An Act of Villainy: An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 5
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with the fifth installment in the Amory Ames mystery series.
An Act of Villainy is an a gem, set in 1930s London and filled with style, banter, and twists that traditional mystery fans will positively relish.
"So you've gotten yourself involved with another murder, have you?"
Walking through London's West End after a night at the theater, Amory Ames and her husband Milo run into wealthy investor and former actor Gerard Holloway. Holloway and his wife Georgina are old friends of theirs, and when Holloway invites them to the dress rehearsal of a new play he is directing, Amory readily accepts.
However, Amory is shocked to learn that Holloway has cast his mistress, actress Flora Bell, in the lead role. Furthermore, the casual invitation is not what it seems—he admits to Amory and Milo that Flora has been receiving threatening letters, and he needs their help in finding the mysterious sender. Despite Amory's conflicting feelings—not only does she feel loyalty to Georgina, but the disintegration of the Holloways' perfect marriage seems to bode ill for her own sometimes delicate relationship—her curiosity gets the better of her, and she begins to make inquiries.
It quickly becomes clear that each member of the cast has reason to resent Flora—and with a group so skilled in the art of deception, it isn't easy to separate truth from illusion. When vague threats escalate, the scene is set for murder, and Amory and Milo must find the killer before the final curtain falls.
Also out now in the Amory Ames mysteries: Murder at the Brightwell, Death Wears a Mask, A Most Novel Revenge, and The Essence of Malice.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
Ashley Weaver. (2018). An Act of Villainy: An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 5. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ashley Weaver. 2018. An Act of Villainy: An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 5. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ashley Weaver, An Act of Villainy: An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 5. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ashley Weaver. An Act of Villainy: An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 5. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018.
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 1 | 1 |
OverDrive Product Record
- readingOrder
- 5
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2390-1/{04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2390-1/{04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2390-1/040/745/25/{04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2390-1/040/745/25/{04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781250159762
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B079DW47K6
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781250159762
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781250159755
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Ashley Weaver
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- An Act of Villainy
- seriesId
- 1448246
- dateAdded
- 2018-08-30T22:34:49.353Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=141&titleID=3778903
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
- id: 1151
- sortTitle
- An Act of Villainy
- crossRefId
- 3778903
- series
- Amory Ames Mystery
- subtitle
- An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 5
- id
- 04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9
- starRating
- 3.7
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- fileName: AnActofVillainy_9781250159762_3778903
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 2691998
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781250159762
- rights:
- type: Copying
- value: 0
- type: Printing
- value: 0
- type: Lending
- value: 0
- type: ReadAloud
- value: 0
- type: ExpirationRights
- value: 0
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- onSaleDate: 9/4/2018
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=04074525-4aa4-4061-bf67-e905f9fdbce9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: AnActofVillainy_3778903
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B079DW47K6
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 9/4/2018
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=04074525-4aa4-4061-bf67-e905f9fdbce9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: AnActofVillainy_9781250159762_3778903
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781250159762
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 9/4/2018
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=04074525-4aa4-4061-bf67-e905f9fdbce9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- keywords
- value: traditional mystery
- value: crime
- value: detective
- value: private investigator
- value: detective story
- value: suspect
- value: high society
- value: Genre Fiction
- value: Great Britain
- value: sleuth
- value: amateur detective
- value: murder mystery
- value: female detective
- value: historical mystery
- value: mystery series
- value: detective novels
- value: detective novel
- value: historical crime
- value: detective books
- value: detective duo
- value: cozy mysteries
- value: cozy mystery series
- value: mystery books
- value: Murder mystery books
- value: thirties
- value: mystery thriller suspense
- value: husband and wife detectives
- value: historical mystery books
- value: cozy mystery books
- value: female mystery writers
- value: cozy english mysteries
- value: Milo Ames
- value: women amateur sleuth
- value: women mystery authors
- value: detective team
- value: 1930s england
- value: 1930s Great Britain
- value: 1930s murder mystery
- value: milo and amory
- value: mystery movies from the 1940s
- value: mystery tv shows
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Weaver, Ashley
- bioText: ASHLEY WEAVER is the Technical Services Coordinator at the Allen Parish Libraries in Oberlin, Louisiana. Weaver has worked in libraries since she was 14; she was a page and then a clerk before obtaining her MLIS from Louisiana State University. She is the author of Murder at the Brightwell, Death Wears a Mask, and A Most Novel Revenge. Weaver lives in Oakdale, Louisiana.
