A review by vsbedford
The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T.E. Kinsey

5.0

A thorough good time with characters from the Lady Hardcastle series taking center stage, although we still get a guest star appearance from Flo and Lady Hardcastle - think of this as a crossover episode, in the NCIS mode, that serves as a series premiere. The mystery clips along with thoroughly likable leads and a nice supporting cast in the Dizzy Heights band, with nods to the trauma of WWI, and the sense of humor that one can expect from a Kinsey mystery. The only stumbling block, to me, was a bit of action dump in the latter quarter of the novel that read a bit stiff; I think this can be explained as a one-off issue of a writer grappling with a new point of view and we can smoothly move on from there. A total recommend.

I received an ecopy from the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.