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A review by marilynw
Evil in Emerald by A.M. Stuart
4.0
Evil in Emerald (Harriet Gordon Mystery #3)
by A.M. Stuart, Olivia Dowd (narrator)
With this third entry in the Harriet Gordon Mystery series, changes are afoot. Harriet's friends, Inspector Robert Curran and his live in lover Khoo Li An are at a crossroads. Harriet has been spending a lot of time in the company of Simon Hume, an Australian journalist. And Harriet and her brother, Julian, hope to be sending their nine year old ward, Will, to school abroad, once the next school season starts.
For now, Harriet has a part in a local musical theatre production of the Pirates of Penzance, with the Singapore Amateur Dramatic and Musical Society. What a little hubbub of rumor, flirting, and silliness. So many of the girls and women seem to be vying for the attention of leading man, Tony Dowling. It's when there is a horrible murder of one of the production's cast members that Curran needs Harriet's help in assessing the circumstances of the murder. Harriet has a keen eye for observation and knows who was showing interest in the victim, who might have been angry with him, and who he might have stepped on with his trespassing ways.
Harriet has her hands full with her teaching duties and administration work but Curran also needs her to help him, in a more active way, with this investigation. We get to see, once again. the cultural divides in 1910 Singapore, and how Curran can never really break down the walls between himself and Li An. This series is so good and I feel like I've come to know and care about these characters. The story ends with loose ends that will surely be answered in the next book in the series.
Published March 29,2022
by A.M. Stuart, Olivia Dowd (narrator)
With this third entry in the Harriet Gordon Mystery series, changes are afoot. Harriet's friends, Inspector Robert Curran and his live in lover Khoo Li An are at a crossroads. Harriet has been spending a lot of time in the company of Simon Hume, an Australian journalist. And Harriet and her brother, Julian, hope to be sending their nine year old ward, Will, to school abroad, once the next school season starts.
For now, Harriet has a part in a local musical theatre production of the Pirates of Penzance, with the Singapore Amateur Dramatic and Musical Society. What a little hubbub of rumor, flirting, and silliness. So many of the girls and women seem to be vying for the attention of leading man, Tony Dowling. It's when there is a horrible murder of one of the production's cast members that Curran needs Harriet's help in assessing the circumstances of the murder. Harriet has a keen eye for observation and knows who was showing interest in the victim, who might have been angry with him, and who he might have stepped on with his trespassing ways.
Harriet has her hands full with her teaching duties and administration work but Curran also needs her to help him, in a more active way, with this investigation. We get to see, once again. the cultural divides in 1910 Singapore, and how Curran can never really break down the walls between himself and Li An. This series is so good and I feel like I've come to know and care about these characters. The story ends with loose ends that will surely be answered in the next book in the series.
Published March 29,2022