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Who's Sorry Now? (Lady Adelaide Mysteries Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Maggie Robinson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 2 of 4: Lady Adelaide Mysteries

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The next mystery book in a lively historical cozy series! A Russian prince. A wealthy heir. An impoverished earl's daughter. Which one will make an untimely exit from the London social scene?

"If you like a clever mystery, a handsome ghost, and the far-from-bereaved widow who can't find the elusive killer without Rupert's help, Who's Sorry Now? is just your cup of English murder."—Charles Todd, author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries and the Bess Crawford mysteries

London, England 1925. Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter finds himself in the middle of a series of upper-class deaths in London. Bright Young People are being extinguished in their favorite night spots, from a sleazy private jazz club to the Savoy ballroom. Dev knows just the person to help him navigate the treacherous society waters: Lady Adelaide Compton, a marquess' daughter and widow of a Great War hero. Beautiful, clever, and kind, Addie is a unique woman—not the least because she's haunted by the irritating ghost of her deceased husband. Unfortunately, Dev has put her in jeopardy once before, nearly leading him to turn in his warrant card.

But Addie is nobody's victim: when her sister Cee is attacked, Addie turns to the inspector, offering her help... and it soon becomes clear that the two of them working together on these Scottish mysteries could lead to much more than merely solving crime.

The Lady Adelaide Mysteries:

Nobody's Sweetheart Now (Book 1)

Who's Sorry Now? (Book 2)

Just Make Believe (Book 3)

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"Readers will enjoy the lively exchanges between Addie, a thoroughly appealing narrator, and her two admirers, exasperating Rupert and smitten Devenand. Fans of witty, romance-infused paranormal historicals will have fun." ― Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Maggie Robinson is a former teacher and library clerk who woke up one night absolutely compelled to create the perfect man using as many adjectives and adverbs as possible. A two-time nominee for the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice Award, she is the author of the Courtesan Court series, the London List series, and the Ladies Unlaced series, among others. A transplanted New Yorker and mother of four, she lives with her husband in Maine. For more information, visit www.maggierobinson.net.

Gemma Dawson is a classically trained British actress and audiobook narrator who graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and went on to become one of their most prestigious company members. She has lent her voice to documentaries, television shows, commercials, and major motion pictures. Born and raised in London, she currently resides in New York City.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07S1Y8C2Z
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Poisoned Pen Press (June 1, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2263 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #53,560 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #205 in 20th Century Historical Romance (Books)
- #498 in Historical Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #579 in Ghost Mysteries

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Maggie Robinson is a former teacher, library clerk and mother of four who woke up in the middle of the night, absolutely compelled to create the perfect man and use as many adjectives and adverbs as possible doing so. A transplanted New Yorker, she lives with her not-quite perfect husband in Maine, where the cold winters are ideal for staying inside and writing hot historical romances, and her latest venture, the Lady Adelaide Mysteries, set in the 1920s.

Her Victorian-set 3-book series, the Cotswold Confidential novels, released in 2017. The first, Schooling the Viscount, was an Amazon editors' best romance of the month. She is the author of three previous series: Courtesan Court (Regency, 4 books and 2 novellas), London List (Regency, 3 books), and Ladies Unlaced (Edwardian, 4 books), as well as two standalone Regency erotic novels written as Margaret Rowe. Her books have been translated into Thai, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian, Dutch, French and German. Maggie is a two-time nominee for an RT Book Reviews Magazine's Reviewers Choice Award.

You can find excerpts, reviews and contest information at www.maggierobinson.net

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J

A fast-paced, original mystery with great characters

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019

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Absolutely wonderful. Addie feels very real—funny, flawed, and very brave. Her exchanges with Dev are hilarious, and I can’t wait to see where that epilogue goes. This series is incredible fun.

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Great second in the series!

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2019

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Who's Sorry Now? is the second entertaining, lighthearted mystery in the Lady Adelaide series by Maggie Robinson. As with the first, Nobody's Sweetheart Now, we find Lady Addie being haunted by her late rakish husband, Rupert. His mission is to protect her when she stumbles onto a murder, which she does with an alarming regularity. This time it's the death of several young people at a London nightclub. When the murderer's attempts almost takes the life of Addie's sister, Cee, Lady Adelaide decides to throw caution to the wind and help the police, headed by Inspector Hunter, find the culprit.

First, I've got to say I adore this series. The characters are well written and are always lots of fun. The era that the author has chosen for the setting is perfect. The roaring 20's is not common among the mystery genre, so it works to set this series apart from others. The mystery story line in this one was unique and kept me guessing right to the very end.

The only downside I found in the book was the number of characters. There were quite a lot and at times it was difficult to keep them sorted. The author did have the main character review the them a few times in a list, so this did help somewhat.

Overall, it was a great book and I look forward to reading the next to see how Addie and Dev's relationship pans out. I received an advanced copy of this book given to me by the publisher, Poisoned Pen Press, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Lady Adelaide is the best 1920's Upper Class British Female Sleuth!

