Blog tour: Blackmail in Bloomsbury

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Welcome to the blog tour for Blackmail in Bloomsbury by Anna Sayburn Lane!

More about the book…

London, October 1922. When Marjorie Swallow attends her first Bloomsbury party, she worries the conversation will be over her head. But when the night ends in murder, she has more pressing concerns.

Was the culprit really the handsome young artist she danced the night away with?

And why did so many people want Betty Norris dead?

From the garden squares of Bloomsbury to the smart restaurants of Piccadilly and the seedy backstreets of Soho, apprentice detective Marjorie goes on a perilous hunt for the killer.

Blackmail in Bloomsbury brings 1920s London to life in a classic murder mystery.

More about the author…

Anna is a writer and journalist, living by the sea on the Kent coast.

Blackmail In Bloomsbury marks a new direction for Anna’s writing, switching from contemporary thrillers with a historical back-story into cosy historical mysteries. Anna is fascinated by the 1920s, a period of enormous social change that can seem both very modern and more than 100 years ago.

Anna enjoys research in the British Library, coastal walks, summer swimming and yoga on the beach.

Blackmail In Bloomsbury is her fifth novel.

My impressions…

Blackmail in Bloomsbury is the first in a new murder mystery set in 1920s London, and I already can’t wait for the second instalment. I was already sold at Bloomsbury so I knew I would probably like this book, but it ended up exceeding expectations! There are two, strong female leads whom I took an immediate shine to, a cast of equally well-developed minor characters, a lot of mystery, a good dose of humour and exquisite historical details that transported me to the glamour of London in the 1920s. A delightful novel!

Three words to describe it. Engaging. Glamorous. Humorous.

Do I like the cover? Yes, it’s gorgeous!

Have I read any other books by the same author? No, but I saw that she is the author of a series of literary mysteries and I’m in!

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