May is a very likeable heroine – committed to her job, loyal to friends and family, and determined to unearth the facts surrounding the discovery of a drowned boy in the Thames. She is reassuringly imperfect, however: her zeal and enthusiasm lead her into a variety of dangerous situations in insalubrious neighbourhoods, whilst her honesty and compassion plunge her still deeper into trouble.
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BK Duncan’s immaculate research and fluent writing immerse us in the streets of Poplar and the docklands, taking us from the depths of despair in the workhouse to the heights of genteel Greenwich, via the poverty of everyday working life in 1920. A well written and fast paced intrigue with disquieting historical details.
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BK Duncan has done it again. Found Drowned continues Foul Trade’s journey into the sights, sounds and smells of 1920’s London . . . I recommend this book to everyone; lovers of writing, history, characters, mystery. May Keaps and Jack Cahill are my literary friends and I can’t wait for the next instalment of their adventures.
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I loved the plot in this one and I was intrigued straight from the off and I thought the whole book was addictive . . . The characters are great as always and I do love the writing style in this series, it is such an easy read, well paced and well researched.
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Story-line is great, gripping, well researched, and I liked the characters too.
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I am a massive fan of this series of historical adventures involving the delightful May Keaps . . . [Found Drowned] is an endearing, classy, exciting read, with a killer plot that made putting the book down virtually impossible.
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. . . the atmosphere of 20’s dockland London was captured superbly, you could really feel the harsh environment and the all-enveloping poverty . . . It made you feel as if you were there; this to me is the joy of a good book, that it draws you into it, allowing your imagination to work. All in all a superb read.
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The more that May does in her job, the more she is becoming accepted for the talents she brings to the role, not her gender. It is lovely to see her get the respect that is due to her and demanded by her boss. Lovely bloke and the police are softening too. So looking forward to the next book in this series to see where May barges in next.
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