A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander

A Crimson Warning

by Tasha Alexander  

Secrets prove deadly in this new novel from Tasha Alexander featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves. Some very prominent people in London are waking up to find their doorsteps smeared with red paint, the precursor to the revelation of a dark secret – and worse – by someone who enjoys destroying lives.

Newly returned to her home in Mayfair, Lady Emily Hargreaves is looking forward to enjoying the delights of the season. The delights, that is, as defined by her own eccentricities—reading The Aeneid, waltzing with her dashing husband, and joining the Women’s Liberal Federation in the early stages of its campaign to win the vote for women.

But an audacious vandal disturbs the peace in the capital city, splashing red paint on the neat edifices of the homes of London’s elite. This mark, impossible to hide, presages the revelation of scandalous secrets, driving the hapless victims into disgrace, despair and even death.

Soon, all of London high society is living in fear of learning who will be the next target, and Lady Emily and her husband, Colin, favorite agent of the crown, must uncover the identity and reveal the motives of the twisted mind behind it all before another innocent life is lost

(summary from goodreads.com)

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This is the 6th book in the Lady Emily series of books. They have all been enjoyable mysteries with occasional light romance - in this one Lady Emily and Colin have returned to England and yet another mystery. And hooray! Our favorite anachronistic Lady Emily is back again in all her glory. And Colin isn't annoying anymore - he seems to have come to terms with the fact that he was being stupid and almost killed his wife in the last book in his efforts to protect her.

I enjoy when first person books throw in a different perspective occasionally - Tasha Alexander has been generally good at that. This time we get to see through Ivy's eyes for a bit, keeping the first person narrative from becoming too narrow. In all, this was yet another enjoyable book by this author.

Mom note: As a mother of readers, I also want to make a note to myself (and others if they care) why I would or would not have my children read this book, because honestly, sometimes I forget. This is an adult book, but still follows YA strictures. Violence: yes, but mostly off stage. Profanity: none that I can recall. Sex: yes, but also mostly off stage and only between married couples.