The Body at the Tower (The Agency, #2)
Category: ReviewAuthor: Y.S. LeeGenres: Action, Historical Fiction, Romance, Victorian England, YASeries: The AgencyNow nearly a full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit operating out of Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn is back for another action-packed adventure. Disguised as a poor apprentice builder and a boy, she must brave the grimy underbelly of Victorian London – as well as childhood fear, hunger, and constant want – to unmask the identity of a murderer. Assigned to monitor a building site on the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, Mary earns the confidence of the work crew, inching ever nearer her suspect. But if an irresistible desire to help the city’s needy doesn’t distract her and jeopardize her cover, unexpectedly meeting up with an old friend – or flame – just might. A suspenseful and evocative window into a fascinating moment in history, The Body at the Tower is the much-anticipated second outing with a daring young detective.Y.S. Lee has added a second great book to her “The Agency” series. I think it showed how well it was written by my uneasiness at certain parts where the author shows some of the difficulties in the Victorian lives of the poor working class. Victorian England certainly had its high and low classes; in this book we see both. The heroine, Mary, goes through some very difficult situations in this YA historial fictional tale of a young orphan, older now, but still carrying much of her emotional baggage from her Read more