Erica Ruth Neubauer: Vengeance in Venice
Jane Wunderly #7
Vengeance in Venice is the seventh full-length novel in Erica Ruth Neubauer’s Jane Wunderly series, set in the 1920s in various locations around the world. The adventurous Jane is an American war widow whose abusive first husband was killed in World War I. Now she is much more happily married to the Englishman Redvers, who conducts secret missions for the British government. Jane is a full partner in Redvers’ investigations, and their witty dialogue is one of the outstanding features of the series. The couple met in Egypt in the first novel, Murder at the Mena House, and their adventures have taken them to, among other places, Istanbul, a Scottish island, and, most recently, India. The series also includes a delightful Christmas novella, Murder Under the Mistletoe, which should not be missed. Part of the fun of the series is trying to figure out where Jane’s and Redvers’ adventures will take them next.