My review:🌟🌟🌟🌟
Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen is the story of chance. Chance leads Isabella Waverly to comfort a dying woman in a street in London, only to find an offer of employment from Buckingham Palace on her, and so she decides to take her place.
Arriving at the Palace as Helen Barton, she is thrilled to take her place in the kitchens. She even gets to go to Nice along with Queen Victoria, and the rest of the retinue.
But when one of the Queen’s retinue dies, and Bella/Helen is the person who prepared this person’s last meal, she is suspected, which must mean it’s only so long before the truth will come out.
This is a thrilling historical tale, with glamour but also the life of a servant. I enjoyed the glimpse of both!
Above the Bay of Angels was published on 11th February 2020 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.
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I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Lake Union Publishing.