A really good historical mystery. It was well written with a good cast of well developed characters and a gripping storyline. I would recommend.

Thanks to Sapere Books, Netgalley and the author for an ARC of this book. I have not been compensated for this review and am leaving it voluntarily.

I have read every Lady Fan book - you could say I am a big fan if you'll pardon the pun.

I do love historical mysteries, but I often find that after the first three books I do look for a new series to start (because I have the attention span of a gnat). Every time I pick up the next instalment in this series I wonder if it will be the one that I read and think, 'that's enough, I'm done now'.

It hasn't happened yet and I honestly don't think it ever will with this series. I devoured this book like I have all other previous ones - delighted with every page. I think they get better each time. Each and every story is unique, interesting, layered and beautifully written. Lady Fan is a wonderful heroine and the cast of characters (new & old) never cease to amuse. annoy and confuse the reader.

If you are looking for an intelligent and well-researched series with an unconventional and deliciously macabre heroine, then this is the series for you.

This is 8th in a series about Lady Fan, amateur sleuth, wife, and now mother set in 1790s England. Otillia Fanshaw and her husband have solved several mysteries but now that she finally has a child she, to her mother in law’s satisfaction, is finally ready to take a break from adventures. And then a body is literally dropped at her door with her name in it.

Although it was never explained, Tillie has some knowledge of medicinal and forensic practices and can make a few deductions about the body. This book doesn’t delve into what was likely covered in previous books. She clearly has some notoriety in her community for solving murders and uses her inquiring talents to address this one too as it circles around the spoiled neighborhood heiress.

Well written, quick dialogue, with well developed main characters. This story had a lot of side characters and suspects and brought characters in from previous books. It was a lot to manage but it still moved along. I plan on going back to read the first book.