An Assassination on the Agenda, by T.E. Kinsey

As regular readers of this blog know, I’ve been trying to catch up with this series for a few years; I was hoping to be ready for this year’s release, but what with one thing and another, I’m still a couple of books behind. So, here we are. Beware: the story leans a lot on the sexism and racism/xenophobia of early 20th Century Britain; there’s some violence without gore, and some drinking but none of the “drinking oneself into a stupor” of some of the previous books in the series. Politics look large in the background. An Assassination on the Agenda, by T.E. Kinsey We are back in Gloucestershire with two of my favorite sleuthing partners, the inimitable Emily, Lady Hardcastle, and her resourceful lady’s maid cum closest friend, one Florence Armstrong. After many adventures as spies for King and country, the pair had hoped to retire to a life of bucolic contemplation there. Alas, neither of them is suited to tranquility, and as trouble happens even in the most unlikely of settings,…