I realized then what he was telling me, and everything began to make sense. “There is, in this city, a gentleman in possession of several papers that we have need of. “If you choose to help me, this matter will be forgotten, and you and your uncle will go free.”Īs much as I hated to admit it, he had my interest now. But to Electra’s surprise, they haven’t been apprehended by the police-and their captors have an intriguing proposition for them. Their light-fingered larceny comes to a rather dramatic end, however, when Electra and Uncle Mick are snagged by shadowy men just after emptying a safe of sparkly jewelry. But with the Second World War raging, the McDonnells’ legitimate business as locksmiths is struggling, and the pair have been forced to rely on their less-legal hobby to make ends meet.
Like they always say: desperate times call for desperate measures.Įlectra McDonnell and her Uncle Mick know it’s not exactly the fair thing, cracking the safes of folks who have left London to escape the threat of bombing from the Luftwaffe. A Peculiar Combination by Ashley Weaver is the first book in the new Electra McDonnell series, set in England during World War II, and a delightful mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and the author’s signature wit.
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