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RATING: 4 STARS
Lady Emily Ashton's (nee Bromley) character grows as the novel progresses but women's lib kind of knocks you too often in the head. As this takes place in the Victorian era I can see why this would be a big issue, but I think it would been better as a show then tell. A great Victorian mystery and is believable. Philip Ashton while on a hunting trip dies of a fever, but while Emily is in mourning she discovers who her husband really was and whether he was actually murdered. And, w ...more
Lady Emily Ashton's (nee Bromley) character grows as the novel progresses but women's lib kind of knocks you too often in the head. As this takes place in the Victorian era I can see why this would be a big issue, but I think it would been better as a show then tell. A great Victorian mystery and is believable. Philip Ashton while on a hunting trip dies of a fever, but while Emily is in mourning she discovers who her husband really was and whether he was actually murdered. And, w ...more
Emily, Lady Ashton, finds herself a extremely wealthy young widow only months after her wedding, her young husband having died on safari in East Africa. Not in the least sad, in fact relieved, Emily is enduring the final months of half-mourning, this being the late Victorian era in London, and fending off her domineering mother already planning her next marriage. Emily, who only married Lord Ashton to get away from her mother, is quite sure she doesn't want another marriage nor is she particular
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First time reading this series. Was surprised at how much I enjoyed the character of Emily and even though the "mystery" got a bit dull in the middle, the end ramped up the excitement. Appreciated the author note about how she came to write the book and what was fact vs fiction. Glad I own a few more of the series.
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Mar 04, 2022
Kelly
marked it as to-read
