Dangerous to Know by Tasha Alexander

Dangerous to Know
by Tasha Alexander

ISBN-13: 9780312383794
ebook: 306 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Released: October 26, 2010

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description from Goodreads:
Returning from her honeymoon with Colin Hargreaves and a near brush with death in Constantinople, Lady Emily convalesces at her mother-in-law's beautiful estate in Normandy. But the calm she so desperately seeks is shattered when, out riding a horse, she comes upon the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered. The girl's wounds are identical to those inflicted on the victims of Jack the Ripper, who has wreaked havoc across the channel in London. Emily feels a connection to the young woman and is determined to bring the killer to justice.

Pursuing a trail of clues and victims to the beautiful medieval city of Rouen and a crumbling chateau in the country, Emily begins to worry about her own sanity: she hears the cries of a little girl she cannot find and discovers blue ribbons left in the child's wake. As Emily is forced to match wits with a brilliant and manipulative killer, only her courage, keen instincts and formidable will to win can help her escape becoming his next victim.


My Review:
Dangerous to Know is a mystery set in 1892 in France. This book is the 5th in the series, but you can understand it without reading the previous books.

The characters were engaging and reacted realistically to events. They felt like real people. The historical details were woven into the story, bringing the world alive in my imagination without slowing the pace. It's a clue-based, puzzle mystery. Emily investigated by asking questions of various people and being observant. However, unusual for the pair, Colin had no idea of whodunit and Emily didn't suspect until she was captured by whodunit. Since whodunit was my major suspect, I guess that the author did this to show that Emily can save herself and Colin had to admit he couldn't keep her safe even when trying as it's his fault that she was in danger.

There were no sex scenes or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this interesting mystery.


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