Agents Eliza D. Braun and Wellington Thornhill Books,
Esquire, are looking forward to a relaxing vacation after
several tough missions with the Ministry of Peculiar
Occurrences. Unfortunately, an emergency sends them
rapidly home only to find out that things are even worse
than they imagined. Not only is one of the Ministry
Seven, Eliza's beloved group of street children, missing
but the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences has lost favor
with the Queen. Will Eliza and Wellington survive the
Maestro's plot when the Ministry itself is floundering?
THE DIAMOND CONSPIRACY is the fourth book in the
Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series and is
best appreciated in the context of the series as a whole.
THE DIAMOND CONSPIRACY picks up immediately after the
events of the prior book, By Dawn's Early Light, and the
various threads within the series are finally coming to
fruition.
THE DIAMOND CONSPIRACY is action filled, as we get to see
what happens when all bets are off and the Ministry loses
its sovereign protection. I particularly like the
insights we get into Wellington and his upbringing as Pip
Ballantine and Tee Morris have been hinting for a while
about the rigidity of his father. The world building is
phenomenal, as Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris take full
advantage of the historical time period and the steampunk
gadgets to craft a world that I want to visit over and
over again.
Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris throw readers headlong into
a madcap and crazy steampunk world where expecting the
unexpected is practically the rule. I love the surprises
thrown at us in THE DIAMOND CONSPIRACY and I almost
squealed with glee at a certain appearance by a man named
John (no other hints as the surprise is well worth it).
THE DIAMOND CONSPIRACY and the Ministry of Peculiar
Occurrences series is just sheer fun and I relish the
time I get to spend in Eliza and Wellington's world. The
ending leaves me desperately wanting the fifth book now
as I can't wait to see what Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris
have in store for us next!
For years, the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences has
enjoyed
the favor of Her Majesty the Queen. But even the oldest
loyalties can turn in a moment…
Having narrowly escaped the electrifying machinations of
Thomas Edison, Books and Braun are looking forward to a
relaxing and possibly romantic voyage home. But when
Braun’s
emergency signal goes off, all thoughts of recreation
vanish. Braun’s street-wise team of child informants, the
Ministry Seven, is in grave peril, and Books and Braun
must
return to England immediately.
But when the intrepid agents finally arrive in London, the
situation is even more dire than they imagined. The
Ministry
has been disavowed, and the Department of Imperial
Inconveniences has been called in to decommission its
agents
in a most deadly fashion. The plan reeks of the Maestro’s
dastardly scheming. Only, this time, he has a dangerous
new
ally—a duplicitous doctor whose pernicious poisons have
infected the highest levels of society, reaching even the
Queen herself...
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