When the host of a posh gathering at the country estate of Edward Boswick, Earl of Dunsford, turns up dead, his companions, some of the elite aristocrats of the land, blame a helpless servant, until Alexandra Gladstone, the lady doctor of Newton-upon-Sea, sets out to unravel the truth, in a mystery set against the backdrop of rural Victorian England. Original.
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I was pleasantly surprised by this Kindle freebie. A light, cozy historical mystery first published in 2002, now re-issued as an ebook by the author. There isn't much in historical setup or background. In fact at times it felt I was reading an episode of Dr. Quinn, set in the English countryside instead of the American West and with a mix of aristocrats, servants and thugs instead of indians and pionieers. Sully, the mountain men is Nicholas, the barrister who teams up with female doctor Alexandra Gladstone to solve the murder of the Earl of Dunsford. There is a hint of a developing romance, but to see if I'm right about that I'll have to read book 2 in the series and I am tempted to do just that.
All in all a quick and easy read.
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