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Dear Mrs Belmond,
When I finished reading “A Rather Curious Inheritance,” I knew there ought to be more about Penny Nichols (who is aware of the silliness of her name) and Jeremy Laidley (her sort of English cousin) after their show of interest in each other and in combining the actually rather lovely inheritance from their recently deceased great aunt Penelope. I had to wait a year and a half for it but you delivered with “A Rather Curious Engagement.” Once again you use the backdrop of plumy London, the sunny Cote D’Azur and this time add the elegance of a luxurious classic teak 1920s yacht to the story as Penny sniffs out then solves another mystery. At least Jeremy is getting good at spotting the gleam in her eye which signals he’d better get in gear to help her or risk being left in her dust.
I’m sorry to say I found it very slow to get started. You didn’t info dump about the first book to get new readers up to speed and refresh memories of those who’d read it. But the long drawn out way you …
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