The Resurrection Mystery by Karen Charlton

The Resurrection Mystery
by Karen Charlton

ISBN-13: 978-1916292840
ebook: 305 pages
Publisher: Famelton Publishing
Released: March 7, 2024

Source: Rented ebook.

Book Description from Goodreads:
There's a new man in charge at Bow Street Magistrates' Court and all is not well. His ambition is to split up Lavender and Woods - and to add to Lavender's woes, someone is leaking exaggerated stories about his investigations to The Times.

Lavender is tasked with solving the theft of an aristocrat's precious jewels, while Woods is instructed to track down a libeller. But after a series of vicious murders and surprising coincidences, they discover that these apparently unconnected crimes have more in common than they could ever have imagined. They disobey orders and work together to track down the killers.

Faced with some of the most bizarre mysteries of their career, Lavender and Woods need all their cunning and guile to expose the devious secrecy of their suspects, solve these deadly crimes - and prove to Magistrate Conant that as a team, they are so much greater than the sum of its parts.


My Review:
The Resurrection Mystery is a mystery set in 1814 in England. It's the 7th book in a series. You don't need to read the previous books to understand this one. It was a clue-based mystery. Lavender and Woods have a new boss, so there was some interpersonal conflict as they learned to work together. The boss assigned Lavender and Woods to different cases, but soon their cases started to overlap. Both asked good questions and followed up on leads until they had evidence they needed.

The main characters were engaging and had realistic reactions to events. I cared what happened to them. The vivid historical and setting details made the story feel unique to that time and place yet didn't slow the pacing down.

There was a fair amount of bad language. There were no sex scenes. Overall, I'd recommend this interesting novel.


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