The Key to Deceit by Ashley WeaverMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ellie McDonnell and her uncle are locksmiths and they used to dabble in a bit of safe-cracking until they were caught by Major Ramsay and blackmailed into working for the UK government.
Things have been a bit quiet for a while, then Major Ramsay comes up with a new case, a woman found drowned in The Thames with an unusual cameo bracelet on her wrist. Ellie spots a number of clues about the woman from her clothes that the male detectives had missed, and she manages to open the cameo bracelet. Soon Ellie and Major Ramsay are investigating a German spy ring, racing against time to stop the Germans getting information that could help them bomb London.
From left luggage boxes to safety deposit boxes in banks, Ellie's family extra-curricula skills are tested to the max as they follow the trail, but who is the ring-leader?
I enjoy the detective work, not so much the subtle love-triangle developing between Ellie's childhood friend Felix, Ellie and the Major.
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