- name: Ashley Weaver
- imprint
- Minotaur Books
- publishDate
- 2018-09-04T00:00:00-04:00
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- An Act of Villainy
- fullDescription
Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with the fifth installment in the Amory Ames mystery series.
An Act of Villainy is an a gem, set in 1930s London and filled with style, banter, and twists that traditional mystery fans will positively relish.
"So you've gotten yourself involved with another murder, have you?"
Walking through London's West End after a night at the theater, Amory Ames and her husband Milo run into wealthy investor and former actor Gerard Holloway. Holloway and his wife Georgina are old friends of theirs, and when Holloway invites them to the dress rehearsal of a new play he is directing, Amory readily accepts.
However, Amory is shocked to learn that Holloway has cast his mistress, actress Flora Bell, in the lead role. Furthermore, the casual invitation is not what it seems—he admits to Amory and Milo that Flora has been receiving threatening letters, and he needs their help in finding the mysterious sender. Despite Amory's conflicting feelings—not only does she feel loyalty to Georgina, but the disintegration of the Holloways' perfect marriage seems to bode ill for her own sometimes delicate relationship—her curiosity gets the better of her, and she begins to make inquiries.
It quickly becomes clear that each member of the cast has reason to resent Flora—and with a group so skilled in the art of deception, it isn't easy to separate truth from illusion. When vague threats escalate, the scene is set for murder, and Amory and Milo must find the killer before the final curtain falls.
Also out now in the Amory Ames mysteries: Murder at the Brightwell, Death Wears a Mask, A Most Novel Revenge, and The Essence of Malice.- seriesId
- 1448246
- reviews
- premium: False
- source: Library Journal
- content: "An excellent addition to the series, this could also be read independently. The period setting is as always meticulous and the main characters riveting. Fans of lights period mysteries with fashion and flair will be caught up in Amory's latest adventure."
- premium: False
- source: Publishers Weekly
- content: "Elegant...lovers of classic, twisty British mysteries will have jolly good fun."
- premium: False
- source: Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
- content: "True to the style and substance of the Golden Age while simultaneously giving it a fresh touch, An Act of Villainy represents a traditional, twisty whodunit that's at once fizzy and filling. Please, ma'am, may we have some more?"
- premium: False
- source: Open Letters Review
- content: "Highlights Weaver's light touch with plotting and refreshingly adult insights into the complications of marriage. It's always a good sign when an ongoing mystery series scarcely requires a murder to keep you reading, and that's certainly the case here."
- premium: False
- source: Marilyn's Mystery Reads
- content: "Another beguiling novel that brings today's reader back nearly one hundred years to a social set and time quite different from our own. It's a charming fantasy life to read about, but here's an excellent mystery here as well."
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
June 4, 2018
At the start of Weaver’s elegant fifth mystery set in 1930s England (after 2017’s The Essence of Malice), London socialite Amory Ames and her husband, Milo, run into their friend Gerard Holloway, who invites them to attend the dress rehearsal of a new play he’s producing. Amory admires Gerald and his wife’s successful marriage, since she and charming, cavalier Milo have had difficulties in the past. So Amory is shocked to hear that Gerard is having an affair with his beautiful leading lady, Flora Bell. Someone has been leaving threatening letters in Flora’s dressing room, though Milo thinks the threats are inconsequential—until Amory finds Flora’s body hanging from a curtain rope. Suspects include Flora’s dissolute brother, her ex-lover costar, and her jealous understudy. When it comes to theater folk, the best way to uncover a killer is to put on a show, and with the collaboration of Milo and canny Detective Inspector Jones, clever Amory devises a drama to force a confession. Lovers of classic, twisty British mysteries will have jolly good fun. Author tour. Agent: Ann Collette, Rees Literary Agency.
