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Emma knows her family never really approved of her marriage, but it comes as a shock when she discovers her husband's shady activities now threaten ruin for those nearest and dearest to her. She must act quickly and discreetly to defuse the disaster that is facing them. After all, once she's put the matter to rights, her family need never know what deep pit her marriage brought them to the edge of. Do they? Except Nella knows all and disapproves claiming the family have a right to know. Now with Major Barnaby getting antsy and demanding his due recompense, Emma fears Nella will speak up and reveal the true situation. With pressure mounting from all directions, can Emma convince Daniel to risk his reputation and help her bring a resolution? Because time is fast running out.

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A Gem of a Problem by Aussie author Irene Sauman is a wonderful historical mystery which I thoroughly enjoyed. I was also delighted to find it's the first in the Emma Berry series; I'm keen to read the second when it is published. I loved the quiet and sometimes dangerous travel on the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers, surrounded by the birds and bush. The non-stop vigilance of the steamer crew as they searched for the many submerged sandbanks and tree stumps along the way. Emma is a strong young woman trying to find her way in a man's world - her ongoing story will be a good one. I have no hesitation in recommending A Gem of a Problem highly. Goodreads January 26, 2017 It is the 1870's in Australia. The story centers around the paddle steamers carrying goods on the Murray River... A young, rather independent woman struggles with the restrictions toward women of the era... This is a good story. Well developed with strong characters, the reader is drawn in. I recommend it. Amazon review July 8, 2016

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Irene is a retired historian living in Perth, Western Australia where she writes historical cozy mysteries. Under her pen name Rennae Todd she also writes modern cozies.Irene grew up on a vineyard and orange orchard in New South Wales by the Murray River, where she was an avid reader, and started writing stories when she was nine years old (including some really dreadful poetry). Now living in Western Australia, she has three children and four grandchildren, and a sister who beta reads her books for plot holes and to see how quickly she can solve the mystery (so far she's not winning). When not writing, Irene reads, watches tennis, plays croquet (old age and treachery will defeat youth and enthusiasm every time) and has a reasonably green thumb, which means very little dies in her garden, unlike in her cozy mysteries. Irene and Rennae share a website at https: //irenesaumanauthor.com.

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