Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter finds himself in the middle of a series of upper-class deaths in London. I loved this book so much, I couldn't put it down and finished in one day.

A thoroughly enjoyable Lady Adelaide mystery that leans heavily on the London social scene of the mid 1920s - we get some great descriptions of nightclubs and drinks as well as delicious, delicious clothes. Lady A is more fully rounded and active in this, the second entry in the series, and her annoying mother and sister are less present which, to me, is a good thing. The romance is racy and the mystery a bit fuzzy around the edges, but I'm not really reading this novel for it's puzzle, so that did not impair my experience. A strong sophomore entry and a strong recommend!

Book two in the Lady Adelaide mystery series. A frothy and fun whodunit - the 1920's social scene in London is abuzz but, unfortunately, so is the body count. D.I. Hunter of Scotland Yard has his work cut out and calls upon Lady Adelaide to assist him with high society mingling. All great fun.

"Who's Sorry Now" is the second book in the series. While I enjoyed the second book more than the first one, but I don't think the series works for me.

I enjoyed the historical setting of England in the the mid 1920s and the trivial tidbit of the Forty Dollies. The characters are adorable. The plot is intriguing, and the blossoming interracial romance (which would be a taboo historically wise) between Lady Addie, the protagonist, and Inspector Dev is heartwarming. But the pace is horribly slow. I trudged through most of the book. As a cozy mystery read, the series actually is decently
constructed and written. I could only say the author's style isn't really for me. Reluctantly, I am not going to follow any future releases amidst my desire to find out more between Lady Addie, Inspector Dev, and as well the fate of Rupert, the spirit of Lady Addie's late husband.

A light-hearted fun Whodunit.

Since I haven't read book 1 in the series, it took me a bit to acquaint myself with the characters but once I passed a few pages, I was breezing past. The story was well-paced, witty and I loved the main characters.
Though the murder was interesting, frankly I was more interested in the relationship between Dev and Addie. Loved the way the author created the 1920s environment.
This book was a truly enjoyable read.

What a fantastic read. Addie, a wealthy war widow, is once again in the middle of a criminal investigation after her sister is poisoned. It seems like someone is specifically targeting the Bright Young Things and murdering them at popular night clubs. After Detective Dev is assigned to the case, Addie offers her help and together they set out to determine who among a group of BYT's is a murderer. Oh and Addie has the pesky ghost of her ex-husband war hero hovering over her during the investigation. She as a lot on her plate!

I was nervous at first about the whole ghost story line, but it really didn't bother me at all. Addie's husband is funny and only shows up from time to time. I really enjoyed watching the relationship between Addie and Dev develop. We've all read the books about the wealthy socialite and police detective, who solve mysteries and fall in love. Lucky for us, this book is different. I liked that Dev, who's Anglo-Indian, has the added element of his race and his parents genealogy which really adds to his character. Addie isn't a young and naive socialite. She's been married, she's traveled and she has been hurt. These also add to the depth of her character.

Relationships aside, the mystery was engaging and it was a fun read which kept me thinking about who had really poisoned all these people. The author did a great job with the time period and I could really feel/see/hear what the characters experienced when they were at the nightclubs.

This was a very enjoyable read and I look forward to reading more about Addie's next adventures.

While not quite as good as the first book in the Lady Adelaide series, it still features the likeable and entertaining Lady Addie and her man crush, Inspector Devenand Hunter. The scenes when Addie and Dev join forces to suss out the villain in a series of high society murders are the most enjoyable aspect of this book. They have chemistry and are able to flirt and enjoy a level of comfort that feels more reminiscent of a married couple, and all while deploying a facade of professionalism. The duel pov allows us to jump back and forth between their mutual self-doubts about the likelihood that their feelings are reciprocated. Additionally, their class and racial obstacles cause both of them to constantly turn over in their minds the possibilities of being a couple in a society still plagued in the 1920s by class hierarchy and disdain for interracial relationships.

The mystery here is weak though in comparison to the first book. I quite honestly did not really understand it, or more importantly, why Addie is involved in finding the killer. For all intents and purposes, the first book put an end to Addie and Dev's working and personal relationship with their solving of the murders on Addie's country estate and Dev's return to London. Back in the city now, Dev is surprised to learn that Addie has been a witness to an attempted murder at a high society nightclub. Addie jumps at the chance to work with Dev again and help him on this new case. The problem I had with this concept though is that Dev works for Scotland Yard and has no logical rationale to allow Addie to join his team, however informally. Addie forced her way into the first case more logically because it happens at her home. Here however, Addie's insertion into detective work just feels like a flimsy plot device to bring them together. Also, Addie does not have any particular investigative skills except that as a society woman, she knows people and has access to gossip. Otherwise, she strikes me here as in the first book as a woman very much at a loose end and lacking a purpose in life.

