Book Description: Introducing Poppy Denby, a young journalist in London during the Roaring Twenties, investigating crime in the highest social circles!
In 1920, twenty-two year old Poppy Denby moves from Northumberland to live with her paraplegic aunt in London. Aunt Dot, a suffragette who was injured in battles with the police in 1910, is a feisty and well-connected lady.
Poppy has always dreamed of being a journalist, and quickly lands a position as an editorial assistant at the Daily Globe. Then one of the paper's writers, Bert Isaacs, dies suddenly--and messily. Poppy and her attractive co-worker, photographer Daniel Rokeby begin to wonder if it wasn't a natural death, but murder.
After she writes a sensational exposé, The Globe's editor invites her to dig deeper. Poppy starts sifting through the dead man's files and unearths a major mystery which takes her to France--and into deadly danger.
My Thoughts: Ohhh! A new series and an new author! Love at first read!
The Roaring Twenties, mystery, and young journalist.
The Jazz Files, Poppy Denby Investigates, is about a young lady in the 20's who moves to London to be with her paraplegic aunt. Poppy's (don't you just love her name) parents think she is going to help Aunt Dot and live with her as a sort of companion. Little do her parents know that Aunt Dot used that "companion thing" as a ruse because she wants Poppy to have a career and a go at life.
And, oh, Aunt Dot was a suffragette. But Poppy feels she is deceiving her parents. But not to worry...
Poppy answers an ad in the paper to be an editorial assistant and lands the job.
This is where the mystery comes...one of the paper's ends up dead and it ain't pretty dead. Poppy and her ever so handsome co-worker decide that this wasn't a natural death and decides to write a sensational expose, which get the attention of the editor who then tells Poppy to dig deeper.
As Poppy goes through the dead man's files, a mystery evolves and takes her into France and deadly danger.
What a mystery! Loved this read!
No spoilers! This one book you'll want to read for yourself!
*This book was provided for review by Kregel Publications*
- Series: Poppy Denby Investigates
- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Lion Fiction (November 27, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1782641750
- ISBN-13: 978-1782641759
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