The Body in Seven Dials
The Lady in Blue Mysteries #1
H L Marsay
Reviewed by Helen
This is a fabulous start to a new series, H L Marsay has bought to life the story of Dorothy Peto who was the first female superintendent of The Metropolitan Police in 1914, it is a very informative and interesting story as we learn how the women helped the police in London at the start of World War one.
Dorothy is part of a group of suffragettes and as the men are leaving to fight in the war the police are finding they are very short staffed Dorothy and her friends come up with an idea to start a volunteer group to help the police, it takes a while before the idea is accepted and the Women’s Police Volunteers WVP are started, they are tasked with helping with the refugees arriving from Belgium and moving woman of the night on.
On a night when there is a bombing raid from a Zeppelin, Dorothy finds the body of a woman in Seven Dials, it turns out she was an actress and a refugee from Belgium and she has a young daughter, Dorothy is determined to find the answers as she is sure she has been murdered and it appears that there may be a link to another actress’s death the week before. Dorothy arrives on the door of Scotland Yard and makes herself known to Inspector Derwent and tells him of her findings, they are soon helping each other out with the investigation, will Dorothy find the answers and capture the villain?
This one was such an interesting as well as compelling read, as Dorothy uncover the clues there were so many suspects along the way, Dorothy proved she is such a great investigator and to see how woman were treated in the courts back then was terrible, but it soon became evident that the W{V was a success. Dorothy and the other ladies of the WPV were fabulous characters some quirky but so good and I did really like Inspector Derwent. I highly recommend this one and am very much looking forward to book two.
My thanks to Tule Publishing for my digital copy to read and review.
Dorothy is part of a group of suffragettes and as the men are leaving to fight in the war the police are finding they are very short staffed Dorothy and her friends come up with an idea to start a volunteer group to help the police, it takes a while before the idea is accepted and the Women’s Police Volunteers WVP are started, they are tasked with helping with the refugees arriving from Belgium and moving woman of the night on.
On a night when there is a bombing raid from a Zeppelin, Dorothy finds the body of a woman in Seven Dials, it turns out she was an actress and a refugee from Belgium and she has a young daughter, Dorothy is determined to find the answers as she is sure she has been murdered and it appears that there may be a link to another actress’s death the week before. Dorothy arrives on the door of Scotland Yard and makes herself known to Inspector Derwent and tells him of her findings, they are soon helping each other out with the investigation, will Dorothy find the answers and capture the villain?
This one was such an interesting as well as compelling read, as Dorothy uncover the clues there were so many suspects along the way, Dorothy proved she is such a great investigator and to see how woman were treated in the courts back then was terrible, but it soon became evident that the W{V was a success. Dorothy and the other ladies of the WPV were fabulous characters some quirky but so good and I did really like Inspector Derwent. I highly recommend this one and am very much looking forward to book two.
My thanks to Tule Publishing for my digital copy to read and review.
4 stars
October 11, 2023 by Tule Publishing
