An Excellent Thing in a Woman, the seventh installment in the Sparks and Bainbridge mystery series is a very good and compelling read. As in all the books in this series which centers around Iris Sparks and Gwen Bainbridge, co owners of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau, there is a mystery involving a client searching for their future mate. There is a rather complicated plot involving a troupe of Parisian dancers, the start of BBC television and Iris Spark’s secret past involvement in WWII operations. If you liked the previous books (which I did) you will like this book. The mysteries are always well thought out and well plotted.

This was a strong seventh book in the Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery series, it had that mystery element that I was looking for and enjoyed the overall story being told. The characters had that overall concept that I was looking for and enjoyed getting through this. Allison Montclair has a strong writing style and was invested in what was going on.