Ginger Gold has opened her own private investigation office! This short story companion series to Ginger Gold Mysteries has the clever Mrs. Ginger Reed, aka Lady Gold, and her adventurous sister-in-law Felicia taking on clients who’ve got all sorts of troubles. This first volume consists of The Case of the Boy who Vanished and The Case of the Missing Fox Stole.A companion series to Ginger Gold … Stole.
A companion series to Ginger Gold Mysteries, each volume is approximately 20 thousand words or 80 pages. A bite size read perfect for a transit commute home, time spent waiting at an appointment, or to settle into sleep at night. Get your coffee, tea or glass of wine and snuggle in!
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Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.
Genre: dog cozy mystery series / historical mystery / women amateur sleuth / British detective mystery
THE GINGER GOLD MYSTERY SERIES
Murder on the SS Rosa (Book 1)
Murder at Hartigan House (Book 2)
Murder at Bray Manor (Book 3)
Murder at Feathers & Flair (Book 4)
Murder at the Mortuary (Book 5)
Murder at Kensington Gardens (Book 6)
Murder at st. George’s Church (Book 7)
The Wedding of Ginger & Basil (Book 7.5)
Murder Aboard the Flying Scotsman (Book 8)
Murder at the Boat Club (Book 9)
Murder on Eaton Square (Book 10)
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so even on a regular week in a regular year lee strauss is one of the best writers around. her style incredible. the historical mystery genre has been gifted a spectacular addition. during covid i have been spending quite an enormous amount of time with ginger and basil and now hailey higgins and samantha hawke. i have already downloaded from another of her series as well… i’m a fairly fast reader…. oooohhhh, and what a delightful time in reading land… and all 3 short stories with lady gold investigates have been read… i’ve finished 7 these last few weeks. so for convenience sake so i can get back to “death on the tower” i’m going to copy and paste my review to all 7 aforementioned books. forgive me… but i must…
I loved it! I love short story collections! Absolutely a delight! This is a must read series! I can’t wait for the next book!
I received a free electronic copy of this short historical novel from the author, Lee Strauss. Thank you so much for sharing your hard work with me. I have read these two novelettes of my own volition, and this review reflects my personal opinion of this work.
The Case of the Vanishing Boy and The Case of the Missing Fox Stole are both shorts leading into the series “Lady Gold Investigates”, set in London in the late 1920s, early 1930s and involving Ginger Gold Reed with her intrepid debut-author sister-in-law, Felicia Gold. These stories are sweet, clean, fast-paced and interesting. Think Miss Fisher without the frisky. Lee Strauss brings us a welcome change of pace from the trials and tribulations of daily life today.
I like the idea of the Widow Lady Ginger Gold setting up shop – an upscale clothing shop – named Feathers and Flair, marrying a policeman named Basil Reed and opening her own private investigator’s office around the corner from F&F so she can keep her thumb on the pulse of both her businesses. Oh, and we can’t leave out Boss. A Boston Terrier, Boss lives up to his name and does his best to keep everyone with their noses to the grindstone.
I thoroughly enjoyed these introductory stories to this series, and look forward to reading them all. Lee Strauss is an author I will follow.
I was fortunate to snag an ARC of this second book of the Lady Gold Investigates series. I would say that these short stories, two to a book, are reminiscent of Alexander McCall Smith’s “No.1 Ladies Detective Agency” series. The stories are short and provide the reader with subtle and not so subtle clues. I like that we are allowed into the daily life of our favorite historical lady sleuth while she investigates and interrogates non-murder mysteries.
Lee Strauss’ writing is excellent whether in her full length novels or this Novella. The stories are well crafted with descriptions that help you feel like you are seeing the stories. The characters are well developed including her little dog Boss who adds so much to the stories. The first story deals with orphaned children and workhouses as a street orphan who has been attending the free meals at St George’s Church disappears. The second story deals with shop lifting as well as problems of the elderly who are losing touch with reality. Both stories deal with social problems of the day which gives more substance to these cozy mysteries.
I always look forward to reading Lee Strauss’ books and she is one of my favorite authors!
wonderful fun short story! quirky characters and good storyline. Fast moving and interesting. Lady Gold and Felicia are investigating in England during 1920’s.
Lady Gold and Felicia are busy investigation two cases in this novella. It is set in England and has all the charm and interesting characters as in her longer books. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Lady Gold Investigates by Lee Strauss are two novellas about small crimes that are brought to Lady Gold Investigations. The office is now open and both Ginger and Felicia are ready to help solve the mysteries.
Both novellas are quickly paced with the first one being straightforward from beginning to end. I enjoyed the fact that Ginger got to use her expertise in disguises in this one. In the second there were a few clues and only a couple of twists before Ginger resolved the issues. I confess in the second one I didn’t pick up on all of the clues before the reveal. This was a really lovely afternoon read. Ms. Strauss’ writing is descriptive and the plots are always well-crafted.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book. All of the above opinions are my own.