The year is 1896 when life was more complicated than it is now
especially for women.
Aged 28, main character Violet is seen as an old spinster and
her father is concerned that she won’t settle down and get married, but Violet
isn’t interested in that life – she wants to work and be independent – which didn’t
really happen in that era.
Violet sets out to discover what happened to her mother who
disappeared ten years previously, and as this is no job for a lady, Violet
hires a detective but is this the best thing to do, and is she taking the lid
off Pandora’s box?
This was a nice gentle read, something that you’d pick up on a
Sunday afternoon with the rain beating down outside – it will whisk you away to
another lifetime with characters that you will warm to.
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