The Jazz Files (Poppy Denby Investigates, Bk 1)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
The Jazz Files, a delightful historical mystery set in London during the early 1920s, simply sparkles. Fiona Veitch Smith has done a wonderful job blending characters, setting, and plot together in a way that pulls you into the story. The mystery is well-crafted and I enjoyed the historical element as well politics, dress styles, and what the world was like for women at the time. I haven't read a lot of fiction set during the Roaring Twenties and wasn't even sure I would even like this era, but I was hooked from the first page. I do want to point out, however, that this is Christian fiction published in England, which is not as conservative as what American readers are used to.
Poppy, daughter of a Methodist minister in Northumbrian, is an engaging and refreshing new character in the world of amateur detectives, and her job at The Daily Globe in London gives credence to her investigating. The title alone hints at an intriguing story, for in the newspaper world, jazz file is a descriptive term applied to "any story that has a whiff of high society scandal but can't yet be proven." Powerful men in the House of Lords, police corruption, a vigilante group within the suffragette movement, and unexplained events going back seven years are woven together in this fascinating story.
Supporting characters are unusual and likeable, making me want to spend more time in Poppy's world. She is a woman of faith and I found it interesting how the question of ethics came into play in the same way that it does today. Whenever the need for deceit and untruth arose in her investigations, Poppy wrestled with how far to go in order to achieve the greater good and there are no easy answers, then or now.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Jazz Files and look forward to Poppy's next case.
Recommended.
Thank you to Kregel for providing a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Poppy, daughter of a Methodist minister in Northumbrian, is an engaging and refreshing new character in the world of amateur detectives, and her job at The Daily Globe in London gives credence to her investigating. The title alone hints at an intriguing story, for in the newspaper world, jazz file is a descriptive term applied to "any story that has a whiff of high society scandal but can't yet be proven." Powerful men in the House of Lords, police corruption, a vigilante group within the suffragette movement, and unexplained events going back seven years are woven together in this fascinating story.
Supporting characters are unusual and likeable, making me want to spend more time in Poppy's world. She is a woman of faith and I found it interesting how the question of ethics came into play in the same way that it does today. Whenever the need for deceit and untruth arose in her investigations, Poppy wrestled with how far to go in order to achieve the greater good and there are no easy answers, then or now.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Jazz Files and look forward to Poppy's next case.
Recommended.
Thank you to Kregel for providing a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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