Mrs. Roberto

Through three delightfully old-fashioned, incomparably written novels, Van Reid has relied on the gentlemen members of his Moosepath League to take readers back to a late-nineteenth-century Maine full of quirky inhabitants and irresistible Victorian spoofing. This fourth installment finds jovial League leader Tobias Walton, along with faithful assistant Sundry Moss, as guests at the eccentric Fern Farm--and unlikely counselors to a depressed pig--where they tangle with Portland's most infamous gangster, have a run-in with a flying piano, and race to rescue a beautiful balloonist: the eponymous Mrs. Roberto, "ascensionist" extraordinaire. As always, Reid cooks up a fanciful feast of derring-do and romance, seasoned with Yankee wit and topped with a generous helping of hilarity. His devoted fans will devour every page of it.


Genre: General Fiction