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Peril at the Exposition
Peril at the Exposition: A Mystery | Nev March
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Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March's Peril at the Exposition, the follow up to March's award-winning, Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. 1893: Newlyweds Captain Jim Agnihotri and Diana Framji are settling into their new home in Boston, Massachusetts, having fled the strict social rules of British Bombay. It's a different life than what they left behind, but theirs is no ordinary marriage: Jim, now a detective at the Dupree Agency, is teaching Diana the art of deduction hes learned from his idol, Sherlock Holmes. Everyone is talking about the preparations for the World's Fair in Chicago: the grandeur, the speculation, the trickery. Captain Jim will experience it first-hand: he's being sent to Chicago to investigate the murder of a man named Thomas Grewe. As Jim probes the underbelly of Chicagos docks, warehouses, and taverns, he discovers deep social unrest and some deadly ambitions. When Jim goes missing, young Diana must venture to Chicago's treacherous streets to learn what happened. But who can she trust, when a single misstep could mean disaster? Award-winning author Nev March mesmerized readers with her Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. Now, in Peril at the Exposition, she wields her craft against the glittering landscape of the Gilded Age with spectacular results.
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kspenmoll
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Started #HyggeHourReadathon early tonight- plan to walk near sunset when it‘s cooler. Looks like Poe read himself to sleep! 😂😂#catsoflitsy
There lies an empty bowl that once had peach crisp with whipped cream. Poe likes to lick the whipped cream when i am done. 🍑 🐈😺

TheBookHippie 💚💚💚💚 5mo
ShelleyBooksie Poe ♡ 5mo
Ruthiella I always let my cat Wally lick the spoon after ice cream. 🍨😹 5mo
AllDebooks Poe is a beaut 😍 5mo
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kspenmoll
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Another library book. I read the first book in the series & just loved it. #serieslove2024

TheSpineView Enjoy!💜📖 5mo
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OrangeMooseReads
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Panpan

This is the second book in the series. The MCs feel predictable and a little annoying.
Plot by anarchists to set off a bomb some where at some time during the 1893 world fair in Chicago. That however feels like background to all the other things going on in the book. It feels a little chaotic. It‘s not hard to follow and not difficult to figure out. A lot of unnecessary other going on. I don‘t know if the series is long, I‘m done though.
2.8⭐️

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 7mo
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OrangeMooseReads
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Started this yesterday. It is the second book in the series. I have a weird obsession with the 1893 World‘s Fair in Chicago and it has nothing to do with the H.H. Holmes connection.
This story has nothing to do with Holmes either.
So far not too bad. At times the narrator is a bit annoying and the story feels a bit long at times.

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TracyReadsBooks
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Pickpick

The writing is more assured, the characters more developed and the mystery a little more complex and interesting all of which makes this second book in the Jim Agnihotri series a better read than the Edgar nominated first book. This one sees Jim and Diana, newly married and living in Boston, head to Chicago to investigate a murder in 1893 during the World‘s Fair. An entertaining read by an author who is improving in their craft with each new book.

RaeLovesToRead Great cover!!! 2y
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TorieStorieS
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Pickpick

This follow-up to March‘s debut, MURDER IN OLD BOMBAY, opens with Jim & Diana in their new home in Boston. Still working as a detective, Jim leaves for a case in Chicago. After weeks without word, Diana leaves to find her husband-& help solve the mystery of why so many explosives are being sent to the city while it hosts the World‘s Fair! The plot moves slowly, but this is well-researched & interesting. Today‘s readers will see modern parallels!

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