From the publisher:
“In the years following World War II, former Secret Service employee Mirabelle Bevan has found a refuge in the quiet coastal town of Brighton. But she can’t seem to resist an attraction to danger and a thirst for justice . . .
“1952: Eighteen-year-old debutante Rose Bellamy Gore was last seen outside a Soho jazz club in the company of a saxophone player named Lindon Claremont. Now her mysterious disappearance is front-page news in the London tabloids.
“When Lindon turns up the next day in Brighton, desperately seeking help, Mirabelle counsels him to cooperate with the authorities. After the local police take the musician into custody and ship him off to Scotland Yard, Mirabelle and her best friend, Vesta Churchill, hop a train to London in search of the truth.
“As they scour smoky jazz clubs searching for clues to the deb’s disappearance, they descend into a sinister underworld where the price of admission can be one’s life. Mirabelle will need to draw on her espionage skills to improvise her way out of a disappearing act of her own . . .”
I read the first Mirabelle Bevan Mystery last year (Brighton Belle – find my review here) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Mirabelle’s second adventure, London Calling, was just as wonderful. Sheridan does a marvelous job of evoking the romance and risk of the Jazz Age in London. And her characters thrive in it. Mirabelle is such an intelligently crafted heroine – full of wit and chutzpa – someone a quiet soul like me can look up to. And it was a pleasure to get to know Vesta (another strong female character in her own right) and hear her story more in this adventure.
The mystery was well-plotted and nicely-paced. This was one of those fabulous stories that I just had to know, so I stayed up way past my bedtime to see how Mirabelle figured it all out. If you enjoy a mystery, you’ll certainly like Mirabelle Bevan and her adventures. And, as with the first book, Brighton Belle, I think London Calling would make a terrific book club selection with tons of layers and history to keep your discussion flowing.
Grab your copy when London Calling releases on March 28, 2017.
Many thanks to Kensington Books and NetGalley for the copy of this book for review purposes. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my very own!
