Book Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: The Innocents
Subtitle: (The Innocent
Mystery Series #1)
Author:
C.A. Asbrey
Genre: Crime/Thriller/Mystery/Historic
Fiction
Part of a series? Yes
Order in series: 1
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39694699-the-innocents
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
This is great book I fully enjoyed and couldn’t
put down.
Meet Abigail MacKay, a young woman who lost
her father and her husband and now wants to make a life for herself. This story
plays in the mid-1800’s when women were not expected to have careers. However,
Abi is a Pinkerton Detective and hunts for outlaws.
Enter Nat Quinn, leader of “The Innocents” and
his uncle Jake Conroy. They are not the train robbers you expect. Instead, they
treat the public with respect and kindness and only go after the money.
A lot happens within the book. Will Abi catch
Nat and Jake or will they escape the detective?
What
I liked about the book:
The many twists and turns, action-packed, humorous,
fast-paced.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I loved the entire book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
The care Nat and Jake have for others, Abi
included.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
The fact the book ended.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This is the first book in the series and I
just couldn’t stop myself and had to read them all. Loved the entire series.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This is a great book and reminds me of
stories from the Wild West.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Yes |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like mysteries or historical fiction, this
book may be the book for you.
I’m
certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Pinkerton Detective Abigail MacKay is a
master of disguises—and of new crime-solving technology! But she’ll have to
move fast to stay a step ahead of Nat Quinn and Jake Conroy.
Nat and Jake are the ringleaders of The
Innocents, a western gang that specializes in holding up trains carrying payrolls—and
Nat is pretty savvy when it comes to using the new sciences of 1868 in
committing his crimes.
Charismatic Nat and handsome Jake are on the
run, and they’ve always gotten away before—before Abi. But when Abi is caught
by another band of outlaws during the chase, there’s no other choice for Nat
and Jake but to save her life. Abi owes them, and she agrees to help them bring
in the murderer of a family friend.
The web of criminal activity grows more
entangled with each passing day, but Nat, Jake, and Abi are united in their
efforts to find the murderer. Once that happens, all bets are off, and Abi will
be turning Nat and Jake over to the law. But can she do it? She finds herself
falling for Nat, but is that growing attraction real? Or is he just using her
to learn more about the Pinkertons’ methods? Abi always gets her man—but she
may have met her match in her “best enemies”—THE INNOCENTS.
About
the Author:
C.A.
Asbrey is a writer of mysteries, and a fan of all things Victorian and obscure.
A former member of law enforcement in Scotland, she developed a deep interest
in early forensics and detection methods, particularly during the 19th Century,
working in the field. This extensive research into early detectives and the
tools available to them acted as the foundation for developing the characters
in her The Innocents Mystery Series. She likes her mysteries twisty, complex,
and intricate; through a fog of history and a touch of light humor.
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