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In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another murder.

In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business ventureThe Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerousand never discussedpast in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a genteel war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Looking to throw a New Year's Eve soiree for their clients, Sparks and Bainbridge scout an empty buildingonly to find a body contained in the walls. What they initially assume is a victim of the recent Blitz is uncovered instead to be a murder victimstabbed several times.

To make matters worse, the owner of the building is Sparks' beau, Archie Spelling, who has ties to a variety of enterprises on the right and wrong sides of the law, and the main investigator for the polic

Murder at the White Palace

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 9 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9781250854216
      978-1250854216
      ISBN-10 1250854210

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another murder.

      In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business ventureThe Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerousand never discussedpast in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a genteel war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Looking to throw a New Year's Eve soiree for their clients, Sparks and Bainbridge scout an empty buildingonly to find a body contained in the walls. What they initially assume is a victim of the recent Blitz is uncovered instead to be a murder victimstabbed several times.

      To make matters worse, the owner of the building is Sparks' beau, Archie Spelling, who has ties to a variety of enterprises on the right and wrong sides of the law, and the main investigator for the polic

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