Thank you Kensington Books for the opportunity to read and review Treacherous Is the Night. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

After listening to the first Verity Kent book, This Side of Murder, I was excited to learn more about Sydney, Verity, and the path their relationship would taket. Now, if you haven't read the first book I would recommend doing so as I believe it really sets the stage for book two. And Verity's next adventure delves into the work she did for Britain during WWI.

I loved this aspect of the book. It was fascinating for me to read a female's perspective on their role and work that helped win WWI. Equally interesting was how society viewed these women. It is clear that they were essential to what was accomplished and yet society and men had a hard time accepting it.

It definitely seemed to leave those who served in a complex situation. They had fulfilled their duty to country yet it defied Society standards to have done so. Being independent, intelligent, and respected for the skill you bring was not valued in women at the time - and so it was compelling to see how Verity navigated these waters.

I may have a little crush on Sydney. Clearly a stoic and insightful man, i was curious to see how he would handle the revelations about Verity's work. His response was excellent and certainly ahead of his time. I was rooting for them both throughout this book.

The overall mystery was definitely engaging and well played out. It wasn't what drew me to the book but it certainly kept me entertained - particularly the puzzle Verity had to unravel.

Overall, I found this to be an entertaining read that also made me really think about the women who served during WWI . And the fact that they did so without recognition or fanfare.

1919 England and Verity is persuaded to attend a seance where she receives a message supposedly from a woman she once worked with in the Secret Service. Trying to solve the mystery leads Verity to Belgium.
An interesting historical fiction story/thriller with some danger and intrigue mixed in with secrets from the war.

I enjoyed this second in series but maybe not quite as much as the first. This one resolved the love triangle from the first one (a “dead” husband and a new interest) and had Verity back home in London after her first adventure at Umbersea Island. While this one provided some in-depth looks at WW1/Secret Service and a locale change to Belgium, it was not quite as interesting as meeting Verity and solving the subsequent mystery of the first.

However, let me just say that I adore Huber’s writing. She’s on my auto-buy list for historical mysteries. She’s one of my favorites for her exhaustive research, her character development and her original plot lines.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #Kensington for the ARC. The opinions are strictly my own.

Umm....is there anyway I can like this book more than 5 stars!? Cause if so, that's what I choose.

I'm a big fan of Anna Lee Huber's two mystery series, and was so excited for the newest installment in the Verity series. This takes our intrepid heroine overseas with her recently returned from the dead husband in order to solve a mystery involving former members of La Dame Blanche, a spy network used during the war.

The setting was amazing. Europe after the war is something not overly discussed in historical mysteries, and this one really showed the devastation of Belgium and France during Germany's push. We also learned more about what Verity actually did during the war as a member of La Dame Blanche. That to me was even more fascinating than the mystery itself, because the reader really gets a sense of how Verity and Simon both spent their time during the war.

I already can't wait for the next installment. Verity is a great character, who deals with her past and her complicated future with her husband like most people would. She has flaws, she gets angry, she feels guilty, but ultimately she works her way through these issues, and in turn tries to help her husband heal from his time during the war.

Verity Kent attended a seance and the medium revealed items that occur during the time she was working for the Secret Service. Her efforts to talk with the medium were not successful. With her husband, Sidney at her side. They leave for war-torn Belgium. There she meets friends that help her in war. She feels her friend, the midwife, Emilie is in trouble and No One knows where she is now. Following the clues, they take a treasure hunt through Belgium seeing all the damage caused by the war but not finding Emilie Will Verify friend her before she becomes a victim of the war? I highly recommend this book and series.

Disclosure: Many thanks to Kensington Books for a review copy. The opinions expressed are my own.

Anna Lee Huber wrote in her author's notes that this was a difficult story to write, which was not surprising to me , as I found it rather difficult to read. Though not in a bad way. I suppose I should say it was a very uncomfortable story to read.

My memories of the first Verity Kent book were that it had a little murder mystery, a lot of sadness and gin, but the main mystery surrounded Verity's husband, Sidney. I remember enjoying it, but not the details. Conversely, I feel like the specifics of Treacherous Is the Night will stay with me for quite some time.

There is so much grief and angst and guilt amid Verity and Sidney's relationship that it's almost physically painful at times. Having read much of the author's previous novels, I had a feeling what the resolution would be, but getting there punched me in the gut and bruised my heart.

And yet I can't wait to read book 3.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

"Treacherous Is the Night" by Anna Lee Huber is the second book in the series. Fans of Huber's Lady Darby series will also enjoy her newest Verity Kent Series. Taking place in post World War I England, Anna explores the tragedy of loss and how that loss was dealt with (or not) by those impacted by and who survived the war. Verity, who was a spy during the war has to confront her decisions and actions while serving her country and how much to share with her recently "resurrected" husband. Together, Verity and Sidney, must solve the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a fellow spy Verity had contact with during the war and attempt to avert another tragedy in Belgium.
Huber's done her research and artfully intertwines the role of La Dame Blanche during the war and the devastation of war torn Belgium into this story. Her characters are multidimensional and complex. I very much enjoyed this book and look forward to the next installment.

