A review by littletaiko
A Gilded Grave by Shelley Freydont

3.0

Overall this was a solid first book in a series set in Rhode Island during the late 1800's. Deanna is having her first season in Newport which she is cautiously looking forward to. She'd rather be doing almost anything than being a society girl, but there aren't that many options for her. When a maid is murdered at one of the balls Deanna attends she ends up investigating and connecting with a childhood friend. Deanna was a great character. The one huge drawback of the book was the depiction of the one black character in the book - a scary large man who everyone assumes practices voodoo? Really? The ending was a bit rough too with a sort of silly and offensive contrivance to unmask the murderer.