🎧 Murder on the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose @AndreaPenrose #JamesCameronStewart @KensingtonBooks @TantorAudio #LoveAudiobooks

Posted September 29, 2022 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 22 Comments

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🎧 Murder on the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose @AndreaPenrose #JamesCameronStewart @KensingtonBooks @TantorAudio #LoveAudiobooks Murder on the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose
Narrator: James Cameron Stewart
Series: Wrexford & Sloane #6
Published by Kensington Books, Tantor Audio on September 27, 2022
Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery
Pages: 304
Length: 11 hours, 59 minutes
Format: Audiobook, eARC
Source: NetGalley, Publisher
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Beyond the glittering ballrooms and salons of Regency London there are mysteries to untangle and murders to solve—and the newlywed duo of Lady Charlotte and the Earl of Wrexford once again find themselves matching wits with a cunning enemy . . .

Charlotte, now the Countess of Wrexford, would like nothing more than a summer of peace and quiet with her new husband and their unconventional family and friends. Still, some social obligations must be honored, especially with the grand Peace Celebrations unfolding throughout London to honor victory over Napoleon.

But when Wrexford and their two young wards, Raven and Hawk, discover a body floating in Hyde Park’s famous lake, that newfound peace looks to be at risk. The late Jeremiah Willis was the engineering genius behind a new design for a top-secret weapon, and the prototype is missing from the Royal Armory’s laboratory. Wrexford is tasked with retrieving it before it falls into the wrong hands. But there are unsettling complications to the case—including a family connection.

Soon, old secrets are tangling with new betrayals, and as Charlotte and Wrexford spin through a web of international intrigue and sumptuous parties, they must race against time to save their loved ones from harm—and keep the weapon from igniting a new war .

I love this Wrexford & Sloane series so much. The main characters are building a found family with courage, compassion, and cleverness. I am tickled by how clever it is.  They support and encourage each other’s strengths and protect each other’s weaknesses.   There is plenty of great science, mathematics and art to fill their imaginations.

Since this is the sixth book, some spoilers are inevitable. Rex and Charlotte are now married, raising the weasels who they have adopted.  They go to a family event and meet an orphaned child, Peregrine living with his aunt and uncle.  Raven and Hawk quickly befriend him and they invite him to go back to London with them.

Rex and the boys had stumbled onto a dead man right before they left and now Rex is asked to investigate since the man was an inventor working on a government project. It turns out he was also Peregrine’s uncle.  The whole team  / family soon is investigating what really happened and where his invention is.

There is also a conventions of nations with a large number of foreign dignitaries in town. Our team discovers that there is to be an auction for the plans and weapon prototype.  With access to the highest, and lowest, rungs of society they investigate. Some suspects are eliminated and others are added.

There is much more to the story which I enjoyed immensely but will leave for you to discover.  Peregrine is adopted by the weasels, becoming Falcon.  He shows some of his uncle’s talent at mechanical invention.  I was so thrilled to see them become connected. They work and learn together well.

I am ecstatic to have the series continue after the marriage of Charlotte and Rex. They continue to expand their circle of learning, sciences, arts and those they love and protect.

 

Narration:

I don’t believe I had listened to this narrator before the series but I greatly enjoyed his performance.  With many foreign characters, the accents and tones sound great, although I am not knowledgeable enough to know if they are authentic.  The character voices both male and female, old and young, are distinct and appropriate.   I listened well at my usual 1.5x speed.

Listen to the clip: HERE

 

About Andrea Penrose

Andrea Penrose is the bestselling author of Regency-era historical fiction, including the acclaimed Wrexford & Sloane mystery series, as well as Regency romances written under the names Cara Elliott and Andrea Pickens. Published internationally in ten languages, she is a three-time RITA Award finalist and the recipient of numerous writing awards, including two Daphne Du Maurier Awards for Historical Mystery and two Gold Leaf Awards.

A graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in Art and an M.F.A. in Graphic Design, Andrea fell in love with Regency England after reading Pride and Prejudice and has maintained a fascination with the era’s swirling silks and radical new ideas throughout her writing career. She lives in Connecticut.

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Posted September 29, 2022 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 22 Comments


22 responses to “🎧 Murder on the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose

  1. Jen

    This series sounds so good. I have flagged it for consideration some day. I just have so many others to read/listen to! Thanks for the review.

  2. I have this series on my TBR though I haven’t started it yet. I’m so glad to see you enjoyed the audio. I’m hoping to pick the first one up in that format soon. This one sounds fantastic!