Death from the Druid's Grove by Deb Marlowe

Death from the Druid's Grove
by Deb Marlowe

ISBN-13: 05142023DTDG1
Kindle: 261 pages
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Released: May 26, 2023

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
October 1851 . After millions of visitors and months of success, the Great Exhibition is winding down. Mr. Niall Kier and Miss Kara Levett are busy with the celebrations planned for the last weeks—and with all the commissions their involvement has brought them. Their artistic works stall, though, when the closing ceremonies are interrupted by a murder. Suddenly, a friend is under suspicion and the murder has been linked to the Druid’s Grove, the secret society in which Niall is a member and Kara has just been inducted. They dive in, hoping to quickly clear their ally’s name, except nothing is simple in the Grove and no one is exactly who they seem to be.

Niall and Kara put their talents and resources to work once more, but they find that old, sinister secrets might be behind the present-day bloodshed. And as they investigate, it appears someone might also be digging about in Niall’s mysterious past.


My Review:
Death from the Druid's Grove is a mystery set in 1851 in England. It felt like the series moved from a historical to a fantasy version of London. Yes, the mystery was based on historical problems of the time. However, the Druid’s Grove club was just bursting full of talented, outspoken women. Suddenly Kara seemed like just one of the crowd rather than uniquely talented, especially as so few of her skills were used to solve the mystery.

The clue-based mystery was still interesting, and whodunit wasn't obvious. Kara and Niall asked good questions. They used logic and their unique resources to find clues and solve whodunit. They worked well together and built each other up. There was no sex, but they had some rather intense kissing that made me think the next book might not stay sex-free. There was some bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this story to fans of historical mysteries.


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