Who's Sorry Now is a 1925 cozy mystery with interesting characters and has a good storyline. This is the second in the series and the first I have read. A good cozy.

Dev and Addie are back! Woo hoo! If you haven't read the first one, don't worry and just go right ahead and start here. Addy is really Lady Adelaide and she's a whip smart woman who has a dead husband - Rupert- who is now a ghost providing advice and commentary. There isn't as much of him here as in the first book (I like Rupert). Dev is an Anglo-Indian Inspector with Scotland Yard. This time out, there's a poisoner out among the bright young things- and Addie's sister Cee almost became one of the victims. This is a sprightly, funny and light mystery with good characters. There's some romantic tension between Dev and Addy but their real appeal is how they work to solve crime. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A good read!

I had read the first book in this series, Nobody’s Sweetheart Now a couple of month’s ago and really enjoyed it, so I was excited to see the sequel,Who’s Sorry Now was available for request.

The book opens with Lady Adelaide Compton and her sister Cee enjoying a speakeasy in New York. Well I should say Cee enjoyed it, Lady Addie not so much, especially when the ghost of her late not so lamented dead husband arrives and warns her that the speakeasy is about to be raided. Lady Addie thought she had gotten rid of that particular problem after the murders at her country estate. Alas it was not to be. Upon returning to London, several Young Bright People are poisoned, including Lady Addie’s sister Cee. Well the upside of the poisoning, aside from her sister surviving, is that Lady Addie is reunited with dishy half -Indian Inspector Devinand Hunter. Lady Addy offers her assistance in unmasking the murderer much to Inspector Dev’s chagrin.

I really enjoyed the mystery in this book and the amusing arguments Lady Addie has with the ghost of her dead husband. Lady Addie and Inspector Dev have a great will they or won’t they vibe. The period details are interesting and spot on. I highly recommend this for any lover of period, cosy murder mysteries, oh and I did not guess the murderer before the end, always a plus in a good mystery!

Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the opportunity to review this book.

Overall, this is a really good cozy mystery set in the mid-1920s. I have to admit that I enjoyed the interaction between Addie and Rupert even a little more than the interactions between Addie and Dev, mostly because of the snappy dialogue. The mystery was pretty good. But what really made this book flow for me was the writing flowed nicely and the mood of the 1920s was well done. This should be an enjoyable read for anyone who likes historical mysteries.

Having read the first book in this series, I was really looking forward to the second instalment. I did enjoy the story but not as much as the first, the mystery was a little jumbled and there was a much bigger romance element. There wasn't as much the funny interaction between the main character and her ghostly husband.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoyed the book and look forward to the next one.

"London, England 1925.

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."

Anyone else love a little twenties cozy?

"Who’s Sorry Now” is a light, charming cozy, set during the period between the World Wars in London. Lady Adelaide is a widow, and peripherally part of the crowd of “Bright Young Things” who dance and drink the nights away at night clubs all over town. Davendra Hunter is a hard-working, competent policeman, and completely unsuitable as a partner for Addie. Despite the mismatch, the two are attracted to each other, and work together to solve a series of crimes that are clearly being committed by someone in Addie’s group of friends.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.