Murder in Season by Mary Winters

Murder in Season
by Mary Winters

ISBN-13: 9781448314041
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Severn House
Released: December 3, 2024

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Countess and secret advice columnist, Amelia Amesbury has a content life...until her sister Margaret shows up in London under a blanket of scandal and Amelia is catapulted into the ton's unforgiving Season.

However Madge's Season debut is marred by a rather inconvenient death at the dining table as the infamous Mr Radcliffe takes ill and is later confirmed dead by poisoning. With Madge being the last person to have cross words with the soon-to-be baron, the ton's gossip mill - and the police - are looking to pin the murder on her.

Adding to the ton's troubles is a jewellery thief targeting the most lavish of Society's houses. Is the murderer and the thief one in the same? It falls to Amelia once again to uncover the secrets buried deep within the pages before her sister goes down for the crimes.


My Review:
Murder in Season is a mystery set in 1860 in England. Amelia's role as a advice column writer provided the reader with a sense of the historical period and showed Amelia's attitude toward social norms. The main characters were likable. Amelia asked questions to discover who had a motive and was present when the murder or thefts happened. She wanted to solve who was stealing heirloom jewelry at rich people's homes during social gatherings. She felt she had to solve the murder because the detective on the case had a grudge against the Amesbury family and was determined to pin the murder on Madge. There were clues, and Amelia connected the clues to the culprit as quickly as the reader can.

There was no sex. There were a couple uses of bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this interesting mystery.


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