Get steeped in suspense, romance, and high Victorian intrigue as Mary goes undercover at Buckingham Palace — and learns a startling secret at the Tower of London.
Queen Victoria has a little problem: there's a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Charged with discretion, the Agency puts quickwitted Mary Quinn on the case, where she must pose as a domestic while fending off the attentions of a feckless Prince of Wales. But when the prince witnesses the murder of one of his friends in an opium den, the potential for scandal looms large. And Mary faces an even more unsettling possibility: the accused killer, a Chinese sailor imprisoned in the Tower of London, shares a name with her long-lost father. Meanwhile, engineer James Easton, Mary's onetime paramour, is at work shoring up the sewers beneath the palace, where an unexpected
tunnel seems to be very much in use. Can Mary and James trust each other (and put their simmering feelings aside) long enough to solve the mystery and protect the Royal Family? Hoist on your waders
for Mary's most personal case yet, where the stakes couldn't be higher — and she has everything to lose.
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Release date
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- ISBN: 9780763659592
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- ISBN: 9780763659592
- File size: 1907 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 5.8
- Lexile® Measure: 680
- Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
- Text Difficulty: 3-4
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Reviews
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May 1, 2012
Grades 9-12 The Agency trilogy concludes with Mary Quinn having to make some choices. The Agency, which runs a group of female detectives, has placed Mary in Buckingham Palace. There's been thievery at Buck House, and Mary is masquerading as a maid to find out who has been pilfering some of the Queen's objets d'art. But that little mystery gets pushed to the side when the Prince of Wales, heir to the throne, witnesses a murder at an opium den. Then Mary deduces that the murderer is a long-lost member of her family. Yee, as ever, paints an evocative picture of London life and brings the romance between Mary and her sparring partner, James, to a happy conclusion. Less satisfying is the result of Mary's meeting with someone close to her. There had been hints in previous books that there was more to their story, but those details aren't disclosed here. Still, Mary makes for a bold heroine (sometimes too bold for her own good), and her fans will want to find out how it all ends.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.) -
July 1, 2012
This third installment puts detective Mary Quinn undercover again, this time in Buckingham Palace. She's assigned to uncover who has been stealing the Queen's collectibles; she stumbles upon a much more disturbing secret involving the Prince of Wales, an opium den, and a man who might be her long-lost father. The vivid Victorian-era setting and expert plotting continue to be entertaining.(Copyright 2012 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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