Lady Katherine Bascomb runs the newspaper she inherited from her late husband. When a serial killer begins killing people in London, Kate sets off on her own investigation to try to find out the identity of the killer. Unfortunately, her investigation leads to the demotion of Andrew Eversham, the lead detective on the case, after she uncovers a clue that everyone else has missed. The clue leads the police to a suspect however Kate is skeptical the police have arrested the right man. Frustrated, she decides to get away from London and attend a house party in the country only to come across another dead body. And who else but Andrew Eversham is called to investigate the scene…
This is a cute murder mystery/romance set at a house party in the countryside. There are lots of characters throughout the book, especially at the house party. Sometimes I did have a bit of trouble remembering who everyone was and I got some of them confused with one another, but then I realized that you really only need to know who Kate’s friends Caroline and Lord Valentine are since I suspect they will be the characters in the next book in the series. Some parts of the book made me laugh out loud, especially when Kate and Caro are talking together. I found Caro and her cat to be very humorous.
Although I thought the romance in the story moved a bit fast (Andrew and Kate have fallen in love and are pledging to get married all in the space of one week), I thought it was sweet and real. Once Andrew and Kate got over their animosity, they realized they were attracted to one another and acted on it. There were no misunderstandings or miscommunications and no one was playing any games. I find it refreshing when two people can act like adults when it comes to love and sex.
I was a bit annoyed at Kate at the way she interjected herself into Andrew’s investigation. I understand she wants to know who the murderer is but she is not a police officer or investigator or any type of sleuth and it just rubbed me the wrong way. I also am not entirely sure I understand the motive of the killer. Once we find out who the killer is, their explanation for killing everyone seemed a bit rushed to me. I understand why the killer killed the people in the countryside, but I didn’t quite understand why they killed the London townspeople.
I didn’t love this book but I didn’t hate it.
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