Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley

Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley ISBN-13: 9780593099377 Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Berkley Released: August 4th 2020

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London's Foundling Hospital are mysteriously disappearing and one of their nurses has been murdered, she can't turn away. She enlists the help of her charming and enigmatic confidant Daniel McAdam, who has ties to Scotland Yard, and Errol Fielding, a disreputable man from Daniel's troubled past, to bring the killer to justice. Their investigation takes them from the grandeur of Mayfair to the slums of the East End, during which Kat learns more about Daniel and his circumstances.


My Review:
Murder in the East End is a mystery set in February 1882 in England. This is the fourth book in the series. You do not need to read the previous novels to understand this one, and this book didn't spoil the mysteries of the previous books.

The main characters did a good job of spotting things that were going on and asking relevant questions. While the mystery was clue-based, the main characters progressively uncovered what was going on and narrowed down where the children were and who could be the murderer. Whodunit was not something that you could guess before the final clues were given, and the characters realized whodunit at the same time as the reader. The main characters were interesting and likable. The historical details (mostly about cooking, foundling homes, and acceptable behavior for women and servants) were woven into the story. There were no sex scenes. There was some use of bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this enjoyable novel.


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