This second book also does little to further Addie's and Dev's growing feelings since the same obstacles they ruminate on in the first book carry over here. She's a wealthy white woman and he's a working class Indian man, and the obstacles those facts create are not altered by any of the events in the story. I have to admit too that while the ghost of Addie's deceased husband was fun in the first book, Rupert is a little tedious here, playing the identical role of a soul in limbo out to protect his wife and fix the wrongs he inflicted on her during their marriage. Since Rupert's role in this story is just a repeat of the first book, I grew bored quickly during his scenes.

The third and final book is scheduled to be released in 2020, and I'm most likely going to read it. While the second book feels like treading water, I am hoping that the final book deals head on with the conflicts keeping Addie and Dev apart. Since this series is best when these two are together, I look forward to the resolution of their romance.

I got this book for free from Netgalley and the publisher to review. I admit that i was very sceptical when i started reading it- 1920s woman sleuth? A ghost of her husband haunting her? What? But i was absolutely hooked and finished the book in one day.I will definitely be getting the first book to get caught up on how Rupert came to haunt her.
When Lady Adelaide's sister's friends, young rich aristocrats, start getting poisoned, and her sister gets violently ill from a drink it's up to her to team up with inspector Hunter and solve the murders. She's helped along by the ghost of her husband, Rupert, who has been assigned as her guardian angel in order to make up for his cad ways while he was alive. The characters are funny and well fleshed out. The only thing i had a lit of trouble with was Rupert being able to act like a flesh and blood person without being seen- aren't ghosts supposed to have no corporeal body? "
The attraction between Lady Addie and inspector Hunter is an interesting addition to the story, since he's completely unsuitable for her, not being of aristocracy and having an Indian mother. I will definitely be reading the next book in the series!

This series combines two of my favorite kind of mysteries -historical and paranormal. Set in England in the decades between the World Wars, Lady Adelaide is one of the Bright Young Things, living it up without a care in the world. She is a young widow and her dearly departed husband has returned as a ghost, ready to help her out of some rather sticky situations. Amongst the living she teams up with Dev Hunter, a Scotland Yard Detective Inspector. He teamed up with her previously and it put her in danger so this time around he wants her stay far away from any and all investigating. That's a wish that won't be granted. Lady Adelaide might be convinced to stay out of things but when her sister is put in mortal danger, all bets are off. People within her social set are being killed by poison and her sister is lucky to survive when she is the next victim. Dev Hunter and Lady Adelaide make a great team.
If you haven't read the first in the series, Nobody's Sweetheart Now, no worries, this can be read as a stand alone. The characters, the setting and the balance of well crafted mystery, humor and romance make for a great reading escape. I hope I don't have to wait very long for the next mystery with this great cast of characters.

I received this ARC via Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press in return for an honest review. This is the second book in this series and is easily read as a stand-alone. Lady Adelaide Compton and her younger sister are in the US during the 1920s, when the speakeasy is about to be raided by the police. Lady Adelaide's deceased husband, Rupert, materializes to help them get out of trouble. While glad not to be caught in the raid, Lady Adelaide really, really wishes her philandering husband would stay dead! He appeared in the first book in the series, which introduced these characters as well as others who reap-are in this book. Returning to England, Lady Adelaide's sister joins a group of 'Bright Young Things' (a real name for a group of young, English well-monied men & women in the 1920s), who suddenly start dying of poisoning at a nightclub. When Lady Adelaide's sister is almost poisoned at a posh London restaurant, that's all it takes for Lady Adelaide to contact the handsome Anglo-Indian police inspector, Devanand Hunter, and offer her services to find the guilty party. Ms. Robinson does a great job of character building, scene setting, and writing a good mystery. I'm looking forward to more set with this cast (and seeing if Rupert can redeem himself to leave Lady Adelaide in peace!).

I found this book to be one of the most intriguing and suspenseful books, I've read in awhile. The author has a great eye for an intriguing and mysterious story line, supported by unique and unusual characters, which are realistic, and the temperament to stay consistent throughout the story.

The beginning of the book introduces us to a list of characters and they're broken down into Mount Street, a collection of rich upper class British characters; Thieve's Den, a mixture of shady, deceitful and other characters trying to male a living at a Jazz club, known as Thieve's Den; The Bright Young People, rich society crowd who like to drink, dance and spend money, not of their making and Scotland Yard, the police characters.

