Darcie Wilde: The Secret of the Lost Pearls
The Secret of the Lost Pearls is Darcie Wilde’s sixth mystery about Rosalind Thorne, a Regency gentlewoman fallen on hard times after her father abandoned his family. (But see my note at the end of the review for more about series numbering.) Rosalind undertakes discreet investigations for gentlewomen in distress, and her cases often involve solving murders. Readers familiar with the series will know there is a cast of regular characters who help Rosalind with her investigations: most importantly her best friend Alice, a gossip columnist who has become a novelist, Rosalind’s resourceful maid Amelia, and her love interest, the handsome Bow Street Runner Adam Harkness.