I'm a huge fan of historical fiction and murder mysteries, so this is a perfect book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it! Despite not having read the earlier books about the 'Museum Detectives' as Daniel & Abigail are widely known, I quickly understood the backstory and it didn't detract at all from this one.

The setting for the main events were London at the end of the nineteenth century, particularly focusing on wax museums of which Madame Tussauds is most famous. There were lots of twists and turns within the plot, which kept me guessing for the majority of the book exactly how everything fitted in. I especially liked the inclusion of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There were some interesting reflections of the politics, policing, justice systems and criminal gangs of the time too.

Definitely a bit gruesome at times, but I loved it and would highly recommend for anyone who loves history and crime stories! I'll certainly be looking into reading Eldridge's previous books in this series now too!

**Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read an advanced e-copy of this book. All opinions are my own **

Victorian-London, private-investigators, law-enforcement, murder, murder-investigation, museum, friendship, theft, archaeologist, ex-cop, 1896, egoist****

Abigail Fenton is an archaeologist who even explored the tombs in Egypt with Flinders-Petrie but is now working as a private enquiry agent with her partner, Daniel Wilson who is a former Scotland Yard detective. Together they are known as the Museum Detectives because of the past cases they have solved. This one is quite different. One part is the circumstances surrounding two new guards at Mme Tussauds, and the other is the burglary and theft of both money and the contents of safe boxes. Very involved and twisty! Good characters who are well done (especially the politicos) and lots of red herrings. A very good read!
I requested and received a temporary digital ARC of this book from Allison & Busby via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!

This book takes place in 1896 London with a complicated plot. When the museum opens one morning, they find the body of one of the night watchmen in the Chamber of Horrors with his head chopped off next to the guillotine. The other was missing. The police consider it an open and shut case with the second watchman killing the the other and then taking off. John Tussaud calls in the Museum Detectives, Daniel Wilson, a former Scotland Yard officer, and his partner, Abigail Fenton, a former Egyptian archeologist.

They quickly find that the two watchmen had only been working at the museum two weeks. The previous watchmen had suddenly left after their shift and the two new ones applied that day and were hired. The new watchmen had been army engineers. A few days later, a dead man is found in the Chamber of Horrors covered with wax. This turns out to be the missing watchman.

Daniel and Abigail talk with Scotland Yard detective, John Feather, with whom they have worked in the past. However, they have to do it secretly because Superintendent Armstrong doesn't like Daniel and Abigail to steal his thunder. Feather is actually on the case of bank robberies in which the culprits go into an empty building next door to the bank during the night and then break through the basement wall to the vault. Daniel thinks they may hired the new watchmen (engineers!) to tunnel from the Museum to another bank. Daniel quickly connects the murders to the bank robberies, although it takes awhile to get the facts.

Daniel and Abigail find the previous watchmen living on a barge and find out they were paid to leave the museum and stay on the barge. The person paying them hasn't showed up, so they go back to Tussauds with Daniel and Abigail and get their jobs back. Michaels, who was paying the watchmen to leave their jobs is found opposite another wax museum from plaster being poured down his throat! Then, tellers from two of the robbed banks are found dead in the river. They were the ones who had been a little dodgy when interviewed.

Things get very dicey when Abigail is abducted. However, Daniel and the police do their jobs and finally figure out the culprit, who had not been one the police suspects!

I'm a newcomer to the "Museum Mysteries" series. This entry opens with a gruesome murder scene in Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors. John Tussaud (grandson to Madame T) calls in the inquiry agents Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton. They've built up a good reputation and have a sound track record (which only serves to infuriate the head of Scotland Yard, whose men's reputations and results suffer in comparison, according to the press.)
Daniel and Abigail quickly realize that there is something really strange going on, and their case seems to have a connection to a series of well-planned out robberies at banks around London.
Inspector John Feathers is in charge of the bank robberies case, and is ordered to not talk to Wilson and Fenton (I gather they have a good working relationship over the series), though the three slyly manage to trade information regardless.

I liked this mystery. It wasn't super difficult to figure out what was going on, and though I found the language used by the characters, and some of their attitudes, to be a little too 21st century for a story that takes place in the late 1800s, I still enjoyed this book a lot. It's light, a pretty fast read, and the author presents interesting historical details without bogging down the action.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for this ARC in exchange for a review.

Jim Elrdridge takes us on a fun, interesting journey through the mysterious, and sometimes morbid, crime scene in 1890s London. I have not read other books in this series, but the compelling protagonists, interesting criminals and fun plot twists will have me reading more. This is recommended if you want a fast-paced, enjoyable, easy read that also makes you think a little bit.

Murder at Madame Tussauds is a fast paced, captivating thriller that really caught my attention from page one and didn't let up until the end. Daniel and Abigail are a pair of very compelling characters that complement each other well and have a charming dynamic. The mystery is interesting and the revelations are very nicely done.
This book works as a standalone and it is the first of the Museum Detective books by Jim Eldridge that I read and I am now definitely a fan who will be reading the other books as soon as possible.

I really enjoy reading these books, they are so enjoyable!

This is the sixth book in the series but it can be read as a stand-alone and doesn't detract from the story at all not having any back history knowledge,

It's 1896 and in a smoggy old London town, a gruesome murder occurs at Madame Tussauds. Abigail, and Daniel, as private investigators, are called in by the manager to investigate.

Throw in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, some very shifty characters, and even a stalker, you have a great read.

