The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novels – Audiobook Tour for iRead Book Tours by Michelle Cox – #BookReview and #Giveaway

Join me for the audiobook review of Book 1 in the series of these unique historical fiction sagas.

Book Description:

Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago’s
northwest side. It’s 1935, but things still aren’t looking up since the
big crash and her father’s subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care
for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings. Henrietta is
eventually persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance
hall—and just when she’s beginning to enjoy herself, the floor matron
turns up dead. When aloof Inspector Clive Howard appears on the scene,
Henrietta agrees to go undercover for him—and is plunged into Chicago’s
grittier underworld. Meanwhile, she’s still busy playing mother hen to
her younger siblings, as well as to pesky neighborhood boy Stanley, who
believes himself in love with her and keeps popping up in the most
unlikely places, determined to keep Henrietta safe—even from the
Inspector, if need be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant
for messing up the Inspector’s investigation, the lovely Henrietta and
the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most
unsuitable ways.

My Review:

Prohibition may have ended, but the lasting effects of the Great Depression just keeps a lot of folks down. Henrietta is the oldest of eight of a widowed mother with very strict Victorian attitudes. She secured a job, the only one she could get at her age, cleaning at Poor Petes, the owner Hennessy becoming almost a father figure. She goes from cleaning to a 26 Girl, and finally needs ever more money to feed her family.

Difficult to continue the game 26, she discovers a job working as a taxi dancer. More money for home! The manager unfortunately turns up dead and the cold, aloof inspector turns out to be one of the men she danced with the evening before.

Still very young and inexperienced even having worked around men; men drinking, and not on their best behavior, she is later talked into taking an “usherette” position at the Marlowe working undercover for the inspector. She is to glean what info she can and report back. Of course, all this while trying to keep her activities secret from her family.

Working at the scandalous burlesque club turns out to be a great deal more risqué that she’d imagined or signed up for. Still, there is an attraction for the inspector and a quest to discover what happened to a couple girls who went missing there, including the sister of one of her former taxi-club co-workers. But she continues to get deeper and deeper into a very perilous situation.

I enjoyed the campy style the narrator adopted, mimicking the manner that some of those old shows might have used. For an extremely attractive, almost beautiful woman working in the circumstances though, she seemed at times dangerously open-mouthed and naïve and certainly produced a few gasping moments. There is romance afoot but with quite an age spread. Still, the times and the characters spin a dodgy, smoke-filled, booze riddled atmosphere that becomes quite entertaining.

Additional Books in the Series:

Book Description:

This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a
delightful romp through the English countryside and back. Anxious to be
married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans
despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s
attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day
arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of
love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence
of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s
friend Rose―a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as
time goes on. As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle
Linley, the Howards’ ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole
new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley
and Clive’s mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the
village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under
suspicion―and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case,
despite Clive’s anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta’s
distracting news from home. Delicately attempting to work together for
the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace’s
innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that
will shake the Linley name and estate forever.

Tour Schedule:Aug 31 – Bookish Paradise – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 31 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway
Aug 31 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / guest post / giveaway
Sep 1 – Lamon Reviews – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway
Sep 1 – Rebecca Graf on Medium – audiobook review of A Girl Like You
Sep 2 – Bookriot – audiobook review for A Child Lost / author interview / giveaway
Sep 2 – Rajiv’s Reviews – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway
Sep 2 – Library of Clean Reads – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway
Sep 3 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway
Sep 3 – Amy’s Booket List – audiobook review of A Girl Like You
Sep 4 – Rebecca Graf on Medium – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 4 – Rajiv’s Reviews – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway
Sep 7 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway
Sep 7 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Girl Like You
Sep 7 – Rajiv’s Reviews – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway
Sep 8 – Sefina Hawke’s Books – series spotlight
Sep 8 – Rebecca Graf on Medium – audiobook review of A Promise Given
Sep 9 – Jazzy Book Reviews – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 9 – Rajiv’s Reviews – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway
Sep 9 – Library of Clean Reads – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway
Sep 10 – Amy’s Booket List – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth
Sep 10 – Rosepoint Publishing – audiobook review of A Girl Like You
Sep 11 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth
Sep 11- Rebecca Graf on Medium – audiobook review of A Veil Removed
Sep 14 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway
Sep 14 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway
Sep 14 – Rajiv’s Reviews – audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway
Sep 15 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway
Sep 15 – Rebecca Graf on Medium – audiobook review of A Child Lost
Sep 16 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway
Sep 16 – Library of Clean Reads – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway
Sep 17 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway
Sep 17 – Amy’s Booket List – audiobook review of A Promise Given
Sep 18 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Promise Given
Sep 18 – From the TBR Pile – audiobook review of A Girl Like You
Sep 21 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Veil Removed
Sep 21 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway
Sep 22 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway
Sep 22 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway
Sep 23 – Book Corner News and Reviews – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway
Sep 23 – Library of Clean Reads – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway
Sep 24 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway
Sep 24 – Amy’s Booket List – audiobook review of A Veil Removed
Sep 25 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Child Lost
Sep 25 – From the TBR Pile – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth
Sep 28 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway
Sep 28 – From the TBR Pile – audiobook review of A Promise Given
Sep 29 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway
Sep 30 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway
Sep 30 – Library of Clean Reads – audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveawaySep 30 – From the TBR Pile – audiobook review of A Veil Removed
Oct 1 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway
Oct 1 – History from a Woman’s Perspective  – audiobook review of A Girl Like You
Oct 1 – Amy’s Booket List – audiobook review of A Child Lost
Oct 2 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway
Oct 2 – From the TBR Pile – audiobook review of A Child Lost

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Author: Rosepoint Publishing

I am the granddaughter of Patrick John "Stanley McShane" Rose whose books including "Cocos Island Treasure" I've recently published. My time is now spent in reading, reviewing, and writing bookish articles. I'm looking forward to sharing this social media odyssey with you! View all posts by Rosepoint Publishing