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
July 15, 2018
A shocking murder brings back bitter memories for an amateur detective.Socialites Amory and Milo Ames have had their share of marital problems because Milo's carefree manner and stunning good looks draw women like flies to honey. Luckily, their involvement in solving several murders (The Essence of Malice, 2017, etc.) has brought them closer even though Amory's still insecure. A chance meeting with Gerard Holloway, a wealthy friend of Milo's who's written and produced a new play, involves them in more mysteries. The Price of Victory stars beautiful young actress Flora Bell, rising star Christopher Landon, and famous older actor Balthazar Lebeau. The rumor that Flora is Holloway's mistress makes Amory worry about Holloway's wife, Georgina, especially because she thought the Holloways the perfect couple who shared exciting adventures all over the world. Knowing their reputation, Holloway asks the sleuthing duo to investigate the poison-pen letters Flora has received. To Amory's surprise, the dress rehearsal reveals that Flora's not only a beauty, but also a very talented actress. After the premiere and the charity gala, Holloway asks Amory to look for Georgina, who he says has been crying, but Amory instead finds Flora, hanged in the theater. Although DI Jones does not show Amory and Milo all his cards, he's happy to have them do undercover work for him. In addition to the enigmatic Lebeau, the suspects include Landon, who was in love with Flora; Flora's understudy, who's all too eager to take over her role; and Flora's brother, who's deeply in debt. Amory, who's especially keen to solve the case, refuses to be deterred by a little danger.All the usual 1930s charm combined with a mystery whose ending is a stunner.COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
August 1, 2018
The fifth in Weaver's Amory Ames series starring a well-off British couple who dabble in crime-solving in the 1930s, has a West End theater as its primary setting. Gerard Holloway, an old married friend of Amory and Milo's, spreads his money and talents around thick. Holloway is producing a play he's written. And he's cast his mistress in the starring role. The playwright invites Amory and Milo to rehearsal and to opening night, hoping they can shed some light on the threatening letters that have been shoved under the mistress' dressing-room door. Amory later discovers the blonde-bombshell star strangled with a gold curtain cord in the same dressing room. Weaver brings in a Nick-and-Nora dynamic with her high-living, slightly flawed detective couple. The combination West End backstage and upper-class drawing room proves equally winning. The first in this series, Murder at the Brightwell? (2014), was nominated for an Edgar Award for best first novel by an American author.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
July 1, 2018
The fifth entry in the "Amory Ames" historical series (after The Essence of Malice) carries the same charming tone of the first book. Amory and her husband, Milo, are on much better terms than when we originally met them, enjoying the fashionable life in 1930s London. One evening, they run into an old friend of Milo's, wealthy investor and former actor Gerard Holloway, who is producing a play; he invites them to a dress rehearsal. It turns out that the lead actress, Gerard's mistress, is receiving threatening letters. As she has several times in the past, Amory soon stumbles upon a murder. This time the path to finding the killer is particularly circuitous and nearly fatal for the intrepid Amory. An excellent addition to the series, this could also be read independently. The period setting is as always meticulous and the main characters riveting. VERDICT Fans of Carola Dunn's "Daisy Dalrymple" books might appreciate this series, despite the differences in tone and character. Fans of light period mysteries with fashion and flair will be caught up in Amory's latest adventure. [See Prepub Alert, 3/12/18.]--Pamela O'Sullivan, Coll. at Brockport Lib., SUNY
Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
July 1, 2018
With husband Milo, Amory Ames glides through 1930s London to the dress rehearsal of a new play directed by friend Gerard Holloway. Unfortunately, Gerard has cast his mistress, Flora Bell, in the lead (Amory is friends with his wife), and he wants her to figure out who's sending threatening letters to Flora. Curtains up for another charmer from Louisiana librarian Weaver.
Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
- popularity
- 814
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/04074525-4aa4-4061-bf67-e905f9fdbce9/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- 04074525-4aa4-4061-bf67-e905f9fdbce9
- starRating
- 3.8
- readingOrder
- 5
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2390-1/{04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2390-1/{04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2390-1/040/745/25/{04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2390-1/040/745/25/{04074525-4AA4-4061-BF67-E905F9FDBCE9}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Fiction
- value: Mystery
- value: Historical Fiction
- publishDateText
- 09/04/2018
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781250159755
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with the fifth installment in the Amory Ames mystery series.
An Act of Villainy is an a gem, set in 1930s London and filled with style, banter, and twists that traditional mystery fans will positively relish.
"So you've gotten yourself involved with another murder, have you?"
Walking through London's West End after a night at the theater, Amory Ames and her husband Milo run into wealthy investor and former actor Gerard Holloway. Holloway and his wife Georgina are old friends of theirs, and when Holloway invites them to the dress rehearsal of a new play he is directing, Amory readily accepts.
However, Amory is shocked to learn that Holloway has cast his mistress, actress Flora Bell, in the lead role. Furthermore, the casual invitation is not what it seems—he admits to Amory and Milo that Flora has been receiving threatening letters, and he needs their help in finding the...- sortTitle
- Act of Villainy An Amory Ames Mystery Series Book 05
- crossRefId
- 3778903
- series
- Amory Ames Mystery
- subtitle
- An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 5
- publisher
- St. Martin's Publishing Group
- bisacCodes
- code: FIC022060
- description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical
- code: FIC022070
- description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General
- code: FIC022100
- description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
