Not only did I get lost on all the characters but I didn't even care enough to figure it out. Each book has had its share of those but they all had characteristics that made them stand out.
The ancillary characters were boring and I couldn't even keep track of who was who and what was what. This one, even more than the last, was unsettling. And now, I diverge from the maddening crowd opinion: The last two books have had a very different energy and I can't quite put my finger on it. In fact, I think I've listened to the first 3 books about 4x each. I was smitten with this series and Lady H and Flo. His website is at tekinsey.uk and you can follow him on well as on Facebook: favorite of the series (insert sad face) The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds is the first novel in the Dizzy Heights series, which follows on from his Lady Hardcastle Mystery series. After helping to raise three children, learning to scuba dive, and to play the drums and the mandolin (though never, disappointingly, all at the same time), he decided the time was right to get back to writing. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. Biography: T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at Bristol University.With the dance contest fast approaching, the trio must solve the mystery of the missing diamonds, unmask the murderer, and prevent more deadly crimes-all without missing a beat. But the stakes change dramatically when a mysterious death at the club brings a sinister note to the investigation. And the thief is planning to steal a hoard of jewels hidden there under the cover of a dance contest.Īs mutual pal Lady Hardcastle has suggested, Skins and Dunn are perfectly placed to be Sunderland's eyes and ears-and Skins's wife Ellie soon lends a hand with a bit of light snooping. Superintendent Sunderland has had word that a deserter who stole a fortune in diamonds as he fled the war is a member of the Aristippus private members' club in Mayfair-where the Dizzy Heights have a residency. With their band the Dizzy Heights, jazz musicians Ivor 'Skins' Maloney and Bartholomew 'Barty' Dunn are used to improvising as they play the Charleston for flappers and toffs, but things are about to take a surprising turn.
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