I am a big fan of Ms. Huber's Lady Darby series, but had not read the first book in the Verity Kent series. I didn't feel lost at all reading this one. Though the immediate post-WWI time period is not one I tend to read, Ms. Huber has the ability to make anything interesting! In this story Verity agrees, grudgingly, to attend a seance with a friend. The medium "channels" a woman Verity worked with in the Secret Service during the war, but Verity isn't convinced the woman is dead. When the medium turns up dead, Verity's investigation as to the whereabouts of her friend hit a brick wall. Agents she formerly worked with refuse to help her, so she heads to Belgium with her husband, Sidney, in tow. As they work together, they discover just how much each has changed, but as danger closes in they have to depend on each other. While I still give the edge to the Lady Darby series, this is beautifully written with very well drawn characters and I truly enjoyed it. Thanks to #NetGalley for the opportunity to read this one, all opinions are my own. Recommended!

Characters are further developed in this second book of the series. Usually a second book can be a let down but not this one!! Greater depth to characters and story. Verity and Stanley are evolving as is their relationship. WW1 is further explored from each of their experiences. Can't wait for the next book!!!

It's 1919, and although the Great War is finished, many memories of the horrors linger. Spiritualism surges in popularity as people try to connect with lost loved ones, and even skeptical Verity Kent is coerced into attending a seance. This session triggers an alarming series of events, threatening people Verity cares about, and raising suspicion about who is to be trusted. An excellent addition to this new historical mystery series.

WOW! Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber is an amazing historical mystery. One of a kind that has everything that you want in a whodunnit style. The story is about Verity Kent who attends a seance with a friend who hopes to hear from her brother. Instead she hears from a woman who was a former spy with her in the Secret Service. The medium, must have inside information because Verity does not believe her friend is dead. Off she goes with her once was dead husband, Sydney to Belgium. The story is amazingly accurate with the descriptions and the author does a great deal to offer the reader enough history to understand this novel without reading others first. Verity and Sydney’s relationship was very raw and exposed. I love this book and am giving it 5 stars ⭐️ out of 5.

Thank you to netgalley as well as the author for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

Anna Lee Huber began a new series last year when This Side of Murder was published. In Treacherous is the Night, the second novel featuring Verity Kent, the author hits her stride.

The reader learns early on that Verity was an agent in La Dame Blanche, a resistance and intelligence group, during WWI. This story has to do with events that had their origin in that time.

At the beginning of the novel, Verity, although not a believer, attends a seance with a friend who hopes to contact her brother. For those who don't know, attending seances was common after the war. The medium appears to channel an agent with whom Verity worked during the war. From this point on, the novel is a hunt for clues to find Emilie and to prevent a tragedy. While the reader assumes that, since this is a series, Verity will survive, the author should be credited for creating suspense in her narrative.

There is a reason to read the books in order. SPOILER: This has to do with what happened to Verity's husband, something the reader learns in the first novel. However, if the reader is willing to move forward, there is no reason that this novel cannot be read first.

I gave This Side of Murder three *** and am happy to give the new novel four. I enjoyed spending time with the main characters in this book and look forward to meeting up with Verity, Sidney and the rest of the crew in the future.

Thanks NetGalley and the publisher.

I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley.

I'm already a fan of Huber's Lady Darby series (set in the 1830s), and enjoyed the first book in this series (set in the aftermath of WWI) as well. The second book in this series (Verity Kent) is stronger than the first. In it, we learn more about Verity's spy work during WWI, and also spend a good deal of time with Verity and her recently-returned-from-the-presumed-dead husband, Sidney, as they get reacquainted with each other and try to figure out whether they make sense as a couple anymore. The settings are vivid, the plotting fast-paced and exciting, and the relationship between Verity and Sidney is raw and real. I'm already looking forward to more in the series!

Tracherous Is the Night by Anna Lee Huber is a splendid historical mystery.
Fifteen months after being pronaunced dead Verity's husband returns home and becomes something of a war hero. Verity on the other hand has just been let go of her position in the secret service. They both are again getting to know each other and feel that they are stranges to each other.
Her friend Daphne begs her to attend spiritualist seance with her so that the medium can summon her dead brother. Verity goes against her better judgement and has a most unpleasant and disturbing experience. When she comes back the next day intent of confronting the medium she finds her dead in the burning house.
Post WWI Britain all cloak and dagger and extremely mysterious. Realisticaly portraied characters and life after the great war. It shows how everyone is affected and how they are struggling to seemingly normal life after the disaster.
Well written story with a nice flow with many twists ans turns to keep reader entertained.

Treacherous is the Night is all about secrets – secrets from during the Great War, secrets lingering after the war, but especially the secrets hovering between Verity and Sidney Kent. Which ones will be revealed and settled first? Will some of them turn out to be unsolvable?

