Book Review: ‘The Woman In The Veil’ Is The Next Exciting Chapter In The Victorian Mystery Series

Sarah Bain, Lord Hugh Stanton and Mick O’Reilly are back for their next thrilling adventure on the streets of London working for Sir Gerald at the Daily World newspaper. Things have been slow for the last six months since they solved their last mystery (the last book in the series The Hangman’s Secret). Now they have stumbled on to a potential murder. A naked woman, whose face has been slashed up, in the street and presumed dead. But Sarah notices she’s still alive and they rush her to the hospital.

The crew has taken their pictures and the story runs in the Daily World and she’s dubbed ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in the press. They’re assigned the case and are trying to find out who did this to her. Working with her finance boyfriend Barrett, who has the case, she sits in on people who claim to know the woman. Three people claim to know her and seem to have valid proof. An artist claims she is his wife, a little girl says she is her mother and a woman claims she is her sister.

When Sleeping Beauty finally awakes she can’t remember who she is. The three people meet with her and she doesn’t remember any of them. Then she has a flash and remembers she’s the little girls mother and it seems the case is solved. Barrett isn’t sure if she’s really the mother. When one of the others is killed at the home where Sleeping Beauty and her daughter are staying, things go bad for Sarah, Hugh, Mick and Barrett. They’re suspected of being the murdered and Barrett’s boss Reid is determined to nail one or all of them. They have to find out the truth and fast. It leads to a stunning showdown and in the process truths are revealed and someone is gravely injured.,

On personal stories here Hugh and Tristan are having serious issues, Sarah is determined to find her father who she believes is still alive and Sarah and Barrett finally set a wedding date.

Book four in the series is as good as any of the other ones. These characters are really well-written and I enjoy reading this series. Here’s hoping for more stories with these characters.

You can pick up The Woman In The Veil in stores now from Crooked Lane.