A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

by Deanna Raybourn

“I say, miss, are you talking to a turtle?” inquired a polite voice from behind me. I straightened to find a young clergyman, hat in hand, wearing an expression of polite wariness. “No, I am not. I am, in fact, speaking to a tortoise,” I corrected.