The story centers around Lady Adelaide Compton, now a widow whose dead husband returns as a ghost. The relationship between them van be funny at times, necessary when the moment arises and humorously annoying.

Over the course of the story, there are two murders by poison, with Addie's sister, Cee being the third, while they're at the Savoy, but only becomes ill and survives.

Inspector Dev Hunter is at hand again and is assigned to the investigation of a murder. Dev and Addie had previously met in the 1st book. Dev was assigned to a murder case in the area where Lady Adelaide lived. Addie is continuously prodding Dev to let her help and as much as he tries to put his foot down, Addie prevails. Their teaming together almost causes the death of Addie and Dev, realizes his mistake and won't let this type of thing ever happen again.

This time around, Dev makes it clear to Addie she is not to get involved and stay out of it. Obviously, Addie has no intentions of staying put anywhere and she is determined to get involved one way or another. There's an untold liking of one another, but it is only remains in their mind whenever they're together or not.

During the investigation, a key suspect is found murdered and that really creates a setback in their investigation. Dev and his Sergeant, Bob Wells keep prodding for more leads and seeking out information in other areas and they're not making good progress.

Eventually, Addie worms her into helping Dev, even though it is against his better judgement. Then again, Addie does have the connections and get information from people, whom are uncooperative with the police. Dev is extremely cautious and limits her assistance, but he knows that Addie's stubbornness and strong desire will somehow prevail in the end.

In the end, their together again and in a perilous situation where their lives are at stake. This is the greatest fear for Dev, as he see's starting to repeat itself all over. The situation is handled and Addie and Dev are safe.

This is the second novel in the new Lady Adelaide Mystery book series and a departure from the author's earlier books. This is a must read for mystery lovers of the roaring 20's and the hob nobbling of the young, idle rich and sleazy, deceitful and dangerous characters who prey on them.

This was a fun and entertaining historical mystery. The characters and plot were both well developed and interesting. The book was very easy to read and follow. I enjoyed it and highly recommend.

Who’s Sorry Now is a lighthearted murder mystery with lots of laugh-out-loud moments interspersed with the more serious aspects of identifying the killer. I liked the three main characters and the mysterious murders they aim to solve. Of course, there are a few red herrings thrown in to confuse the reader. My one complaint is that the story seems to move along at an uneven pace . . . sometimes too slowly and sometimes it jumps ahead unexpectedly.

While this can easily be read as a standalone novel, it does continue where Nobody’s Sweetheart Now leaves off. I enjoyed seeing how Addie’s relationships with Dev, Rupert, and Lucas continue to develop. It will be interesting to learn what roles they will each play in future novels in this series. I look forward to reading more mysteries featuring this engaging and entertaining ensemble of characters.

When the first book ended, Lady Adelaide had sincerely believed she would not see her dead husband again. And yet, here he is in the same New York underground club surrounded by Bright Young Things and telling Addie that the club is about to be raided. He helps get her and her sister, Cecelia "Cee", out the men's room window.
They make it back to England but Addie once again hears Rupert as Cee drinks out of her friend's glass and immediately falls over. This after a string of BYTs have been poisoned to death. Luckily, Adelaide jumps into action and saves her sister. She immediately offers to help the hunky Detective Inspector Dev Hunt in his search for the killer.
I liked this book better than the first. Robinson has built her world and now is able to work into the story a bit more.

Four stars
This book came out June 1
Follows Nobody's Sweetheart Now
ARC kindly provided by Poisoned Press, NetGalley, and Edelweiss
Opinion is my own

Lady Adelaide Compton and her late husband Rupert are back in Who's Sorry Now? Lady Adelaide and her younger sister, just returned from a visit to the United States, have fallen into the company of some Bright Young Things in Jazz Age London. Members of the group are being murdered, poisoned, in a sleazy nightclub, and Lady Adelaide's sister is nearly a victim as well. Investigating the murders is dishy Anglo-Indian police inspector Devenand Hunter. Once again, Addie and Hunter join forces. Rupert, still working off his "debt" of bad behavior during his lifetime, pops up serve as Addie's guardian angel (and major annoyance!). Who's Sorry Now? was just what I was in the mood for at this point in time... a not-too-heavy mystery, engaging characters, a little bit of romance...a great summer read. I can hardly wait for the third Lady Adelaide mystery! Much gratitude to NewGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for access to the eARC in return for an honest review.

