The Fatal Flying Affair
A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 7
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The Fatal Flying Affair
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Narrated by:
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Elizabeth Knowelden
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By:
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T E Kinsey
August 1911. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable lady’s maid Florence Armstrong are enjoying a fine summer until Harry, Lady H’s brother, turns up out of the blue with a mystery for them to solve.
A routine parachute test at a local aeroplane factory has gone horribly wrong - with pilot Dickie Dupree plummeting to his death. Harry is certain there is more to this ‘tragic accident’ than meets the eye, having discovered that someone at the airfield is leaking top secret intelligence to foreign rivals.
In between strolls to the Dog & Duck and planning for the annual village show, the daring duo dust off the Crime Board and go undercover at Bristol Aviation. With international powers investing heavily in aeronautics, the stakes are high - sky high - and the suspects soon mount up.
Can Lady Hardcastle find the culprit before someone else falls down dead?
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Critic reviews
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
“This audiobook should have come with a warning: Listen at your own risk. If others try to pause it, you may snap their heads off in frustration. As Lady Hardcastle and her lady's maid, Flo, return to spying for England in the summer of 1911, narrator Elizabeth Knowelden enhances the story full of witticisms and a clever plot by immersing listeners in the lives of these two characters. Listeners will catch Flo's excitement as she discovers that her newest job requires investigation at an airfield where someone was recently killed.” --AudioFile Magazine
This time around we have planes and parachutes and skullduggery abound.
I love how the characters keep evolving and moving forward, I love the banter between Emily and her "tiny servant", and also Mr "featherstonehough" (Fanshaw - still not 100% sure how that even works!). I love all the side characters also, basically I just love this series.
To be fair, I'm not sure whether I would have continued with even the first book had I been reading them, because I think the "what ho" and "I say!"s were all a bit much for me, but I'm so glad I discovered they were on audio (and included free with the kindle unlimited books at the time, although I've now bought them all, along with the spinoff series too), Elizabeth knowlden brings the books to life like no other and really makes all the what ho's etc sound totally natural where they always sounded awkward in my head.
The story moves along at a fair pace, with plenty of twists and turns along the way, and I must admit I didn't pick the real baddies out til the big reveal so that kept it interesting. The village play was a lovely little side story aswell, I could totally picture Emily in a spangly leotard having knives thrown at her head!
As always, I'm left wanting more and hoping there will be another soon. I would definitely recommend this whole series, starting from book one.
Outstanding as usual
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Amazing ( no spoilers )
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Another wonderful adventure!
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easy comfortable read
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can't wait for more.
fabulous story brilliant narration
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