Status Updates From The Alexandria Affair (Capt...

“Ancient thieves,” Brewster rumbled. “Looks like what a bloke might cut toward a cache in a strongroom, say, or the cellar of a rich gent’s estate.”

However, I was now a proper Englishman, a gentleman’s son married to an earl’s daughter. I should be as uncomfortable as possible to show the natives here how superior I was.

I love this series, have read them all. This is one of the best. The tone is not as "dark" as some of the stories. I often read the earlier stories and felt that poor Capt. Lacey might as well give up. Now Lacey is happy in his personal life and looking forward to his new child with eagerness. Good mystery, great setting. Go for it.