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  • Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar

  • Miss Blaine's Prefect, Book 1
  • By: Olga Wojtas
  • Narrated by: Olga Wojtas
  • Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar

By: Olga Wojtas
Narrated by: Olga Wojtas
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Summary

Never underestimate a librarian.

Intelligent cosy crime series with razor-sharp wit and an unlikely hero, for fans of P.G. Wodehouse and Muriel Spark

Fifty-something Shona McMonagle is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name.

Impeccably educated and an accomplished martial artist, linguist and musician, Shona is thrilled when selected by Marcia Blaine herself to travel back in time for a one-week mission in 19th-century Russia: to pair up the beautiful, shy, orphaned heiress Lidia Ivanovna with Sasha, a handsome young man of unexplained origins — and all in a gorgeously Tolstoyan setting.

But, despite all her accomplishments and good intentions, Shona might well have got the wrong end of the stick about her mission. As the body count rises, will she discover in time just who the real villain is?
©2018 Olga Wojtas (P)2023 Saraband
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Critic reviews

'Audacious…witty and fun.' Alistair Mabbott, Herald

'This is a delightful addition to the ranks of comic crime, mixing sharp observation with a lightness of touch.' Laura Wilson, Guardian

'Wojtas’ debut is every bit as light-hearted, level-headed, inventive, hilarious, and altogether enchanting as its heroine, who richly deserves another jaunt through time and space.' Kirkus (starred review)

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What a find!

Not sure how I stumbled across this, but great story, and so well narrated! Ready to listen to the next one .

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