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The Burning Issue of the Day (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery Book 5) by [T E Kinsey]

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January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent.

When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel’s innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating it as an open-and-shut case of arson, Lady Hardcastle faces a barrage of resistance as she tries to dig out the truth.

With her trusted maid and confidante, the formidable Flo, Lady Hardcastle sets off in pursuit of the truth as time runs out for the accused suffragette. Was she set up? And if so, is the real culprit a traitor to the cause—or part of a darker conspiracy?

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Thomas & Mercer
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18 April 2019
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T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at Bristol University. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. After helping to raise three children, learning to scuba dive and to play the drums and the mandolin (though never, disappointingly, all at the same time), he decided the time was right to get back to writing. The Burning Issue of the Day is the fifth story in a series of mysteries starring Lady Hardcastle.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KS7HBMT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (18 April 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2668 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 313 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542041155

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T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at the University of Bristol. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. And now he writes historical murder mysteries. In his spare time he plays the drums (quite badly, by all accounts). ‘The Fatal Flying Affair’ is the seventh novel in a series of mysteries starring Lady Hardcastle (there's also a short story, ‘Christmas at The Grange’). His website is at tekinsey.uk and you can follow him on Twitter—@tekinsey—as well as on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tekinsey and Instagram – @tekinseymysteries

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fellwalker46

Another Enjoyable, Entertaining Read From Tim Kinsey

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2019

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The Lady Hardcastle books are as delightfully eccentric as she is. In an age when graphic sex and violence seem to be a sine qua non in fiction, especially detective fiction, Kinsey's writing reflects an earlier more graceful period when explicit material was considered offensive. This is combined with an excellent plot development, strong characterisation, excellent prose and a great sense of place and time. The formula is clearly attractive for many readers, judging by sales figures. This is light reading; there is nothing heavy or profound in these books, but if you are prepared to suspend disbelief for a few hours this is an entertaining way to spend a rainy afternoon by the fire. Having said that, this particular volume ventures into the field of social commentary rather more than the others, set in the struggle for womens' franchise and the suffragette movement, which seems well researched. Even so, it is just as witty and enjoyable as its predecessors. The unusual (and improbable) relationship between Lady Hardcastle and her maid/confidant/bodyguard Florence continues to amuse and in the end of course, the baddies are brought to book, though not without cost to some of the goodies. I can understand that for some readers this might not be "real" enough or serious enough, but if like me you are partial to a tongue in cheek, light but well written yarn with a reasonably compelling and not too obvious plot to lead you on, you will enjoy the shenanigans of Lady Hardcastle and Florence.

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Hereward

Another Excellent Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2019

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This is the fifth book in the Lady Hardcastle series and the fifth I have read and thoroughly enjoyed. The characters really come alive and the humour is delightful. It is not the so-called "laugh-out-loud" funny. Books that are claimed to be "laugh-out-loud" funny are rarely more than slightly amusing and often not even that, but this series hits just the right spot with the humour.
My only problem with all of these books is that I read them too quickly and then have weeks and months of mediocre reads until I find something else of the same standard.
I look forward to the next Lady Hardcastle and Florence Armstrong adventure.

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Philip Meers

The series gets better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 March 2022

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In one of the earlier books I remember Flo Armstrong referring to the strangeness of the relationship between herself and Emily Hardcastle. Apparently Emily does not like to consider Flo as her companion, despite this being a better description of the relationship than mistress and lady's maid.

The characters have developed nicely by this book, and the main ones are quite believable, especially knowing something if the period. Some characters are rather flat, but their roles are to pad out the storyline. Unfortunately though, there is still a hint of "cor blimey govna" in the more stilted conversations.

This story is more tied to the period than previous ones. It was a time when more and more women were breaking the mould, and several of the female characters show this well.

The storyline is well crafted. It's not great literature, but there is more than a nod to The Golden Age of the Whodunit, which makes it more entertaining for me, as these are my favourites. The previous stories have been cosy mysteries, but this one branches out from small village to large city. The storyline held my attention, and although I worked it out well before the big reveal, I enjoyed wading through the clues, and the red herrings, to work out whodunit.

There are parts where I felt the author might have been annoyed with themselves because they had planted so many clues. They had, in some parts, left themselves so little to say, that key threads of the story drifted off instead of being the "aha!" moment that they should have been.

Overall, this well deserves 5* because it is good entertainment, has an interesting backstory, some well written characterisations, and a storyline that manages to stay just the right side of implausible.

I recommend it for some light reading for a couple of evenings. I like to alternate between fiction and nonfiction, and this has been a pleasant alternative to the rather heavy book I read prior to it.

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Another triumph from T. E. Kinsey!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2019

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T. E. Kinsey has a refreshingly quirky yet sharply drawn voice - or rather voices, as each character speaks with their own. Well plotted and paced, with comedic moments liberally scattered throughout, Lady Hardcastle and Florence Armstrong are the sort of chracters one would love to meet, and to be carried along on adventures with them is a real treat. Speaking of treats, I can highly recommend the audible narration from Elizabeth Knowelden - it adds to the fun and rounds out the images of the characters in the imgination. Brilliant!

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Kaybg

Loved it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2019

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I bought this to read on holiday (Florida), but having friends with us meant constant interruptions, so I made myself wait until they continued on to their next destination (New York). On the day I chose to start reading I forgot to eat and had to reluctantly leave the story to obtain sustenance. I managed a whole half hour then back to it. Despite other necessary interruptions, the plot kept pulling me back. The light hearted storyline meant a smile or giggle was ever present and, such was the excellent writing, when I finished the book (on the same day I started it!), I looked up with surprise as I had completely forgotten where I was. I loved it, one of the best so far. Thank you for all the historical extra info at the end. I enjoyed that too.

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A cosy adventure in the time of Women's Suffrage

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2019

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Emily and Flo are at it again (with a good side order of Tea, Fish and Chips, cake and tea). I love Our Celebrated Author's notes at the end of the book - I do like my historical adventures at least founded in real history even if they take flight thereafter - but it's the lovely, cosy misteries and advetures, along with Elizabeth Knowelden's wonderful narration bringing out all the irony and humour, that keep bringing me back to these well structured stories.

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