Week 53 Review: An Unexpected Peril

From Goodreads:

A princess is missing, and a peace treaty is on the verge of collapse in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

January 1889. As the newest member of the Curiosity Club—an elite society of brilliant, intrepid women—Veronica Speedwell is excited to put her many skills to good use. As she assembles a memorial exhibition for pioneering mountain climber Alice Baker-Greene, Veronica discovers evidence that the recent death was not a tragic climbing accident but murder. Veronica and her natural historian beau, Stoker, tell the patron of the exhibit, Princess Gisela of Alpenwald, of their findings. With Europe on the verge of war, Gisela's chancellor, Count von Rechstein, does not want to make waves—and before Veronica and Stoker can figure out their next move, the princess disappears.

Having noted Veronica's resemblance to the princess, von Rechstein begs her to pose as Gisela for the sake of the peace treaty that brought the princess to England. Veronica reluctantly agrees to the scheme. She and Stoker must work together to keep the treaty intact while navigating unwelcome advances, assassination attempts, and Veronica's own family—the royalty who has never claimed her. 

My Review:

This was a fantastic read! After everything that happened in the previous book, I was excited to see where these characters went from there. And given that the synopsis of this book mentions that Veronica poses as a foreign royal-which crosses her path with England's royalty-her family that she receives no acknowledgement for. Yeah.

I had a great time with this mystery! Because of the various political interests-that it happened in another country, one where the important people don't want it looked into because it appears as an accident. Because it's a tiny country with a border with Germany-right when the Queen's grandson is becoming a problem. But Veronica investigates anyways, which is helped by having to take the princess's place! 

These people have a lot of secrets! And it was hard to know which ones might be connected to the mystery, There was Gisela's presumed to be intended, who I wasn't sure if we could trust him or not, he was questionable. And there were Gisela's secrets as well...

One tiny thing that I'd like to note. As an Albertan, I don't want Douglas Norton around these parts, even if it happened before I was born, even if it's fiction! He's an odious man, what he did to Alice was despicable, and he shouldn't tread around our Rocky Mountains! 

This was a really great read, and I can't wait for the next in this series! 

Author: Deanna Raybourn
Series: Veronica Speedwell Mystery #6
Read: December 26th, 2020
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Historical Fiction 2020 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley
Expected Publication: March 2nd 2021

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars