Last Seen in Santorini by Vivian Conroy

Last Seen in Santorini
by Vivian Conroy

ISBN-13: 9780008549268
ebook: 328 pages
Publisher: One More Chapter
Released: January 6, 2023

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Miss Atalanta Ashford is sightseeing near Venice when a mysterious veiled lady approaches her with the urgent request to look into her daughter's mysterious death on the idyllic Greek island of Santorini. Whilst working as a companion for the eminent Bucardi family, the unfortunate girl took a plunge from the dramatic cliffs during a walk alone. But is all as it seems?

Sailing to Santorini and going undercover as the new companion, Miss Ashford soon discovers that her client hasn't told her the full truth. Someone is watching her. Now she must unravel the mystery and prevent the breathtaking azure sea views from becoming the last she too will ever see.


My Review:
Last Seen in Santorini is a mystery set in 1930 in Venice and Santorini. This is the second book in a series. You can understand it without reading the first book, and this book didn't spoil the mystery of the previous book. Frankly, I kept forgetting that this was a historical as it could have happened in modern day. Even the setting was only briefly described as most of the action happened at the Bucardi house.

After solving one case, Atalanta now felt very confident that her logic could solve any case. She avoided requesting information and advice from her staff or her grandfather (through his letters), which was disappointing as I liked their involvement in the first case. She agreed to the racecar driver going with her to keep her safe, yet she still didn't trust him. He challenged her assumptions when she shared her ideas, but she didn't share everything with him. She was more interested in poking her nose into his past than in realizing that blackmail could be done based on what someone in power might believe, whether true or not.

She spent more time asking herself questions about the crime than in finding answers. She went over the same scenarios again and again in her thoughts, getting stuck on certain assumptions. Basically, she frustrated me, though she was generally likable. Still, there were enough clues that I had no trouble figuring out how the second murder happened and who was most likely to have done it. Further clues only confirmed my guess. I didn't even have trouble guessing the truth about the boy. Atalanta probably wouldn't have figured it out before the reveal if she hadn't finally read some advice from her grandfather. There was no sex or bad language.


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