Book Review - No Stone Unturned (The Lucy Lawrence Mysteries Book 1) by Pam Lecky #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalMystery @pamlecky

 

No Stone Unturned 

(The Lucy Lawrence Mysteries Book 1) 

By Pam Lecky

A suspicious death, stolen gems and an unclaimed reward: who will be the victor in a deadly game of cat and mouse?

London October 1886: Trapped in a troubled marriage, Lucy Lawrence is ripe for an adventure. But when she meets the enigmatic Phineas Stone, over the body of her husband in the mortuary, her world begins to fall apart.

When her late husband’s secrets spill from the grave, and her life is threatened by the leader of London’s most notorious gang, Lucy must find the strength to rise to the challenge. But who can she trust and how is she to stay out of the murderous clutches of London’s most dangerous criminal?

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚⭐ = A book in a million

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend it.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review
No Stone Unturned 
📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend it.

No Stone Unturned (The Lucy Lawrence Mysteries Book 1) is a compelling historical mystery that kept me turning the pages well into the night. The author has given her readers a strong, realistic, heroine, which really drives the story forward. 

Lucy Lawrence had gone into her marriage with high hopes for a happy ever after, but that was not to be.  She was lonely in her marriage, unhappy, but none of that matters now, for her husband's body is in the mortuary. However, there are questions regarding her husband's untimely end. What secrets led him toward his unexpected death?

So often in historical fiction (especially historical romance), the heroine is a fragile rose that needs protecting or a hard cactus-like woman who is determined never to fall in love. What a breath of fresh air Lucy was. Lucy is warm, loving and more importantly no shrinking violet for her curiosity and her determination to discover the truth behind her husband's death lead her down paths that only angels fear to tread. She is, in a way, like a female Sherlock Holmes!

I thought the author has done a marvellous job of not only depicting the era but also in creating a heroine that really captured my attention. The story moves along at a good pace, and the non-stop action and intrigue held my attention throughout. This is certainly a novel that entertains from beginning to end and one that I am very happy to recommend.

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Pam Lecky

Pam is an Irish historical fiction author with Avon Books UK/Harper Collins. Pam is represented by Therese Coen at the Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency, London.

Her Secret War, her Irish WW2 thriller, was released in October 2021, gaining a best seller badge in the US. The sequel, Her Last Betrayal, was released in April 2022.

The Bowes Inheritance, her debut novel, was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion; was shortlisted for the Carousel Aware Prize 2016; made 'Editor's Choice' by the Historical Novel Society; long-listed for the Historical Novel Society 2016 Indie Award; and chosen as a Discovered Diamond in February 2017.

June 2019, saw the release of No Stone Unturned, the first book in the Lucy Lawrence Mystery series, set in the late Victorian era. This was closely followed by the sequel, Footprints in the Sand, in March 2020, which is set in Victorian Egypt. The third book in the series, The Art of Deception, was released in December 2021. A fourth book in the series is at the planning stage