Murder on Pleasant Avenue by Victoria Thompson

Murder on Pleasant Avenue by Victoria Thompson ISBN-13: 9781984805744 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Berkley Released: April 28th 2020

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
An Italian gang leader is found brutally murdered, and the police are certain they've caught the killer. Their only suspect: Gino Donatelli. Frank and Sarah know Gino is innocent but the police aren't interested in investigating further because someone set Gino up to look like the obvious murderer. Sarah and Frank will try to unravel the truth behind the kidnappings and murder before the Italian gang decides to take justice into their own hands and kill Gino in revenge for the gang leader's death.


My Review:
Murder on Pleasant Avenue is a historical mystery set in New York City in 1900. This is the 23nd book in the series. You don't need to read the previous books to understand this one, and this one didn't spoil the whodunit of the previous mysteries.

This was a clue-based puzzle mystery. Frank, Gino, Sarah, and Maeve all helped with the investigation and used their unique skill sets. Since so many people were collecting information, the problem for the characters was that they didn't always correctly convey to the others what happened during their interviews and investigations. Due to certain assumptions, they missed some obvious clues until nearly the end. Whodunit was a strong suspect for me from the beginning, but I understood why they weren't guessing that person. What happened became clearer and clearer as they collected clues.

Interesting historical details were woven into the story. The main characters were nice, engaging people and had realistic reactions to events. There were no sex scenes or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this interesting historical mystery.


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