A Lark's Tale

De: Lynn Messina

Narrado por: Jill Smith

Verity Lark knows everything.

As the London Daily Gazette’s popular gossip columnist, she is extremely adept at sneaking into houses, assuming disguises and overseeing a vast network of spies to ensure she stays abreast of the beau monde’s comings and goings. If it sometimes seems as though she was hiding behind the settee during a particularly fierce quarrel between a husband and his wife, it’s most likely because she was hiding behind the settee during their fierce quarrel.

But nobody knows her.

Writing under a pen name, Verity safeguards her anonymity via an elaborately constructed alter ego. Seemingly everywhere, Mr. Twaddle-Thum is in fact nowhere. He has never met with an informant or skulked in a dark alley. He simply does not exist. That is why she is so startled to discover he has recently been spotted at a variety of locations. A Twaddle-Sham is knocking about London and in such a ham-handed manner he is inciting people to murder.

At least that’s what Verity thinks is happening when she stumbles across a plot to kill him.

Or her.

Who is the real target?

Well, see, that’s just the problem because Verity can’t actually say.

For the first time in years, she isn’t sure of anything.

©2022 Lynn Messina (P)2022 Lynn Messina

Pretty good

‘A Lark’s Tale’ revolves around Kesgrave’s half sister, Verity. The first half of the story was slow-a lot of background setup and Verity’s introspection. It became more interesting the last half and I may buy book 2.

A bit convoluted

I’ve really enjoyed her other series, so I was interested in a new series that intertwined with that one. However, this one just doesn’t quite live up to her first series. It’s a good story, and the characters are likable, but I find Beatrice as a lead more appealing than Verity. Also, the plot was a LOT more convoluted. It was hard to keep track of everyone, and if you haven’t listened to the other series—good luck! A new series should not start out that way, relying so heavily on the one it is spinning off from. I had skipped the story where Flora took the lead in the Beatrice mysteries because of reviews, but I had to go back and listen to it so that I could follow this one. But overall I liked it enough that I’m going to give book 2 a try.

Love this series!

The characters are so witty and well developed. Love the series and hope it has many many many books. ❤️

A Lark's Tale

While this was a wonderful story in its own right, it was also particularly interesting to get a different perspective on the events of the main series. My favorite aspect was probably the vast array of personas that Verity adopts throughout the book to accomplish her goals. I greatly enjoyed the new cast of characters, along with the glimpses we were given of the familiar.
I received a free Audible copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Fun Read

Love Lynn Massina's cozy regency mysteries. this one was particularly fun to listen to. good reader performance. Slight cliff hanger ending. Can't wait for more in this Lark series. Will have me registering to her related Beatrice Hyde-Clare series to scout out all the gems picked up in this one.