I loved the first instalment in this cozy historical mystery series, and I loved this one as it’s a gripping and well written story.
It’s a well written story that kept me turning pages as it’s gripping and highly entertaining.
Lily is a strong heroine, clever and strong willed. She face the prejudice of her age towards clever woman and she’s not afraid to speak her mind or to challenge the convention of Regency time and of the Ton.
Women were expected to act ladylike and not be involved in murder investigation.
I love how she cares for her independence and how she manages her life.
The cast of characters is well thought and likeable. Both Simon Page and Luke Harley are interesting characters as they both have to face prejudices.
Simon is middle class and he has to relate to Ton people during his investigation. The class prejudice is strong and Lily is a sort of proxy helping with people who despise him. Jack is a likeable and fleshed out characters, half Indian he has to face racial prejudice.
The mystery is solid, full of twists and turns. There’s plenty of suspects, red herrings and I was able to guess who did it but not how.
One of my pet peeves are love triangle and there won’t be one in this story.
I strongly recommend it.
Many thanks to Crooked Lane Books, Katharine Schellman, Partners in Crime and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine