Agony in Amethyst
Harriet Gordon #5
A.M. Stuart
Reviewed by Helen
Another brilliant story in this awesome series, and it had me up very late last night, a one sitting read for me because I could not put it down, Robert Curran has just arrived back in Singapore after being in Kuala Lumpur for months solving another case and on his return not only is he looking forward to catching up with Harriet but he is expecting a promotion, when the promotion doesn’t happen and he is told who is getting the job Curran is not happy an adversary from his Scotland Yard days.
With the arrival of Sir Henry Cunningham, Colonial Foreign Secretary this sets Curran on edge seeing he now has two people in Singapore that are both involved with one of his old unresolved cases that had been pushed under the rug so to speak, but at a ball to celebrate Sir Henry’s arrival there is a murder, a young school girl and the conflict is there as memories of that old case come to life.
Harriet is now working at a girls school and thoroughly enjoying it after that happened before, and she is thrilled Curran is back and hopping that their relationship will grow, she is there when the murder happens and as we all know Harriet gets involved to the annoyance of the new chief of police and when her and Curran discuss what happened and he opens up about the past case, Harriet is more determined to get answers but will that cause more problems to Curran especially when she opens up about what he told her?
When there is another two murders the stakes are getting higher and Curran must get the answers he and Harriet are getting closer to the answers but getting the evidence that will prove what happened is not easy in 1910, but we know how determined they are, will the culprit or culprits get away with murder?
I loved this one so much Harriet and Curran are one of my most favourite couples and even though this looks like it might be the last in the series I really do hope that we see more of them, the ending is just perfect, it truly is and I can’t highly recommend this one and the series enough A.M. Stuart is a fabulous author who pulls her readers in, makes them feel part of the story the setting is wonderful and the many fabulous characters add so much to the story, a must read.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
With the arrival of Sir Henry Cunningham, Colonial Foreign Secretary this sets Curran on edge seeing he now has two people in Singapore that are both involved with one of his old unresolved cases that had been pushed under the rug so to speak, but at a ball to celebrate Sir Henry’s arrival there is a murder, a young school girl and the conflict is there as memories of that old case come to life.
Harriet is now working at a girls school and thoroughly enjoying it after that happened before, and she is thrilled Curran is back and hopping that their relationship will grow, she is there when the murder happens and as we all know Harriet gets involved to the annoyance of the new chief of police and when her and Curran discuss what happened and he opens up about the past case, Harriet is more determined to get answers but will that cause more problems to Curran especially when she opens up about what he told her?
When there is another two murders the stakes are getting higher and Curran must get the answers he and Harriet are getting closer to the answers but getting the evidence that will prove what happened is not easy in 1910, but we know how determined they are, will the culprit or culprits get away with murder?
I loved this one so much Harriet and Curran are one of my most favourite couples and even though this looks like it might be the last in the series I really do hope that we see more of them, the ending is just perfect, it truly is and I can’t highly recommend this one and the series enough A.M. Stuart is a fabulous author who pulls her readers in, makes them feel part of the story the setting is wonderful and the many fabulous characters add so much to the story, a must read.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
5 stars
October 28, 2024 by Oportet Publishing
