Böcker av Allison Montclair

"In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture: The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous--and never discussed--past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a genteel war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Looking to throw a New Year's Eve soirâee for their clients, Sparks and Bainbridge scout an empty building--only to find a body contained in the walls. What they initially assume is a victim of the recent Blitz is uncovered instead to be a murder victim. ... To make matters worse, the owner of the building is Sparks' beau, Archie Spelling, who has ties to a variety of enterprises on the right and wrong sides of the law, and the main investigator for the police is her ex-fiancâee"--

From debut author Allison Montclair comes an engrossing historical mystery novel set in post-war London, The Right Sort of Man.In a London slowly recovering from World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the heart of Mayfair-The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. Miss Iris Sparks, quick-witted and impulsive, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, practical and widowed with a young son, are determined to achieve some independence and do some good in a rapidly changing world.But their promising start is threatened when their newest client is found murdered and the man arrested for the crime is the prospective husband they matched her with. While the police are convinced they have their man, Miss Sparks and Mrs. Bainbridge are not. To clear his name-and to rescue their fledgling operation's reputation-Sparks and Bainbridge decide to investigate on their own. Little do they know that this will put their very lives at risk.*BONUS CONTENT: This edition of The Right Sort of Man includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide