The Body at the Tower (The Agency #2)

The Body at the Tower is the second book the Agency series by Y.S. Lee.

In this second book, Mary Quinn is a full fledged member of the Agency. The Agency consists of under cover detectives whom are often overlooked in the field. The Agency only employs women. And in London in the 1800s women were usually ignored and always considered less intelligent than men.

This new assignment has a twist. Mary will not be going in as a maid or a lady's companion, she will be undercover as a twelve year old boy. She will be working on a building site - the construction of the Tower of London.

She has been hired to discover the circumstances surrounding the death of one of the brick layers at the site. As she knows little of the building trade she feels at a loss - until a familiar engineer is hired to do an inspection of the site to determine if the death was due to preventable job safety issues.

But the engineer, James Easton, will surely know her identity the moment he sees her. How will she explain her presence on site without compromising the Agency - because no one outside of the Agency realizes that it is made up entirely of women.

Lee has created a compelling mystery series set in a rich time period in London's history. Her characters and plot will keep readers hooked for as long as she continues the series. The Body at the Tower will be published in August 2010.

Lee, Y.S. (2010). The Body at the Tower. New York: Candlewick Press.