A Dark and Deadly Journey: An Evelyne Redfern Mystery

By Julia Kelly

Evelyne Redfern returns in A Dark and Deadly Journey, the next book in international bestselling author Julia Kelly's captivating historical mystery series.

After being sidelined for a pesky gunshot wound, typist-turned-field agent Evelyne Redfern is ready for her next assignment with Britain's secretive Special Investigations Unit. When a British Intelligence informant in Portugal mysteriously disappears just after hinting that he has vital information about German plans that could tip the balance of World War Two, Evelyne and her dashingly irksome partner, David Poole, are sent headed to Lisbon to find him.

Once they land, Evelyne and David aren't even able to leave the airport, before she discovers one of their fellow aeroplane passengers murdered and uncovers a diary with a clear link between the victim and their missing informant. With their mission in jeopardy before it can truly begin, Evelyne and David fight to keep their cover intact as they descend deeper into the shadows that surround Lisbon's glittering collection of wealthy expats and dangerous spies. This case will test Evelyne and David's training, charm, and wit--and their growing attraction for one another.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250865549
• ISBN13: 9781250865540
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Unputdownable

This series was previously known as The Parisian Orphan and that helps to make sense of the separate investigation that Evelyne is conducting without David's knowledge. Evelyne Redfern and David Poole are somewhat unwilling partners training in the British SIU (Special Investigation Unit) during WWII. This episode is set in Lisbon, Portugal. Once there, Evelyne finds the body of a fellow airline passenger. Obviously this was not part of there assignment, but it certainly adds to their list of people to investigate and further complicates Evelyne's tasks. Unputdownable suspense thriller! I requested and received a temporary uncorrected digital galley from St. Martin's Press | Minotaur via NetGalley Pub Date Sep 23, 2025 #goodreads 5 stars #Bookbub #librarything #thestorygraph #ADarkAndDeadlyJourney by @juliakellywrites #EvelyneRedfernSeriesBk3 @minotaur_books @stmartinspress #mysterythriller #crimenovel #historicalmystery #whodunnit #HistoricalMystery #British #CozyMystery #WorldWar2 #SuspenseThriller Recommends this product ✔ Yes

Loved this page-turning historical mystery

Thanks to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for a digital advance reader copy. All comments and opinions are my own unless otherwise noted. This was the third in the series and just as good as the first two. If you haven’t read the others, you can easily start with this one as a stand-alone, but I urge you to go back and read them in order if possible for the best enjoyment. What made this novel a page turner? It’s a well-written, well-researched historical mystery that takes place during World War II in Lisbon, Portugal. There are spies and counter spies. No one can be trusted as Evelyne quickly learns. Evelyne Redfern is a field agent with Britain’s secretive Special Investigations Unit. She’s smart, quick-thinking, and brave during a period when women were not often given the opportunity. I couldn’t wait to read Evelyne’s latest episode of intrigue but was surprised when it ended with a sudden cliffhanger. Now I’ll be keeping an impatient eye out for book four. I envy you if you are about to begin reading about Evelyne starting with “A Traitor in Whitehall” and I highly recommend this series.