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Nov 09, 2018DorisWaggoner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I liked this 2nd book in the series much more on my 2nd reading. Russell has just graduated from Oxford, with a degree in Theology and Chemistry (not hard to deduce which of those Holmes prefers). She's just shy of her 21st birthday, when she will become a very rich woman. She runs into an old Oxford friend Ronnie, who invites her to The New Temple of God, run by Margery Childes. Russell's sceptical, but quickly swept into Margery's charisma, feminism, and good works for underprivileged women and children. Several women are murdered soon after changing their wills in Margery's favor. When Ronnie's attacked, Holmes can't stand on the sidelines any longer, and works with Russell to find out whether the murders are connected to Margery. He's worried when Russell goes missing. I'll leave out the amazing ending, proving that the age difference between Holmes and Russell is irrelevant. Not my favorite in the series, but it has its own reasons for standing out.