One really, really needs to have read the first book in the series, written by Anna Lee Huber, to know what’s driving much of the plot of this one. (And you should, anyway.) In a nutshell: Verity Kent was employed by the British Secret Service during the war, and participated in missions behind enemy lines. In the meantime, her husband, Sidney Kent, front-line British Army officer, is presumed dead – for 15 months. But he isn’t, and his coming back to life, as it were, the coverup and lies involved in that scenario, and the changes it brings to the Kent’s relationship, drive much of the plot of the book – as much a romance as it is a historical mystery.

That’s doesn’t take up all the pages of Treacherous is the Night, though. More importantly, Verity needs to find out why a “partner in spying” has sent her a cryptic message via a London-based medium, Madame Zozza. Verity has questions that need answers, but before she can ask the spiritualist, the woman is killed in a fire. Well, nothing keeps a good woman down, so with the help of her husband and several of her colleagues in the spy biz, Verity is off to Belgium to find her friend and determine what’s really going on. The outcome of that brings about a terrifying conclusion, as the good guys chase the bad guys. Along the way, readers also find out Mrs. Kent’s Big Secret, which anyone with half a brain should have figured out anyway.

All is revealed, of course, while Verity and Sidney sort out their feelings. The ending reveals the direction the series will be taking.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy of the book, in exchange for this review.

This second Verity Kent mystery is evocative of and sensitive to the post World War One atmosphere in Europe and the anguish of many of the returning soldiers. Part romance, part mystery and part war story, it's a great read.

Former intelligence operative Verity Kent believed her husband Sidney died in battle. She lost herself in wartime work to forget, and was impervious to danger because after his death she didn't care whether she lived or died.

But (see book #1) he did return. Much of the strength of this book lies in the couple's struggle to regain the intimacy they once shared and for each of them to forget the trauma of the war and to build a new life together.

Meanwhile an odd mystery challenges them. Verity reluctantly attends a seance with a friend, only to have the medium mention an old intelligence ally that no one should have known about, and to mention that she needed help.

Verity begins tracing back through the years to find this woman. Her journey, which takes them to battle-scarred France and Belgium, makes the couple both confront old ghosts and past fears.

Terrific setting and great characterizations set this apart. Thanks to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC in return for my honest review.

TREACHEROUS IS THE NIGHT (September 25th 2018 by Kensington Publishing Corporation) by Anna Lee Huber is the second novel in the Verity Kent Mystery series.

Verity Kent is reluctantly attending a séance when the medium passes along a purported message from one of the spies she worked with during the Great War. When the medium dies in a mysterious fire the next day, Verity decides that she must travel to Belgium to seek out her former associate, Emilie. Despite his reluctance to return to the scene of the war - and the fragile state of their marriage - Verity's recently returned husband, Sidney, agrees to accompany Verity on her mission. With help from some of her former associates in the Secret Service, Verity transverses the war torn country as she follows clues and narrowly escapes assassins.

TRECHEROUS IS THE NIGHT is a magnificent follow up to THIS SIDE OF MURDER. The second novel picks up a few weeks after the first one ended, and it continues with the reconciliation between Verity and Sidney. Their relationship is in a very fragile state, and they spend the novel reconciling and getting to known each other again. Their marriage is a wonderful portrayal of the countless relationships that were affected by the war.

The reader also learn much more about Verity's assignments with the Secret Service during the Great War - particularly work she did with the intelligence network known as La Dame Blanche, as well as her collaborations with an agent who was working undercover in the German army. The more I learn about Verity's secret war work, the more fascinating she becomes.

Huber also brings the characters, the locations, and the time period to life through her rich prose. The imagery that Huber creates within the novel is intensely vivid and descriptive. It is clear that she did a lot of research into... well, everything related to the Great War and the aftermath. Huber portrays the repercussions of the Great War, and the toll it took on the people and the landscape, in a very realistic and sympathetic manner. The reader gets to experience Sidney's anguish as he returns to the Western Front, as well as the suffering of the people of Belgium and France who lived near the trenches. The Great War may have ended, but it will take a long time for the people and places to recover and repair from the devastation.

Really enjoy this series, Verity and Sidney are both very likeable characters and I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

Treacherous is the night is about a woman named Verity Kent who used to work for the secret service. Verity discovers one night while attending a séance that a woman she worked on missions with in the past, who she only knows as "Emilie" is in serious danger and sets off on a mission to save her.

Never have I fallen in love with a character any more than Verity. She is beautiful, smart, brave, and determined. I can't wait to read more about her in the future.

I haven't ever really thought about what effect war would have on a newly married couple until this book, and Anna Lee Huber does a tremendous job of making us realize that there was so much to deal with even after a war ended. Along with this, the mystery that she's given the protagonist to solve, while she's trying to repair her marriage, is also a war aftermath. This is another insightful, amazing book in this series, and I highly recommend it.