A Dangerous Engagement: Glamour and murder in Prohibition New York

· Amory Ames Book 6 · Allison & Busby Ltd
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Amory Ames is travelling to New York, excited to be a bridesmaid at her friend Tabitha's wedding, but with Prohibition in full swing, her husband Milo is less than enthused. When a member of the wedding party is found murdered on the front steps of the bride's home, the happy plans take a darker twist.
Amory discovers that the dead man has links to the notorious - and notoriously handsome - gangster Leon De Lora. While the police seem to think that New York's criminal underworld is at play, Amory feels they can't ignore the wedding guests either. Milo and Amory are drawn into the glamorous, dangerous world of nightclubs and bootleggers. But as they draw closer to unravelling the web of lies the murdered man has left in his wake, the killer is weaving a web of his own.

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Alison Robinson
November 24, 2020
Amory and Miles travel to New York for a wedding and get thrust into a world of intrigue, suspicion, bootleggers and illicit nightclubs. Staying with the bride-to-be and her father at his swanky mansion Amory detects a lot of uneasiness. Her friend Tabitha seems uneasy about the upcoming wedding, Tabitha is worried about her father, one of the groomsmen is rumoured to be socialising with gangsters (and worse). Drawn into things against her will Amory soon finds herself playing detective again when one of the wedding party is gunned down on the steps of the mansion. This series is growing on me, initially I thought the identity of the murderers were pretty obvious but they have become less obvious as the series progresses. I also enjoy the slow reveal of Amory and Miles' marriage as they progress from distrust and division towards something closer, I like that they no longer seem to reset to distrust at the start of every book. I can't wait to read the next chapter of their relationship.
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Ashley Weaver is a librarian and has worked in libraries since she was 14. Her debut novel, Murder at the Brightwell, was nominated for the Edgar Best First Novel Award. She lives in the USA.

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