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India Black

India Black, January 2011
Madam of Espionage #1
by Carol K. Carr

Berkley
Featuring: French; India Black
304 pages
ISBN: 0425238660
EAN: 9780425238660
Kindle: B004DI7I50
Trade Size / e-Book
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"Bone up on your English and Russian history with this witty account of India Black's escapades."

Fresh Fiction Review

India Black
Carol K. Carr

Reviewed by Viki Ferrell
Posted December 13, 2010

Mystery Historical

Most everyone refers to India Black as a whore. She thinks of herself as an independent business woman. India owns and operates Lotus House, an upscale whorehouse in 1876 London. When a government official has a heart attack and dies at her establishment, she tries to get his body out in the middle of the night without anyone noticing. She is not successful. That's when India is enlisted by British government officials (actually kidnapped and brought to them) to help retrieve some documents the dead gentleman had with him at the time of his death. India finds herself matching wits with Russian spies, English clerics and crafty politicians. She works with French, a very handsome British spy, as they crash a Russian Embassy party, break into a hotel room to steal her dead guest's document case, and then flee across country at night in the middle of a snow storm in pursuit of some Russian spies. It seems that every time they get possession of the case, the Russians get the jump on them and steal it back. This continues to occur all the way across England to the coast and across the English Channel to France. India and French find themselves in some precarious positions, while pursuing the Russian spies trying to capture the document case and save England from embarrassment. Just what are these important documents that cannot get into Russian hands? How could they embarrass England? These documents could change the course of history as we know it. Bone up on your English and Russian history with this witty account of India Black's escapades. She's quite a character! This author promises to send India on more espionage adventures you are sure to enjoy.

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SUMMARY

“Fanny Hill meets Nancy Drew”* in a brand-new mystery series featuring a sleuth who knows how to get undercover. When Sir Archibald Latham of the War Office dies from a heart attack while visiting her brothel, Madam India Black is unexpectedly thrust into a deadly game between Russian and British agents who are seeking the military secrets Latham carried. Blackmailed into recovering the missing documents by the British spy known as French, India finds herself dodging Russian agents—and the attraction she starts to feel for the handsome conspirator.


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