The Mischief Maker was written by E. Phillips Openheim and was published in 1913. Sir Julien Portel was the foreign minister for England whose career ended abruptly when a woman that he had known for years managed to get him to write her an intimate letter and she gave it to her political hungry husband who made it public which brought demands for his immediate resignation. Disgraced and not having much money, he goes to Paris where he is approached by people from a couple different factions that are trying to get him to work for them and betraying England. Being a true patriot of England and curious he just sees what they want him to do where they wine and dine him, one even trying to get him to go on a mission for them that would get him out of Paris for a period of time. He refuses to accept working for either he stays in Paris where he discovers places where the common man in Paris frequent and learns to understand them. He is then approached by an old friend with a a way he can earn money while hitting back against those organizations.
I had selected this book for satisfy a prompt for the March Mystery Madness readathon, but it turns out not to really be a mystery, but more of a political/espionage thriller. But I also like reading that type of story, I kept reading and am glad I did as it has plenty of action in it.
Tim's rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
(Four out of five stars)
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