The Agency for Scandal
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By Laura Wood
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“The Agency for Scandal is glorious! Clever, funny, charming, and achingly romantic, it is a delight from start to finish. Laura Wood always writes about love and friendship with a deft hand, and this is her best work yet” Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to unmask a villain. Eighteen-year-old Isobel Stanhope is keeping a lot of secrets. There’s the fact that she’s head over heels in love with a Duke who doesn’t know she exists; there’s the fact that her family is penniless but nobody in society knows about it; and then there’s her job at the Aviary, an investigative agency run by women that specializes in digging up scandal on powerful men.
When Izzy finds herself
pulled into a case that involves gaslighting, blackmail, and
missing jewels, as well as the Duke who holds
her heart, can she and her friends untangle the web of secrets
and lies to uncover the truth and protect the innocent?
And when the stakes are so high, what happens when the crush
she’s been hiding begins to turn into so much more?
Reviews
One of my favourite books
I work in a school library and this is one of our books. It was one I chose to take home over the summer holidays and I absolutely loved it! It's very much Enola Holmes meets Bridgerton, but I really enjoyed it, so much so I read it in a day. I did roll my eyes when the heartthrob Duke made an appearance, especially as the main character (narrator) describes herself as a "wallflower" - obviously just waiting for the most handsome man in England to remember her name. However, despite the romantic aspect, I loved it for the adventure and mystery, it was fast-paced and well written, but an easy read. Will be recommending to a variety of students.
I think this book is good for people who like detective books.
A well written YA novel that mirrored the current Bridgerton trend for adults. The style of writing created a more challenging read and would make younger readers look at language in a different way. All in all a lovely read which was hard to put down once the action started.
