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annarella's review
4.0
Another good and entertaining mystery in this series.
A solid mystery, cultural clash between the Americans and British, fleshed out characters.
It wasn't hard to guess the culprit but I didn't guess the motive.
Entertaining and engrossing.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
A solid mystery, cultural clash between the Americans and British, fleshed out characters.
It wasn't hard to guess the culprit but I didn't guess the motive.
Entertaining and engrossing.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
teatimewtrisha's review
The fifth in the Crime with the Classics series, this particular book references Forster’s novels. I was a little worried about this because I haven’t read anything by Forster in a decade. Thankfully, Bolger Hyde was kind enough to reference the relevant novels and details, using her protagonist Emily as the mouthpiece.
Emily, a clear anglophile from the US, is on honeymoon in England with her sheriff husband, Luke. They are guests in a baronet’s home called Fitzhugh Manor. As these are modern times, this aristocratic family is doing its best to hold on to their home while bringing it into the present. In addition to allowing people stay in their home, they provide horse riding lessons and are building cottages to sell on a portion of their land. The dowager Lady Margaret is shielded from these changes, and believes the newlyweds are family friends. She is of the “old guard,” insisting on traditions such as dressing formally for dinner and employing a lady’s maid. This combination of today and yesterday is a fun mix, and the reader, especially if they’re an anglophile too, is living vicariously through Emily.
A Fitzhugh family member dies, and although it looks like an accident, it is more likely murder. Emily and Luke, a total match made in heaven, find themselves embroiled in the investigation. G I liked how they teamed up for the mystery. Cozies always have a woman detective who teams up with the local cop, but this was better than the usual set up, as the point of view alternated between the two of them. Generally, detective does all the legwork and the cop shows up at strategic points in the story, especially at the end where he claps handcuffs on the culprit. Seeing the two of them work out what is going on together was a fun take.
I have to say, this was a perfect way to start my fall reading.
Emily, a clear anglophile from the US, is on honeymoon in England with her sheriff husband, Luke. They are guests in a baronet’s home called Fitzhugh Manor. As these are modern times, this aristocratic family is doing its best to hold on to their home while bringing it into the present. In addition to allowing people stay in their home, they provide horse riding lessons and are building cottages to sell on a portion of their land. The dowager Lady Margaret is shielded from these changes, and believes the newlyweds are family friends. She is of the “old guard,” insisting on traditions such as dressing formally for dinner and employing a lady’s maid. This combination of today and yesterday is a fun mix, and the reader, especially if they’re an anglophile too, is living vicariously through Emily.
A Fitzhugh family member dies, and although it looks like an accident, it is more likely murder. Emily and Luke, a total match made in heaven, find themselves embroiled in the investigation. G I liked how they teamed up for the mystery. Cozies always have a woman detective who teams up with the local cop, but this was better than the usual set up, as the point of view alternated between the two of them. Generally, detective does all the legwork and the cop shows up at strategic points in the story, especially at the end where he claps handcuffs on the culprit. Seeing the two of them work out what is going on together was a fun take.
I have to say, this was a perfect way to start my fall reading.
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