I think this story had promise and I would have enjoyed it more if I had read the previous 3 in the series. It would be beneficial to understand the backstories.

Originally, I was very interested in this read but did not realize it was part of a series and had to stop. The storyline looks incredibly intriguing and I hope one day to dable in this Victorian Mystery from the beginning.

Fans of historical mysteries will definitely want to take a peek at this title. The premise and Victorian English setting are both excellent. A woman is found. She appears to be dead but is not. She does not know who she is but three very different people claim to know her and offer to take her. Does this Sleeping Beauty go with the right person? Why is another of these three killed?

Crime scene photographer Sarah Bain inserts herself into these events along with friends and her fiance. What will they discover? Readers will surely want to know.a

Many thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

Well-crafted characters and a compelling storyline make The Woman in the Veil a must-read!

The story is set in 1890 London where Sarah Bain and her friends are crime photographers. One foggy summer night, they're called to the bank of the river Thames. The murder victim is an unidentified woman whose face has been slashed. But as Sarah takes photographs, she discovers that the woman is still alive.

Can't wait to read more!

Not sure why my review didn't go in the first time back in 2019. My bad for not checking up on this. But I reread this book this year and still really liked this book. Highly recommend it. 5 star book. Still kept me pulled into it.
I can't remember who I told in the pass to read this book but I'll be recommending this book to a few others that I think might like this book.

This sounded like such a promising book. Unfortunately, when I requested awhile ago, I must not have noticed it was part of a series. I'm really saddened by the fact that I will be unable to read this and leave an honest review. Thank you for the early opportunity though!

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* took a while for me to get into this book but i did end up really liking it and found myself sad when it was over lol

I had a hard time getting into this one. I think it is just not the book for me. Maybe next time! Not sure what the issue was.

Great book! I was hooked from the start, thank you so much for providing me a copy of this book to read. This is something I would love to purchase.

“The Woman in the Veil” is the 4th instalment in the “A Victorian Mystery” series by Laura Joh Rowland. Sadly I had not red the previous books and i think it beneficial to read in order. It was an enjoyable read and I liked the characters. Overall it was an interesting police procedural based in 1800's London.

I would recommend to my historical mystery loving friends.

I requested and received an Advanced Readers Copy from the publisher and NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you Netgalley, Crooked Lane Books and Laura Joh Rowlnad for free e-ARC in return for my honest opinion.

Sarah Bain is a young progressive woman of early 1920s. She has her own trade (photography) and she is quite famous among certain circles in England. Sarah is in partnership with Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly; they work for prominent newspaper on criminal columns. Together they unravel gruesome murder stories through out London and usually are successful but need to keep a few secrets from the authorities.
Sarah is in love with police inspector, which helps her and her friends to get inside look into police investigation sometimes.

I was intrigued by the synopsis and was not afraid of it being a series. I made assumptions that I probably should not. Half of the story constantly refers to previous volumes. I felt like I was invited to a journey filled with inside jokes which I never was part of. I felt lost and abandoned, like I was missing out.

Characters were fine mostly, only that the narration is offered from Sarah’s perception and I grew tired of her constant brain-picking. Plot wise The Woman in the Veil is somewhat interesting, though it was not enough for me. It felt dragging at first, and then everything happened too quickly.

Over all, it was ok, nothing really remarkable for my taste.

A gripping mystery that keeps you guessing to the end. The relationships between the main characters are well done and the secondary characters are well written. However readers will likely get more out of this book if they read the previous entries in the series.

This is #4 in a series and I have not read the previous books. I liked the characters, interesting police procedural based in 1800's London. I'll have to go back and start the series from the beginning.

Sarah Bain is a crime scene photographer for the Daily World in 1890. With her friends Lord Hugh and Mick they seem to just fall into murder. They do not have a good relationship with most of the police. When the body on the beach survives with amnesia they have to work out which of the three parties to identify her is telling the truth not believing when this will lead to murder. This will become a complex mystery which keeps your interest till the last page.
This is the 4th book in this series and it would be worth checking out the previous ones to get a handle on the main characters relationships and baggage.
I was given an arc of this book by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This was marginally interesting though I think I would have enjoyed it more if I'd read the previous books in the series. The characters seemed okay enough though and the writing was not ghastly.

