In The Fatal Flying Affair, a Lady Hardcastle Mystery by T E Kinsey we spend more time with Lady Hardcastles brother. He needs his sister, and her maid, to do some undercover, secrety spy type stuff (remember, they are not who they seem). They jump at the chance because it involves learning more about the new fangled machine, the aeroplane! Because it could have great importance in warfare (the rumblings of WWI have started), there's concern about spies, bribes, sabotage .... The author is a master at clever, witty dialogue and there's lots of that here! This series is thoroughly enjoyable.

Canadian Reader found, read, and then recommended Murder on the Golden Arrow, the first in the Kitty Worthington Mystery series by Magda Alexander. Having finished, well, Finishing School, Kitty, along with her brother (one must be chaperoned, you know) is on her way home from Switzerland. There is an overnight stay in Paris where they run into not only friends from home, but someone that makes Kitty's brother decidedly uncomfortable. Later, she dies on the train home. When her brother becomes a prime suspect, Kitty steps in to do a bit of investigating herself. However, it must be done Very Carefully as this is her 'coming out' year and she mustn’t do anything to jeopardize that! A rather fun start to this new to me series!

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