Some say the Hotel Tempesta is cursed, but its owner, Mr Gallo, refuses to believe it. When he’s brutally murdered one night, the suspicion falls on his guests. Ten suspects in total. And Penny Green is one of them. Does Mr Gallo’s murder have anything to do with the criminal mastermind on the run from America? Penny and Inspector James Blakely must negotiate a world of courtesans, stolen … stolen paintings and secret codes to prove Penny’s innocence and uncover the truth.
What readers say about Penny Green:
★★★★★ “A Victorian Delight!”
★★★★★ “Good clean mystery in an enjoyable historical setting”
★★★★★ “If you are unfamiliar with the Penny Green Series, acquaint yourselves immediately!”
★★★★★ “Interesting, complex, believable characters”
★★★★★ “I found myself enthralled by Penny Green”
★★★★★ “An outstanding female lead character”
★★★★★ “I was engrossed from beginning to end”
★★★★★ “If you like Agatha Christie books you are going to like this one”
★★★★★ “I have found Ms. Organ’s story telling to be flawlessly entertaining!”
★★★★★ “Very strong mystery set in a very interesting time and place”
★★★★★ “Ms. Organ draws you into Penny’s world with her delicious descriptions and masterful story telling”
★★★★★ “I am very pleased with how this series is becoming one of my favorites!”
★★★★★ “Read the books in this series…. guarantee you won’t be disappointed!”
★★★★★ “A great read with a real twist at the end. Emily just gets better and better with this series.”
An Unwelcome Guest is Book 7 in the Penny Green Mystery Series set in 1880s London. The books can be read in any order:
Book 1 – Limelight
Book 2 – The Rookery
Book 3 – The Maid’s Secret
Book 4 – The Inventor
Book 5 – Curse of the Poppy
Book 6 – The Bermondsey Poisoner
Book 7 – An Unwelcome Guest
Book 8 – Death at the Workhouse
Also available:
The Penny Green Series: Books 1-3 (The Penny Green Series Boxset Book 1)
The Penny Green Series: Books 4-6 (The Penny Green Series Boxset Book 2)
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I’ve read the first nine Penny Green books, and they are all absolutely amazing! She’s not only a great storyteller but a fantastic author. As an author myself, I must praise her for the immense research she does. This series is full of heart, intelligence, and humor! I highly recommend this series for all Historical Fiction lovers.
I’ve enjoyed every book thus far in the Penny Green series and this one is no different. I enjoy the feeling of being able to go back in time, so to speak, to the streets of London, smell the smells, see the sights, feel the weather. IN this one, Penny is invited to stay at a supposedly haunted hotel overnight and she takes up the challenge and in so doing, she gets way more than she bargained for.
Very enjoyable.
The story itself is entertaining and can be read alone, but it is fun to read the series. If you like mysteries; accurate historical locations and manners; strong yet vulnerable feminine characters; and well-developed plots, characters, and subplots, this just might the book for you.
Thought it was a very good book. I like to read books in the setting of Victorian houses.
A bit long and drawn out with a huge emphasis on the fact there is a sequel.
Another good one in this series. English mystery set in late 19th Century London. The protagonist continues (in this book) to put herself in extreme danger in the process of identifying the murder. Quirky but nice.
Intriguing period mystery. A hotel whodunit with lots of great characters. The female reporter and her Scotland Yard boyfriend are well-matched. Several unresolved sub-plots await resolution in future books.
Charming Victorian mystery with female main character working to solve a murder mystery with her secret law enforcement love interest. The setting is well-researched with all events and conversations appropriate for that historical period in history.
It’shang nice to continue to hang out with Penny and friends and experience more of historical SF.
I couldn’t finish this book. I found the main character too annoying and somewhat unbelievable
I’ve read the whole series so far and I’m looking forward to more. If only Penny Green had a little more backbone, but the era she’s in doesn’t really allow it I guess.
a well researched, exceptional historical mystery is the cream of the crop in my book… i thoroughly enjoy reading the information emily provides at the end regarding said research and soak up every nuance. absolutely yet another beyond glorious penny green book.
Good story.
Not my kind of book. Very slow going .
I liked the accuracy of the historical time period which was throughout the book. A clean mystery with being gruesome. Logical thinking and characters working together to solve the deaths.
While the plotting of An Unwelcome Guest is well done, I am getting tired of the Penny Green character. Im a bit less tired of James, though he does seem to spend a great deal of time mooning over Penny. Why my dismay over Penny? She has come to view herself as a complete and equal partner as a pseudo-Scotland Yard detective. She is longer pursuing separate leads from those James is; she is in lock step with him at every interview, every debriefing, every stage of the investigation. To me, this means she has lost the independent thought I’d so admired in previous books, and had instead become a clone or almost a sycophant. I doubt I’ll read any more books in this series.
Number 7 is the best so far in the continuing series of Penny and James…thank goodness there was less moving the plot along with endless questions…sometimes I wonder why Penny isn’t shown making more use of logic and reasoning after all she is a crack reporter! An excellent historical mystery series.
I did learn some interesting information from the story. Unfortunately the story seemed a tutorial on how to question a suspect which became tedious after awhile.
I love the Penny Green series. I’ve read them all. They just seem to get better and better. The Unwelcome Guest is proof positive of that. Keep up the great writing Emily. Your fans love you.
Her books continue to delight me as we wandered thru Victorian England in pursuit of devilish criminals