Highly recommended

This was another thrilling murder mystery by Jim Eldridge. I loved it from start to finish. The action was quick and exciting. The drama was done well and i liked the explanation and who did it and why. I can't wait for the next one in the series.

Great cover and premise. I was drawn due to my interest in the wax museum setting and I enjoyed the author bringing in historical figures, like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The beginning was creepily enticing, but it unfortunately slowed down and dragged for me after that.

London in the autumn of 1896, and private detectives Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are back for the sixth adventure. After a previous episode’s excursion to Manchester, they are back on their home turf of London, with the decapitation of Eric Dudgeon one of the nightwatchmen at Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, with the disappearance of his work colleague and good friend, Walter Bagshot, seemingly pointing to the latter’s guilt. With their growing reputation, Daniel and Abigail are called in by the authorities at the waxworks museum to investigate further as the Metropolitan Police have other more pressing cases to examine, and to make matters more difficult, the two private detectives have been frozen out by their enemy at Scotland Yard, Superintendent Armstrong, who is jealous of their ability to solve crimes that the police seem unable to tackle. The police are under pressure to solve several raids on banks’ security boxes, with a number of high-profile victims losing money and sensitive documents. Daniel makes a possible connection between the two seemingly separate series of crimes. The writer Arthur Conan Doyle plays a role in the narrative, asking Abigail to lead an archaeological expedition he plans to finance in Egypt.
Like all the other books in the series, this is an eminently readable story, with an engaging and well-paced plot. There is a lot of historical detail, although occasionally just a little too much of the lecture comes through, which sits a little awkwardly with the narrative thread.

3 ½ stars. Love the Museum Detective pairing of Abigail and Daniel. This was such a decent fun read with a bit of history about the Tussaud family and art of wax modelling thrown in. I will happily be searching out the whole series and all his other stuff. Thanks to Netgalley.

I love historical mysteries. They're my favorite kind of relaxation reading. I admit the genre has its limitations. Too often such novels have one interesting element—the inclusion of a particular historical figure or event—but are much less engaging in other areas. Murder at Madame Tussauds is NOT one of those titles. The characters are interesting, their relationships with one another are rich, and the plot is reasonably complex.

The detectives in this series, set in 1896, are a current Scotland Yard Inspector; a former Scotland Yard detective turned private investigator; and a female Egyptologist. (I don't know the backstory for these characters, as this is the first book in the series I've read, and there are five previous volumes.) Arthur Conan Doyle makes an appearance, and there are numerous references to the Nightingale Fund, which supported training for nurses globally. As the title suggests, there's also Madame Tussauds, where the mystery originates: one of the two nighttime guards at the museum is decapitated and left in the French revolution scene; the other has disappeared.

I have a few caveats here. The plotting owes something to Conan Doyle's The Red-Headed League. We're told our female detective holds a first-class Classics degree from Cambridge, but Cambridge didn't begin granting degrees to women until 1948, long after the novel's 1896 setting. But this is fiction, so old ideas can be revisited and historical fact can be altered for the sake of the narrative.

If you enjoy historical mysteries and are willing to allow for a little artistic license on the part of the author, you'll enjoy this book. It's one of those series that leave one feeling compelled to go back and read every previous volume.

I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via NetGalley; the opinions are my own.

Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are hired by Madame Tussauds museum after the murder of one of their Nightwatchmen. The Police at Scotland Yard believe his colleague is the murderer after he vanishes but when he turns up dead, things seem a bit more complicated. WIll Daniel and Abigail be able to solve the murder before the Police do?

These are very light hearted murder mysteries and they never fail to disappoint. What I love about them is the fact I don't need to read them in any order, they can be read as a stand alone. They are an easy read with great characters, this one even features Arthur Conan Doyle and they are thoroughly researched for historical fact.

A great read!

My thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for allowing me to review this book.

Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are 2 investigators hired by Tussauds Wax Museum to solve the murder of one of the nightwatchmen who' was found decapitated, and his partner was missing. Later the partner was found encased in wax? Whodunit? That's what Daniel and Abigail have to solve which leaves them to bank robberies which is somehow connected.

Enjoyed this book. Easy read, a lot of fun, love the time period.

It was the cover of the book that drew my interest, I haven't read the previous books but it didn't stop me from enjoying this one, likeable characters and a good setting with a good plot

I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery set in the late 1800s. It has everything a reader could want: mystery, suspense, crime, humour, and an ending where everything is neatly tied up. I would recommend this series to lovers of Sherlock Holmes, and clean mystery stories, as there are no expletives or graphically described crime scenes (it tells you how someone was killed without being gratuitous)

Excelent ! Atmospheric , gripping and engaging .
Loved it .
I'll be looking out for more in this series!

Such a quick and engaging mystery! I believe this is the sixth in the series but it read beautifully as a standalone.
Now I do feel like reading the others as it was such a well written whodunnit. The mystery is somewhat revealed 75% in but till the end the author does make you second guess yourself!
Loved the premise and having characters like Conan Doyle also be a part of the storyline. Loved it!

I have not read the previous books in the series but it did not hinder my enjoyment of this book.
A top notch mystery with interesting characters.
I will read the previous books and hope to see this series continue.
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.

I haven't read the earlier books in the series, so take this with a grain of salt. The characters feel like a blended version of characters from other series. Please note, I am not accusing Eldridge of anything bad; it just feels like there are too many influences in the pot. A little bit of Christie, a little bit of Mertz and so on. Also the atmosphere was very wanting.