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2019

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I love cozy historical mysteries and this second novel in the Lady Adelaide series is even better than the first novel, which was so well written that I could picture what life after the First World War must have been like for the British Upper Class. So many young men died who were heirs to estates held by their families forever. The young sweethearts of those men and the war widows whose way of life was completely destroyed because of the laws that allowed only males to inherit. Lady Adelaide married a war hero who turned out to be unfaithful cad who died in a car crash with another woman in the passenger seat. She's a widow who's lucky to have been left with his huge fortune and his country estate and is finally starting to enjoy life again. The first novel was hilariously funny because her dead husband comes back as a ghostly spirit that only she can see and hear and she's sure she's losing her mind every time he appears at the most awkward times. He's been commissioned to watch over her safety as a way of avoiding a lifetime in Hell but even he doesn't know what the danger to her is. This book doesn't go into all the details of why Rupert keeps haunting her and we get to see Lady Adelaide without the hysterical edge she has in the first novel. She's an Aristocrat but without the snobbery of the older generation. She's adjusting to being in charge of her life and enjoys making her own choices. But there's always pressure to re-marry and she's been brought up to be a wife and hostess and feels guilty that she's not really wanting to marry the boy next door who has proposed but has allowed her to put off giving him her final answer. She was almost killed during a murder that happened on her country estate in the first book and she keeps thinking about the handsome Scotland Yard Detective who saved her life but is totally ineligible since she's the daughter of an Earl and he's middle class and, since his mother's family is from India, that makes him an outcast because he's not white. This book starts out with Lady Adelaide and her mother and younger sister's visit to New York City where it's the height of prohibition and the two sisters are saved from being caught in a police raid at a Speakeasy that Lady Adelaide reluctantly visits because her sister intends to go to with or without her. Rupert's ghostly spirit appears and they escape through a window in the men's room. Lady Adelaide's sister is about 10 years younger, a spoiled young woman who like many of her generation is looking for anything to amuse her, especially if it's something daring and slightly dangerous. Back in London Lady Cee falls in with a crowd of young people who enjoy going to shady jazz clubs where there's plenty of booze, drugs, smoking hot jazz, and dancing until dawn or they pass out. Unfortunately, someone has decided to put cyanide in some of the cocktails and the members the her group seem to be the target. When Lady Cee takes a sip of one of her friend's cocktail before he's had a chance to drink any of it and Rupert appears and warns Lady Adelaide that it might contain poison she saves her sister's life and the Scotland Yard Detective who's investigating the poisonings is the same man who was in charge of the murder on her estate. She convinces him that she can help him catch the person who's putting poison in the cocktails since she can become part of the group and learn things they would never tell the police. He's reluctant because he fears she's putting herself in danger of becoming the next victim but she helped him solve the previous case of murder and he knows she's right about being able to gather information he has no chance of getting. Rupert's ghostly presence isn't as unnerving for Lady Adelaide as it was in the first book and he appears much less often so we see just how fearless Lady Adelaide is when she's determined to find out who poisoned her sister, even though the poison was meant for someone else. If you've been reading the latest historical British cozy mysteries that seem to come out once a month and are enjoyable but not very authentic you'll be pleased by how well written and well researched this series is. There's lots of clues to sift through and I had no idea who the villain was until the end even though I'm pretty good at figuring out who it is when the clues are there as they are in this book. Even if you have never read any historical mysteries but are a mystery fan you'll find it almost impossible to put this book down long enough to eat and sleep! I hope this series goes on for a long time because I love a well written mystery!

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Excellent characters and period mood

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2020

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I started with this and must now read the first. Addie, Beckett, Dev...classes, cultures, and nationalities are all on display and handled with taste and tact. Rupert the ghost was fun. Hope he pops up again. Nice mystery and developed well, as well as being well edited. Fun!

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The ghost of Rupert returns...

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2020

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After a year of mourning, Lady Adelaide feels confident that the ghost of her dead reprobate husband has gone off to wherever he belongs in the Afterlife. But Rupert turns out to be on call when Addie’s life is in danger. Not only that but he’s acquired a taste for detection...

Bright Young People are dropping dead in trendy London night spots. Addie gets involved because her younger sister Cee almost becomes a victim. Poor Addie at the advanced age of thirty-one has no interest in London night life; she loves the country. But Cee has a broken heart and needs lots of distractions and entertainments.

Enter tall, dark, and handsome Inspector Hunter, who adores Addie, but can’t show it, because he’s a lowly policeman — and half Indian to boot. She’s madly attracted to him and also doesn’t dare show it. Their adventures in crime solving are the heart of Who’s Sorry Now — with a variety of social dramas woven into the plot. Rupert is witty and snide as usual, and again saves the day more than once.

This follow-up to Nobody’s Sweetheart Now carries on the lighthearted fun of that book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2022

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I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in the series and was hoping this second one would be a good read, too. It was excellent! I hope there's several more books to follow. I love reading about Adelaide, her family, Rupert and especially Detective Hunter.

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JS

Ok sort of silly story

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2019

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It’s not fantastic, but there is so little good quality writing that even generally OK books are welcome. In this story, Addie has no Age, and excuse whatsoever for getting involved with some unsavory people, but how else can she see yummy Dev the Anglo-Indian detective? The plot is thin, and the Russian prince is just silly. But it’s the Jazz Age and the books is a nice way to spend an afternoon.

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