This is the first book I read in this series and won't surely be the last as I found it gripping and entertaining.
It's a bit claustrophobic as it's a locked room mystery but I love Emile, an interesting and fleshed out characters, and found the suspects interesting and well written.
The mystery is solid and it kept me guessing.
Excellent character and plot development, a tightly knitted plot that flows.
Highly recommended.
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It's an entertaining and engrossing story, the first I read in this series.
I liked the plot and the subplots and the well thought characters. The mystery is solid, full of twists and turns, and it kept me guessing.
Good character and plot development, a story I thoroughly enjoyed.
Recommended.
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An excellent and highly entertaining story that kept hooked turning pages as fast as I could.
I loved the mix of historical characters/facts and fantasy and the excellent world building.
The characters are fleshed and the plot is tightly knitted.
It's gripping story and I can't wait to read the next installment.
Highly recommended.
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A book full of hope and food for thought. I read it slowly and it made me reflect.
It's strongly recommended.
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Even if I liked and found it compelling and entertaining I suppose I missed something as this is the last in a long series.
I liked the well thought characters and the fast paced plot.
I want to read the rest of the series as I thoroughly enjoyed this installment.
Recommended.
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Another heartwarming and uplifting book by this author,I thoroughly enjoyed.
i liked the well developed characters, the plot that flows and the lovely setting.
Recommended.
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Gripping, fast paced and well written. I loved this book.
Great characters and storyline, the right touch of humor and a solid mystery.
I can't wait to read another book by this author.
Strongly recommended.
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I should be one of the few humans beings in the first world that didn’t read Eleanor Oliphant so I can’t say if there are similarities or not.
What I can say is that I never used the adjective “gripping” for a women’s fiction and this a way I would described this book.
Because it’s a women’s fiction but it’s also an excellent thriller and the mix of the genres works very well making this book a page turner you can’t put down.
The story is poignant, emotionally charged and it moved me to tears more than once as I know a hoarder and I can say that the author did an excellent job in describing this type of persons. Amy sees beauty in discarded objects but she also use the objects to collect to avoid being hurt again. We can read about her past, about what she was and we can read about her current life and what she became.
She try to avoid human contacts and she’s stuck in the moment when her world fell down. She starts to heal the moment some of her objects are destroyed and part of the barriers fall down.
The moment Amy starts to heal is also the moment when she starts investigating the disappearance of her fiancee and her best friends.
This is also the moment when the story becomes a thriller as she’s collecting clues and discovering that not all is what it seemed.
The solution to the mystery part came as a surprise and I was satisfied by it as it’s also the moment when Amy can leave the past behind and starts living again.
I loved the excellent character development: Amy is a complex and interesting woman. We learn she’s very beautiful but this is just an element as the plot is more about what’s going on in her mind.
All the characters are fleshed out and interesting, some are lovely as Richard and the children. Some are quite hateful, excellent villain in this story.
The plot is tightly knitted and the dual timeline helps the reader to understand what happened and who were these persons whose disseverance hurt Amy so much.
I think this is an excellent debut and this book is strongly recommended.
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This is a nice cozy mystery with a good plot, an interesting cast of characters and a lovely settings. Unfortunately I was not able to engaged in the feeling and found hard to end it :( Not my cup of tea
Many thanks to Netgalley and Severn House for giving me the chance to read and review this book

I love this historical mystery series and this is the best installment I read so far.
It's gripping, fast paced and full of twists and turns.
The plot is tightly knitted and I wasn't able to put it down turning pages as fast as I could.
The mystery is solid and there's plenty of surprises. The solution was unexpected and satisfying.
Excellent character and plot development, a vivid historical background.
I had a lot of fun and it's strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine