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 Destroying Angel - Alanna Knight
 Destroying Angel - Alanna Knight ... within days Rose McQuinn lost two precious things - her fiance, Jack Macmerry, and her elusive dog, Thane. Her stubborn refusal to give up her job as Lady Detective cost her the man whose love she had taken for granted. A police sergeant couldn't be expected to have a female sleuth for a wife, and so he found comfort in the arms of a more accommodating woman. And now it seems that Thane's real owners have been found. But when Rose tries to return the hound to the Staines family she is called upon to discover the identity of a blackmailer and thief. The family's tragic past colours Rose's search for the truth and plunges her into ever more dangerous waters. Just who can she trust in this isolated haven, and what type of life will she be returning to when she finally leaves?Newest Review: ... 'Lady Detective, Discretion Guaranteed', I gave a mental groan and started the book expecting it to be as twee as its main ... more ... character's title. Within two pages, I had changed my mind. Rose McQuinn is a character with whom I could immediately identify; she has had a hard life and now has found herself single once again, concerned about the future and facing loneliness. Her worry that she is going to lose her beloved pet also struck a chord with me. At the same time, she refuses to give in to her fears and uses her feistiness to forge ahead and get on with her life. I really enjoyed her as a character and, as she tells the story in the first ...more |
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Destroying Angel - Alanna Knight: Victorian murder and mayhem (774 words)
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In the late nineteenth century, Rose McQuinn, daughter of a police officer and herself a private investigator, has had to cope with many losses in her life. She lost her husband, Danny McQuinn, when he vanished in Arizona. Her latest beau, Jack Macmerry, seems to have found happiness with another another lover. Then her step-brother, Vince, informs her that he has found the original owner of her deerhound, Thane. Although Rose refuses to hand the dog, her constant companion, back without a fight, she does agree to pay a visit to Thane's original owner, Hubert Staines, who lives in Northumberland. Leaving her beloved Edinburgh, she travels to Northumberland, where she ... Read the complete review
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