I received a gifted copy and am providing a review.
This was my first introduction to Lily Adler. This tale is
set back in 1816 when women had a certain expectation attached to their
behavior. In Lily Adler’s case, she had been in mourning for the appropriate
amount of time and has finally relinquished her mourning attire. She finds
herself trapped at Mrs. Grantham’s estate in the midst of a snowstorm. Those
guests who lived close by were allowed to travel home, the others remained
‘stuck’ for a few days. Needless to say, there is a crime, there is suspicion
placed on each guest, and lo and behold - there is yet another crime!
I thoroughly enjoyed the character of Lily. While she puts
forth a pretense of being proper, or at least trying to be, she is also what
you might call an amateur sleuth.
I normally do not like historical reads, but I really
enjoyed this one. I liked the pacing and the intermingling of the language that
was appropriate to the time, the properness of using Mr. and Mrs., madam,
ma’am, sir, and the like. I liked the
underlying currents of what would be seen as inappropriate for the time period,
but the events happened anyway, purportedly in secret but everyone knew; they
were just too polite to say anything. The mix of characters found throughout
these pages kept me pleasantly entertained. It will be interesting to see what
Lily gets up to next.
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