City of Secrets

By: Victoria Thompson

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

An exciting new audiobook in the series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles - from the beloved national best-selling author of the Gaslight Mysteries.

Con artist Elizabeth Miles has determined society is the biggest con of all. So far, Elizabeth's only real social success has been with Priscilla Knight. Priscilla is a dedicated suffragist who was recently widowed for the second time in her young life. Her beloved first husband, DeForrest Jenks, died in a tragic accident and left her with two young daughters and a comfortable fortune.

Soon after his death, her pastor convinced her she needed a man to look after her. Before she knew it, he had engineered a whirlwind courtship and hasty marriage to fellow parishioner Endicott Knight. Less than nine months later, Endicott is also dead in a somewhat less tragic and even more suspicious accident.

Priscilla confides to Elizabeth that she had understood Endicott was wealthy in his own right, and she had brought a sizable fortune to the marriage as well. Now, her banker is telling her she has hardly any money left and that her house has been mortgaged. The banker has hinted at a scandal that could damage the family's reputation and her daughters' future prospects.

Fearing destructive gossip, Priscilla doesn't know whom to trust. Elizabeth discovers some unsavory evidence that seems to point to the possibility that Endicott's death may have been connected to blackmail. To save her new friend's future, Elizabeth must use her special set of skills to find the truth.

©2018 Victoria Thompson (P)2018 Recorded Books

Great Fun Read

The series stays fresh & fun with great story line, great characters, and some historic authenticity. Kate Forbes gives each character personality & depth. Can't wait for my next credit so I can get the next book.

Production issues

Whoever edited this audio recording needs to look for new work. The pauses do not make any sense. There will sometimes be pauses in between sentences that are so long you think the scene has changed and in other places when the scene really does change, there is no pause at all. It was hard to follow the story sometimes because of the editing. The story itself and the writing is perfectly fine but if you want a good audio book, this may not be the one for you.

Fabulous!

Wow. I am loving this series! Totally different and so interesting!

Great characters, storyline and narration!!

delightful game of trap a blackmailer.

Enjoyable listen about a way to get back at someone who used greed to trap a blackmailer at their own game.
Characters were relatable and came to life from the story pages.
Narration was amazing.
Accidentally started with book 2 of this Series.
Just started book one.
great blackmailing, murder mystery.
Great Series.

Secrets

Good book about blackmailing and how to catch them at there own game of Murder and blackmailing

Great story that kept me guessing!

Loved this book and also the first in the series. The use of con artist jargon was a bit weird, though.

A rollercoaster ride.

This was equal parts love stories and murder mystery. The murder mystery was less who done it and more how do we prove it. There's a wonderful cast of characters.

Topic too disgusting

Disgusting topic. Couldn’t finish it once I realized what the main topic was going to be.