Title: Trunk in the Basement II
Author: Helen Chilcott
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publisher URL: http://www.extasybooks.com/
ISBN: 978-1-55487-263-3
Genre: Paranormal, Contemporary, Mystery
Rating: 4 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Sphinx Minx
Seventy years have passed since Herbert Stokes disappeared at sea. Now Australian novelist Leckie Armytage is searching a used book store for Oscar Wilde. An unseen hand directs her to the book she needs - and to Stokes’ luggage key ticket. She is caught up by the mystery and travels to England to search for answers with the grandson of the missing man.
The smelly ghost of Molly Elva Millar is back in part two Chilcott’s tale. She’s still seeking revenge and even inhabits Leckie’s body at times.
Albert Stokes and servant Eugenia Purdie have a lovely late-life romance going. They help Leckie search family papers for clues and pursue them through the sewers of London. It’s a scary (and slimy) adventure, uncovering illegitimacy, murder and even arms trafficking.
This installment starts at Chapter 19 and ends, “This is not the end.” I’m still not sure where the story is going, but I am enjoying the path it takes. I’m looking forward to the next leg of Chilcott’s journey.
Author: Helen Chilcott
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publisher URL: http://www.extasybooks.com/
ISBN: 978-1-55487-263-3
Genre: Paranormal, Contemporary, Mystery
Rating: 4 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Sphinx Minx
Seventy years have passed since Herbert Stokes disappeared at sea. Now Australian novelist Leckie Armytage is searching a used book store for Oscar Wilde. An unseen hand directs her to the book she needs - and to Stokes’ luggage key ticket. She is caught up by the mystery and travels to England to search for answers with the grandson of the missing man.
The smelly ghost of Molly Elva Millar is back in part two Chilcott’s tale. She’s still seeking revenge and even inhabits Leckie’s body at times.
Albert Stokes and servant Eugenia Purdie have a lovely late-life romance going. They help Leckie search family papers for clues and pursue them through the sewers of London. It’s a scary (and slimy) adventure, uncovering illegitimacy, murder and even arms trafficking.
This installment starts at Chapter 19 and ends, “This is not the end.” I’m still not sure where the story is going, but I am enjoying the path it takes. I’m looking forward to the next leg of Chilcott’s journey.
1 comments:
Hi readers - I'm Helen Chilcott, author of The Trunk in the Basement. This review is for part 2of a 2 part series, and the end of the story where Leckie Armytage helps Albert Stokes uncover the mystery of his missing grandfather.
While I'd not planned for sequel, the potential is there and I will take advantage of it.
Leckie has no ties compelling her return to Australia. Albert Stokes is the only family she has left, a fact she didn't know until the Stokes family archives revealed their shared-blood relationship.
Because Arthur Fairclough, an illicit arms dealer Leckie and Albert managed to capture and hand to police escaped from custody, their story may continue.
Leckie the imagineer, Albert the pragmatist and his personal assistant, the ever-logical Eugenia Purdie make such a wonderful team, I have high hopes for them embroiling themselves in another exciting, dangerous adventure.
I hope you enjoy The Trunk in the Bssement Parts One and Two.
regards - Helen Chilcott
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