Fantastic 5-Star Read

Peril at the Exposition by Nev March

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I was thrilled to get the ARC for this book since I read the first book, Murder in Old Bombay, and loved it! This book was a bit different from the first, as it takes place in the United States now instead of in Bombay, but it was still amazing. I loved, loved, loved this one just as much, maybe even more than the first one.
In this story, we get to not only see more of what Captain Jim is doing as a detective in Boston, but we get to see what Diana does and get to know her even more, and Diana is amazing. I love her character and she’s definitely a good complement and match to Captain Jim.
It starts out with Captain Jim and Diana being home and happy with his returning from a job, but then he has to leave on another top secret detective job and tells Diana he’ll be gone for a longer time this time. Then as she’s going about doing her normal, figuring out what to do and all by herself while he’s gone, while she’s cleaning she finds his wedding ring left behind in his dresser drawer and then gets concerned when he doesn’t come home after a few weeks. Diana has to go find him to see if he’s safe and in the process ends up being a detective and taking a part in the job and operation that Captain Jim is involved in. This story has it all with Diana figuring out how to use her knowledge and skills as a woman to help with the whole operation and with Captain Jim seeing what happens with investigating a murder and unrest happening around when the World Fair is going on in Chicago, which is a fun part in the story with Diana talking to Nikola Tesla. I can’t wait to hopefully read more about Captain Jim and Diana and would love to read anything by Nev March. She’s an exceptional author.
Thank you so much to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Minotaur Books for letting me read and review this fantastic book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.



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