The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds

A Dizzy Heights Mystery, Book 1

By: T E Kinsey

Narrated by: Simon Mattacks, Elizabeth Knowelden

Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Missing diamonds. Mysterious deaths. And all that jazz.

London, 1925. With their band the Dizzy Heights, jazz musicians Ivor ‘Skins’ Maloney and Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Dunn are used to improvising as they play the Charleston for flappers and toffs, but things are about to take a surprising turn.

Superintendent Sunderland has had word that a deserter who stole a fortune in diamonds as he fled the war is a member of the Aristippus private members’ club in Mayfair - where the Dizzy Heights have a residency. And the thief is planning to steal a hoard of jewels hidden there under the cover of a dance contest.

As mutual pal Lady Hardcastle has suggested, Skins and Dunn are perfectly placed to be Sunderland’s eyes and ears - and Skins’s wife Ellie soon lends a hand with a bit of light snooping. But the stakes change dramatically when a mysterious death at the club brings a sinister note to the investigation.

With the dance contest fast approaching, the trio must solve the mystery of the missing diamonds, unmask the murderer, and prevent more deadly crimes - all without missing a beat.

©2020 T E Kinsey. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Smart, Funny Mystery

Fast paced and funny, I enjoyed getting to know these side characters from the Lady H books. I liked that the timeline jumped ahead so that Skins & Ellie were well established as a couple and had started a family. I found the storyline to be engaging and got caught up in the mystery.

The narrator was also very adept at differentiating between characters and I liked hearing the familiar female narrator during a cameo with Lady H and Flo. Very enjoyable listen, I’m looking forward to more in this series.

love it

perfect! Lived up to my hopes. more than. I can't wait for another. I live this author!

Pleasant mystery

I enjoyed this light hearted murder mystery. I liked the setting. The musician characters are very likable and realistic. Overall, a worthwhile, very enjoy listen.

Lengthy and boring

I love Lady Hardcastle and Flo, and I anticipated loving this. however the mystery was light, the plot dragged and there was too much idling and backstory. Hope that the next one is better

Entertaining but flawed

The plot was a bit hard to believe but the characters were good. The narrator is very good but his female American voice is off-putting.

Love the spin off!

This was such an amazing idea. Make a seperate series following around Lady Hardcastles band friends. Did a great job filling out their characters and really bringing them to life. Love❤️

Threadbare plot, disappointing ending

I'm a fan of T.E. Kinsey's Lady Hardcastle series, but this novel did not live up to that. The three main characters were fairly well drawn, but the others were not. In fact, most of them had two different names, which made it confusing and hard to follow. There was little sense of movement in the plot, i.e. little sense that we were moving forward in solving the mystery. The ending was disappointing, and half the mystery was left on solved. The female narrator was quite good, but underused. The male narrator did well at distinguishing between the male characters, but not so welI with the female ones. Why not let the female narrator do all the female roles? In my opinion, this novel had some entertaining banter, but wasn't worth the time it took to listen to it.

Not a Lady Hardcastle mystery

This is a spin-off. I prefer and was expecting the witty banter of Lady Hardcastle. It was an enjoyable listen, nonetheless.

Great Read!!!

Great story, great performances - a great read 😊 I think anyone who reads will it be disappointed

Fabulous!

Lady Hardcastle stories have been family favorites for several years now. This new series following Skins, Barty, and Ellie is a fun new series. I am excited to listen to the next one.