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to review this book. I’m afraid I didn’t find it as compelling as I hoped. The premise was good; three different parties claiming a relationship with an amnesia-stricken lady. However, the plot stumbled in the second half and I also found myself uninterested in the main characters—not a positive harbinger of a likelihood to continue reading the series.

I really liked this Victorian mystery which has strong descriptions. My rating 4.25.

Sarah is a brave female photographer working with a past of secrets and a misfit team. Lord Hugh has been cut from his former society crowd after being caught in a gay scandal. Mick is a teenaged street urchin who has joined with Sarah realizing that he can better himself through education. The team came together as a private detective agency after solving a high-profile case involving the Ripper. Now they serve as a crime scene photograph team hired by a wealthy banker who has taken over The Daily World.

The team is called out to photograph a murder scene of a naked woman lying on the banks of the Thames. The team begins to investigate, examining the site and interviewing witnesses but as Sarah is photographing the woman, she realizes the victim is alive. The woman’s face has been viciously slashed, and no one knows who she is. When she wakes from the coma she apparently has amnesia.

Sarah’s fiancé, Detective Sergeant Barrett often steps in to help the team or to keep them in line. He allows Sarah to sit in as he interviews people who have come forward claiming to know “Sleeping Beauty”. Three particular parties are the most likely relatives. But Sarah and her friends worry that Sleeping Beauty may be in danger if she returns to a home where she has already escaped violence.

Sarah and Barrett disagree on whom they think Sleeping Beauty is which creates tension. Meanwhile, Barrett’s recent promotion is resented by a rival who takes every chance to go after Barrett, Sarah, and their friends. When one of the possible relatives ends up dead at the house where the team is staying, Sarah becomes the prime suspect. The investigation intensifies as the team realizes they must solve the mysteries that remain if they want to save Sarah from prison or the gallows!

I quickly liked these distinct characters with their difficult pasts. Ms. Rowland doesn’t shy away from the dark and messy details of the era as her descriptions create scenes of smell and sound as well as sight. The story has good mystery and tension that kept me pushing to discover who committed the crimes and how things would work out for the beleaguered team. The author wove in an introduction to the characters, so this read fine as a standalone although it did raise my interest in book 1, The Ripper. I recommend this as an engaging read to fans of mystery and Victorian history.

Source: NetGalley 2019.

GUYS!!! This book is going to be a huge hit for this author. This is an exceptional thriller!.

I really don't want to discuss the plot because I want everyone to discover this story on their own terms. It's intricate. It's breathtaking. It's heart-pumping. It's shiver inducing. It's everything I could ever ask for in this genre. I started this book and read it in 2 days.. I was completely riveted to the pages.

Thank you to NetGalley and publishing company for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Princess Fuzzypants here: Sarah Bain is a Victorian woman who delies the norms of her time. She earns a living taking crime photos with her partners, a disgraced gay Lord and a former street urchin. She is also engaged to a Police Sergeant. But the precarious balance of her life is destroyed when she discovers a woman in the mudflats below the Prospect of Whitby. As she takes her crime scene photos, she realizes the naked, beaten woman is alive. No one know who Sleeping Beauty is, as she is coined. There are three possible answers that arrive at her hospital bed.
A young girl and her aunt identify her as a famous author. But a trio of harridans who remind Sarah of the wicked stepmother and sisters from Cinderella and a frenzied painter who says this is his wife and muse confound was might have been a happy reunion. Sarah and her associates realize there is more to the story but a crooked Constable and a Police Inspector bent on revenge, complicate matter when one of the Cinderella trio falls to her death and Sarah is arrested for her murder.
It is all rather exciting and suspenseful as the atmospheric story tells of the London of Victoria as the criminal elements both in and out of the police force conspire to pervert justice. It is a page turner of a story that has some final twists at the end that bring all three of the possibilities together yet still provides a satisfactory conclusion.
Five purrs and two paws up.

I ended up not finishing this book because I realized it was part of a series and I need to go back and read the rest of the series! I look forward to finishing this one soon though! Thank you for the opportunity!