Normally, I avoid Victoria-era stories set in England. I expect them to be too depressingly Charles Dickens-ish. But this recent title by Michelle Griep caught my eye. Here’s the blurb from Amazon (the image is theirs, too):
“Constable Jackson Forge intends to make the world safer, or at least the streets of Victorian London. But that’s Kit Turner’s domain, a swindler who runs a crew that acquires money the old-fashioned way—conning the rich to give to the poor. When a local cab driver goes missing, Jackson is tasked with finding the man, and the only way to do that is by enlisting Kit’s help. If Jackson doesn’t find the cabby, he’ll be fired. If Kit doesn’t help Jackson, he’ll arrest her for thievery. Yet neither of them realize those are the least of their problems.”
This intriguing premise sucked me in, and I’m glad it did! Griep’s likeable characters came alive on the page. Their tale has plenty of suspense, mystery, honor, deceit, humor, spectacular failure, and danger. Plus a sneaking hint of romance that they certainly take their sweet time acknowledging. Maybe it’s the stress of not knowing whether they can trust each other.
Whether you usually like historical fiction or avoid it, I encourage you to give this Great Weekend Read a try.
Thanks for reading,
Jan
(c) 2021 by Jan C Johnson
Jan C Johnson, Writer 
Thanks for this recommendation! I finally got around to putting it on my library “to read” list!
Hope y’all had a MERRY CHRISTMAS with grandbabies!
Blessings, Janet
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 4:50 PM Joywriting: Everybody Has a Story wrote:
> Jan C. Johnson posted: ” Normally, I avoid Victoria-era stories set in > England. I expect them to be too depressingly Charles Dickens-ish. But this > recent title by Michelle Griep caught my eye. Here’s the blurb from Amazon > (the image is theirs, too): “Constable Jackson Forge int” >
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