Allison Montclair

In a London slowly recovering from the ravages of World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the heart of Mayfair, The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. Miss Iris Sparks, avuncular and unmarried, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, practical and widowed with a young son, are determined to achieve some independence and do some good in a rapidly changing world. But the promising start to their marriage bureau is threatened...

2) Murder at the White Palace

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Series

Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 6
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 6
Sparks and Bainbridge Mystery volume 6

Publisher

Minotaur Books

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

Description

"In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another murder. In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture-The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous-and never discussed-past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a genteel war widow with a young...

3) The unkept woman

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Series

Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 4

Publisher

Minotaur Books

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Description

"Allison Montclair returns with The Unkept Woman, the fourth Sparks & Bainbridge mystery: London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks - currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau - has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals - Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (whose husband was killed in the recent World War)...

4) A royal affair

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Series

Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 2
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 2
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 2

Publisher

Minotaur Books

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Description

"More goes wrong than could be imagined when Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are unexpectedly engaged to dig into the past of a suitor of a royal princess in Allison Montclair's delightful second novel, A Royal Affair. In London 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Bureau is just beginning to take off and the proprietors, Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, are in need of a bigger office and a secretary...

5) The lady from Burma

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Series

Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 5
A Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 5
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 5

Publisher

Minotaur Books

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

"Murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau in the surprisingly dangerous landscape of post-World War II London"--

6) A rogue's company

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Series

Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 3
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 3
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 3

Publisher

Minotaur Books

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Description

"Business becomes personal for the Right Sort Marriage Bureau when a new client, a brutal murder, two kidnappings, and the recently returned from Africa Lord Bainbridge threatens everything that one of the principals holds dear ..."--

7) The Haunting of the Desks: A Sparks & Bainbridge Short Story

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Language

English

Description

Sparks and Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau return when their expansion into a new office, and acquisition of a new desk, results in unexplainable phenomena that can only mean that their new digs are haunted! In London, 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Agency is off to a good start and their early success means that Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge can now afford to expand into the long-empty office across the hall. And,...

8) Cozy Case Files Sampler, Volume 6

Author

Logan, Kylie

Series

Publisher

St. Martin's Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2019

Language

English

Formats

Description

Looking for a new cozy series? In this new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eight charming cozy mysteries coming in Spring 2019 for free for easy sampling.
Jump into the latest cozies by the following authors: Donna Andrews, Shelia Connolly, Cate Conte, Leonard Goldberg, Carolyn Haines, Ellen Hart, Kylie Logan, and Allison Montclair.
With the charm of a southern belle and none of the rules,

...

9) Cozy Case Files, Volume 18: A Cozy Mystery Sampler

Author

Allen, Meri

Series

Publisher

St. Martin's Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

Description

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eleven charming cozy mysteries publishing in Spring/Summer 2023 for free for easy sampling.
The eighteenth edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Meri Allen, Donna Andrews, Olivia Blacke, Vivien Chien, Leonard Goldberg, Carolyn Haines, Olivia Matthews, Allison Montclair, Korina Moss,

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10) Cozy Case Files, a Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 9

Author

Andrews, Donna

Series

Publisher

St. Martin's Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

Formats

Description

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eleven charming cozy mysteries publishing in Spring/Summer 2020 for free for easy sampling.
The latest edition of Cozy Case Files has something for everyone with the latest cozies by the following authors: Carolyn Haines, Hannah Dennison, Eve Calder, Donna Andrews, Ellie Alexander, Kylie Logan, Susanna Calkins,

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11) Cozy Case Files, a Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 12

Author

Alexander, Ellie

Series

Publisher

St. Martin's Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2021

Language

English

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