This is book #2, but I loved it much more than the first one. I almost didn't read this one because I felt the first book was a little slow and maybe hard for me to follow who all the characters were and what everyone was doing.

However, this book was not only a good mystery that I didn't figure out until the very end, but it made me laugh out loud multiple times. If you've read this book and didn't at least smile when they first found out there was a man named Nelson Snelson, then I don't know what's wrong with you. I not only laughed out loud about it, but even later I told my teenage son about it and laughed about it again. That whole interaction just shows Lady Hardcastle and Flo's relationship perfectly. It is just so good.

If you're here and you haven't read the first book, go read it. Basically, Lady Hardcastle is a widow and her ladies maid, Flo, is her best friend. The two of them have travelled the world and pretty much worked as spies as they travelled. Now they are settling down in mostly one place, but still helping the police solve crimes. Just so good!!