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    The Sapphire Solution: Accidental Capers, #2
    The Diamond Device: Accidental Capers, #1
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    Accidental Capers Series

    By M. H. Thaung

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    About this series

    A disgruntled young chemist. A reformed noble thief. A cranky, middle-aged lord. What could possibly go wrong?

     

    Apprentice chemist Iggy's uncle won't sign her off as competent, even though he trusts her with Project Sapphire: researching a formula to erase forensic evidence. When she finds an alternative route to sign-off, she applies her energy to that, neglecting her assigned duties to do so. In a stroke of luck, this decision leads her to a sponsorship deal, but her benefactor has secrets she's unaware of.

     

    After his recent adventure abroad, Lord Richard Hayes is now home: and on probation to keep his seat on the Council of Lords. He has plentiful funds, detailed instructions and a boring plan for honest living, but despite his efforts to fit in, everything starts to go wrong. He loses his only household servant, he antagonises a young chemist the first time he meets her, and he gets blamed for a burglary he didn't even do. The only bright spot is that making new enemies keeps life from being completely dull.

     

    Stiff-necked Lord Huntley Angus detests frivolous young nobles who dodge responsibility for their actions. But when he secretly pawns his wife's jewellery to pay an unexpected debt, he gets entangled in a spiralling set of misfortunes.


    The Sapphire Solution is a fantasy of manners that takes place immediately after the events of The Diamond Device.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCaroline Thaung
    Release dateNov 5, 2021
    The Sapphire Solution: Accidental Capers, #2
    The Diamond Device: Accidental Capers, #1

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      The Diamond Device: Accidental Capers, #1
      The Diamond Device: Accidental Capers, #1

      The Diamond Device: Accidental Capers, #1

      M. H. Thaung
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      Semifinalist in the 2022 Self-Published Science Fiction Contest.   After diamond power promises to replace steam, an unemployed labourer and a thieving noble unite to foil an international plot and avert a war.   Alf Wilson resents the new technology that cost him his factory job, especially as his clockwork leg bars him from army enrolment. He daren't confess his unemployment to his overbearing mother. Desperate over the rent, he ends up in a detention cell with a hangover.   Impoverished Lord Richard Hayes maintains his expensive parliamentary seat by a mixture of charm and burglary. During a poorly planned break-in, he inadvertently witnesses a kidnapping. To cap it all, the police arrest him for the crime. At least he's using a fake identity. The real criminals make off with not just the professor who discovered diamond power, but her plans for a diamond-fuelled bomb.   When Rich encounters Alf in the neighbouring cell, he sees an opportunity to keep his noble reputation intact. He persuades Alf he's a secret agent who needs an assistant. This chance association will take them to the oddest locations. But law-abiding Alf's first assignment? Break Rich out of jail.

      Semifinalist in the 2022 Self-Published Science Fiction Contest.   After diamond power promises to replace steam, an unemployed labourer and a thieving noble unite to foil an international plot and avert a war.   Alf Wilson resents the new technology that cost him his factory job, especially as his clockwork leg bars him from army enrolment. He daren't confess his unemployment to his overbearing mother. Desperate over the rent, he ends up in a detention cell with a hangover.   Impoverished Lord Richard Hayes maintains his expensive parliamentary seat by a mixture of charm and burglary. During a poorly planned break-in, he inadvertently witnesses a kidnapping. To cap it all, the police arrest him for the crime. At least he's using a fake identity. The real criminals make off with not just the professor who discovered diamond power, but her plans for a diamond-fuelled bomb.   When Rich encounters Alf in the neighbouring cell, he sees an opportunity to keep his noble reputation intact. He persuades Alf he's a secret agent who needs an assistant. This chance association will take them to the oddest locations. But law-abiding Alf's first assignment? Break Rich out of jail.

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      The Sapphire Solution: Accidental Capers, #2
      The Sapphire Solution: Accidental Capers, #2

      The Sapphire Solution: Accidental Capers, #2

      M. H. Thaung
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      A disgruntled young chemist. A reformed noble thief. A cranky, middle-aged lord. What could possibly go wrong?   Apprentice chemist Iggy's uncle won't sign her off as competent, even though he trusts her with Project Sapphire: researching a formula to erase forensic evidence. When she finds an alternative route to sign-off, she applies her energy to that, neglecting her assigned duties to do so. In a stroke of luck, this decision leads her to a sponsorship deal, but her benefactor has secrets she's unaware of.   After his recent adventure abroad, Lord Richard Hayes is now home: and on probation to keep his seat on the Council of Lords. He has plentiful funds, detailed instructions and a boring plan for honest living, but despite his efforts to fit in, everything starts to go wrong. He loses his only household servant, he antagonises a young chemist the first time he meets her, and he gets blamed for a burglary he didn't even do. The only bright spot is that making new enemies keeps life from being completely dull.   Stiff-necked Lord Huntley Angus detests frivolous young nobles who dodge responsibility for their actions. But when he secretly pawns his wife's jewellery to pay an unexpected debt, he gets entangled in a spiralling set of misfortunes. The Sapphire Solution is a fantasy of manners that takes place immediately after the events of The Diamond Device.

      A disgruntled young chemist. A reformed noble thief. A cranky, middle-aged lord. What could possibly go wrong?   Apprentice chemist Iggy's uncle won't sign her off as competent, even though he trusts her with Project Sapphire: researching a formula to erase forensic evidence. When she finds an alternative route to sign-off, she applies her energy to that, neglecting her assigned duties to do so. In a stroke of luck, this decision leads her to a sponsorship deal, but her benefactor has secrets she's unaware of.   After his recent adventure abroad, Lord Richard Hayes is now home: and on probation to keep his seat on the Council of Lords. He has plentiful funds, detailed instructions and a boring plan for honest living, but despite his efforts to fit in, everything starts to go wrong. He loses his only household servant, he antagonises a young chemist the first time he meets her, and he gets blamed for a burglary he didn't even do. The only bright spot is that making new enemies keeps life from being completely dull.   Stiff-necked Lord Huntley Angus detests frivolous young nobles who dodge responsibility for their actions. But when he secretly pawns his wife's jewellery to pay an unexpected debt, he gets entangled in a spiralling set of misfortunes. The Sapphire Solution is a fantasy of manners that takes place immediately after the events of The Diamond Device.

    Author

    M. H. Thaung

    M. H. Thaung grew up in Scotland and has drifted southwards throughout her career in pathology, ending up in a biomedical research institute (as a staff member, not a specimen) in London, England. After dozens of academic publications, she was tempted to venture further into "What if?" territory where her quirky characters explore impossible worlds.

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