The Right Sort of man
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In London, 1946, the two women who recently started The Right Sort Marriage Bureau find their new livelihood endangered when one client is arrested for the murder of another. In a London slowly recovering from the ravages of World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the heart of Mayfair--The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. Miss Iris Sparks, avuncular and unmarried, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, practical and widowed with a young son, are determined to achieve some independence and do some good in a rapidly changing world. But the promising start to their marriage bureau is threatened when their newest client, Tillie La Salle, is found murdered and the man arrested for the crime is one Dickie Trower, the prospective husband they matched her with. While the police are convinced they have their man, Miss Sparks and Mrs. Bainbridge are not. To clear Trower's name--and to rescue their fledging operation's reputation--Sparks and Bainbridge decide to investigate on their own, using the skills and contacts they've each acquired through life and their individual adventures during the recent war. In this charming, compelling mystery, Allison Montclair blends meticulous research with two brilliantly imagined main characters into the first in a wonderful new series.
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A Sparks & Bainbridge mystery
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PUBLISHED
New York : Minotaur Books, 2019.
Year Published: 2019
Description: 320 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781250178367
1250178363
SUBJECTS
Dating services -- Fiction.
Women-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.