Worth a listen - talented narrator. A very good read that I found drew excellent parallels of the divisions of today to the divisions of the civil war - one side wanting expanded freedoms and a move forward and the other clinging to a past-gone, oppressive way of life. Well written, though as other reviews have noted, some of the language seems to be a bit too modern for the time period. This only slightly took away from the story and was worth ignoring. For those of you avoiding the over-used theme of sexual assault in the telling of women’s stories, you will be happy with this one. (There is one short, though off-putting of course, instance of groping but no other sexual violence.) There is plenty of physical violence, but it is more of what you would expect in any book about war and spies. I did not find it to be gratuitous, but I’ll say it was well described, maybe too well in some instances (I’m not a fan of blood and gore). I’m hoping there will be future books in this series and I didn’t really care much about how accurate the historical events were. The characters were well developed but not deeply insightful, focusing more on the story which I enjoyed. It’s pretty action packed.

Loved the narrator. Easily went from male to female voice. Some parts were a little too gory for me. Interesting listen tho. I really think woman make better spy’s.

Compelling and intricate, really good characters and exceptionally read

Good book. Interesting story.

I enjoyed this book and the narrator

Great characters, an intriguing plot and a good dose of both peril and humour. Skilfully delivered by the narrator. I really enjoyed this.

I enjoyed the strong female characters.

Fun historical fic of an aspect of detective history not often written about.

Very interesting story love it

i don't care how good the book is, let's not romanticize the Pinkertons. They've committed atrocities and were used for union busting, and are still active to this day on corporate payrolls.