Garden of Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz, Book Review

Sex, drugs, prostitution, violence and an agency, no not Los Angeles 2018, but Victorian London. Mrs Kern, owner of the foremost secretarial agency in London and woman with a troubled past, decides to investigate the suicide of one of her employees. Who would have thought that this investigation would lead her into terrible danger? 

Did I mention that Garden of Lies belongs to the genre of Historic Romantic Crime? We know that this means a beau, a swain, a lover - so who is the heart throb who unsettles Mrs Kern while at the same time helping her with her investigation? No other than dashing adventurer, archaeologist and man of mystery – the infamous Slater Roxton.

Before the investigation by our feisty heroine is concluded, there will be mystery, an assassin, blackmail and more dead bodies. If you want an entertaining read set in 19^th Century London then look no further. 

Jayne Ann Krentz is a prolific American author who has over 50 New York Times bestsellers and over 35 million copies of her books in print. She also publishes under the pen names Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle.

Published in the UK by Piatkus in hardback in 2015.