I read the first book in this series and I simply adored it, this is one is also excellent and I couldn't help laughing more than once.
This is one of my favourite historical cozy mysteries as I find it a fun read.
The Dev-Addie dynamics is great, I loved how they banter and interact, and I'm curious about what will happen. Rupert ghost is a fun addiction and a sort of deus ex machina more than once.
The characters are likable and well written, the historical background is well described and the plot is engaging and entertaining.
The mystery was good, no plot hole, and it kept me guessing till the end.
I look forward to reading the next installment in this series.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Poisoned Pen Press for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Great murder mystery, it had me guessing till the end! This book is second in a series and can be read as a standalone. I hope there are more books to come. Lady Adelaide and Inspector Dev need to admit their attraction and move on to more than being just friends. I received an ARC for my honest review.

1925 and Lady Adelaide Compton and her sister Lady Cecilia have returned to London from a trip to New York. Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter of Scotland Yard finds himself with Sergeant Wells in the middle of a murder investigation.
Lady Adelaidde and Hunter meet up again when another murder is attempted. She persuades Hunter to let her investigate the suspects of her social set.
A delightful, well-written, light-hearted cozy mystery where Lady Adelaide is helped by her ghostly husband Rupert.
A NetGalley Book

Who's Sorry Now?
(A Lady Adelaide Mystery #2)
by Maggie Robinson 

Paperback, 416 pages
Expected publication: June 1st 2019 by Poisoned Pen Press




Goodreads synopsis:
A Russian prince. A wealthy heir. An impoverished earl's daughter. Which one will make an untimely exit from the London social scene?

Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter finds himself in the middle of a series of upper-class deaths in London. Bright Young People are being extinguished in their favorite night spots, from a sleazy private jazz club to the Savoy ballroom. Dev knows just the person to help him navigate the treacherous society waters: Lady Adelaide Compton, a marquess' daughter and widow of a Great War hero. Unfortunately, he has put her in jeopardy once before, nearly leading him to turn in his warrant card.

But when her sister Cee is nearly one of the victims, Addie turns to Mr. Hunter, offering her help... and it soon becomes clear that the two of them working together again could lead to much more than merely solving crime.


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3 Stars

I read somewhere they thought this book was akin to a Phryne Fisher Mystery. I somewhat agree. It is set in a similar time period yet this book has a ready made ghost following Addie around. He is her dead husband, Rupert and he shows up at all the most inopportune times.

I thought this book was okay. I wasn’t interested in the whodunit mystery. In fact, I don’t feel the author was too interested in it either. The book was filled with Addie and her exploits. There is a real interesting dynamic between herself and Detective Inspector Dev Hunter. And frankly, that relationship was the only thing that got me through the book.

I wish the mystery had been more compelling and kept my attention. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mindset for this book and that is why I couldn’t connect with it. I wanted to love it more but it just didn’t happen for me.

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.

In Who’s Sorry Now?, Lady Adelaide Compton is just out of her year of mourning for her reprobate husband Rupert when her sister is poisoned while they were out at the Savoy. Luckily, Rupert warns her it is poison so she is able to act quickly. She soon discovers her sister is one in a series of poisonings and the only one to survive. The poisonings are being investigated by Dev Hunter, but Lady Adelaide is determined to investigate herself, pointing out her social standing gives her entreé to places Dev is unable to go.

As Lady Adelaide investigates she also plays matchmaker and problem-solver while her ghostly late husband provides invaluable clues as well. This all takes place during the era between the wars, the Jazz Age, and jazz clubs are the venues for much of the action.

I enjoyed Who’s Sorry Now?. It’s a cozy mystery investigated by conversation and socializing. Dev provides an element of police procedure but his contribution to the mystery is very much as a romantic interest and friendly foil to Lady Adelaide’s investigation. I appreciate that she is not rushing headlong into danger and calls the police to do the work police should do.

That her investigation is aided by the ghostly Rupert might prompt some to liken the stories to Charles Todd’s Ian Rutledge series which is also set during the same era. But Rupert is no Hamish McLeod. Instead, he is more like George and Marion Kerby who haunt Thorne Smith’s delightful Cosmo Topper. Written during the Twenties, these ghosts bring the kind a mischief and panache that Rupert embodies (or disembodies) rather than the brooding anger and grief of Hamish. These are lighthearted mysteries that are a delightful as a macaron.

Who’s Sorry Now? will be published June 1st. I received an e-galley from the publisher through NetGalley.

Who’s Sorry Now? at Poisoned Pen Press
Maggie Robinson author site