Reviews for False Pretences

The average rating for False Pretences based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-04-01 00:00:00 Va Johnie In the fourth book of the Abbott Agency, it alludes to racial antagonism. Zander is back and asks Bea to accomplice him to return the belongings of a co-worker. Zander found a co-worker, Denzil had embezzled a fortune from the Trust were they both worked. His wife, Lady Honoria attempts to intimidate Zander. The story continues With the problem at the Trust, no one wished to involve the police. The publicity would damage the trust and Lady Honoria does want it either. There are several accidental deaths along the way. With Maggie's and Oliver's assistant, Bea is able to straighten the matter out. I high!y recommend this book and series.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-11-29 00:00:00 Lidia V Ferrentino A blast from the past kicks off Veronica Heley's fourth Abbott Agency novel, False Pretences. Zander, first seen as an unwitting victim of an art-smuggling ring in False Picture, comes to the only person he can think of for help: English widow Bea Abbott, head of the Abbott Agency, a domestic staffing temp agency in London. As Bea is tired of saying, the agency doesn't "do" murder ' except that murder has a way of finding them! Having recovered from a near-fatal blow after False Picture, a grateful Zander has taken to charity work as the office manager at the respected, but stodgy Tudor Housing Trust. While there, Zander runs across some financial chicanery and a thoroughly racist, scheming widow of a director. Mrs. Abbott to the rescue ' along with her little agency family of computer whiz kid Oliver Ingraham and project manager Maggie. Heley adds her usual humor, suspense, and knowledge of human nature to make False Pretences another fabulous read. As in False Step, the novel released immediately before this one, readers will almost immediately identify the guilty party, but the joy comes in following Mrs. Abbott's relentless pursuit of justice for Zander and the forces of good and discovering how they will track down and expose the culprit.