her dress was, a heap of slit-up rags on the carpet. \u201cMy dress got wet, so you cut it off. You must be a right terror in a thunderstorm.\u201d A prudent woman in her situation wouldn\u2019t embark upon sarcasm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ALSO, if you read the first in the series, The Spymaster\u2019s Lady<\/a><\/em>, we get more Adrian.<\/p>\n

Adrian joined him at the window. \u201cI\u2019ll see you in Garnet Street at midnight, outside the (N) warehouse. What does one wear to ransack a warehouse? Black, I think, and the charcoal waistcoat. Tasteful, yet understated.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe evidence says he\u2019s Cinq.\u201d
\n\u201cForget the evidence. I spread my own entrails over the rocks and took auspices. My guts are never wrong.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My ghod I love that character.<\/p>\n

But truly, Jess is the heart of the story, and the best part.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have copies of their bank accounts. How the damn hell did you get hold of that?\u201d
\n\u201cBribery, mostly. It\u2019s a business expense, and we budget for it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This story is just truly and utterly marvelous.
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Berkley <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Jess Whitby was a thief, but is now the daughter of one of the richest traders and is a genius at accounting. \u201cI am England\u2019s expert on skullduggery in accounting.\u201d And she is desperately searching for the traitor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,30,292,33,8,26],"tags":[375,547],"class_list":["post-5127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-10","category-british","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mystery","category-romance","tag-joanna-bourne","tag-napoleonic-era"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1kH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5130,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5130","url_meta":{"origin":5127,"position":0},"title":"The Forbidden Rose","author":"Michelle","date":"February 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Forbidden Rose (2010) Joanna Bourne Set during the French Revolution Marguerite de Fleurignac is on the run. 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