This is a tale of life coming full circle. Amelia and Gpysy's life is more entwine than they expected. It was hard to get into the story as in the beginning it's confusing. The time line does help with untangling some of the webs. It's an interesting read as I'm not used to the way the author wrote. The author's tone takes you to a different time and especially the way each characters speaks. It's the twang of the South. A little harder to read like Shakespeare, but very enjoyable and authentic.

Thank you to HarperCollins Publishing and Netgalley for this amazing ARC in exchange an honest review.

I normally love every book the Wendy Corsi Staub writes but I had a hard time with this book. There were way too many characters and I kept getting confused with all the names and the story line

I am sorry I could not finish this book. I did not like what I read, too many names, I had to keep going back to figure out who was who.

I haven't read the other 2 books in this series but it didn't ruin this book for me at all. This book caught me up on all the major parts of the other books. I enjoyed the mystery of this book and I enjoyed the characters. I received an advanced readers copy and all opinions are my own.

I have read all of Wendy Corsi Staub's books and they are all good. I couldn't put this one down. I read it in one sitting. The mystery was intriguing and I like how it wrapped up all the loose ends from the other two books. One of my favorite mystery series.

The Butcher's Daughter starts off slowly but escalates into a thrilling mystery. The story interweaves a tale of murder along with the mystery of finding Amelia's parents and Stockton's daughter. The mixing of the two seems a little weird at first but it all comes together about midway in the book.
The story is original and well written. I liked Amelia's storyline more than I did the storyline about the murder and would be interested in reading more stories about Amelia searching for ancestral connections.
Thanks to Netgalley, William Morrow, and the Scene of the Crime Early Reads for the advanced copy of this book. The opinions are my own.