Murder Most Fair (Verity Kent, #5)
Anna Lee Huber
All is far from quiet on the home front in national bestselling author Anna Lee Huber's captivating mystery series, in which former Secret Service agent Verity Kent receives a visitor—who is being trailed by a killer... November 1919. A relaxing few weeks by the seaside with her husband, Sidney, could almost convince Verity Kent that life has returned to the pleasant rhythm of pre-war days. Then Verity's beloved Great Aunt Ilse lands on their doorstep. After years in war-ravaged Germany, Ilse has returned to England to repair her fragile health—and to escape trouble. Someone has been sending her anonymous threats, and Verity's Secret Service contacts can only provide unsettling answers. Even deep in the Yorkshire Dales, where she joins Verity's family for the holidays, Ilse encounters difficulties. Normally peaceful neighbors are hostile, seeking someone to blame for the losses they've endured. When Ilse's maid is found dead, Verity must uncover whether this is anti-German sentiment taken to murderous lengths, or whether there is a more personal motive at work. Could Verity's shadowy nemesis, Lord Ardmore, be involved? And if so, how much closer to home will the blow land when he inevitably strikes again?
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0Another dramatic historical adventure in the continuing Verity Kent series. Murder Most Fair pursues the, by now somewhat complicated, story threads begun in earlier volumes, while adding in a new, standalone mystery plot centered in Verity's Yorkshire family home.
The series, though generally fun in its high stakes action, has always dealt with serious themes, given its setting in the immediate aftermath of WWI, and Murder Most Fair delves more into the trauma and loss that Verity and those around her have experienced and must figure out how to deal with. It's a slower-paced, less action-packed story than the earlier books in the series, and while I thought the mystery was fine but not spectacular, the nuanced, moving portrayals of grief, anger, shame, in this post-war society more than made up for it. It's more of a character study in some ways, moving Verity and Sidney along in their emotional journey though not quite as much progress is made in the overarching plot of betrayal and espionage. A must-read for fans of the series.
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the advance review copy!
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