Death in Soho is the first in a new series by Emily Organ, the Augusta Peel Mystery series. It's set during the wild and crazy roaring twenties ... parties and booze, a wild nightlife, police raids ... but Augusta is happy for her quiet life of mending books and taking care of a friend's canary. She sometimes acts as a chaperone for 19 year old Harriet, and this is where the trouble starts. A body is found during a police raid. Augusta convinces her friend in Scotland yard to let her take Harriet home, but he will contact Augusta later for help in the investigation. It's a convoluted search involving actors and actresses, gangsters, gamblers, producers .... not a bad start! :-)

The timing for this read was perfect ... it takes place in October! A Picture of Murder is one of the Lady Hardcastle Mystery books by T E Kinsey. One of those new-fangled moving pictures is coming to town, excitement is high, and, it even has an appropriate theme: The Witch's Downfall! Several of the actors in the film are along to make the event even more exciting. It is well received. And then there is a murder. A murder that mimics the role the victim played in the film. Naturally, this just makes the second show even more popular. And then there is a second murder, again, just like the character played in the film. What is going on? There is a group of protestors, too, rallying against the ungodliness of the subject of the film. Join Lady Hardcastle and her trusty maid, Flo, as they work on the 'who' and 'why' of this spooky case. Just a wonderful series!

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