The Sign of Death (A Victorian Book Club Mystery #2) by Callie Hutton

 

The Sign of Death

(A Victorian Book Club Mystery #2)

by Callie Hutton

Hardcover

Expected publication: April 13th 2021 by Crooked Lane Books

Synopsis: 

USA Today bestselling author Callie Hutton returns with her second Victorian Book Club mystery, in which Lady Amy and Lord William sleuth the death of a teetotaler who took a fatal dunk in the drink.

Bath, England, 1891. Mr. James Harding was a lot of things--businessman, well-to-do, probable scoundrel--but a drinker he most assuredly was not. So when Harding is believed to have drunkenly fallen to his death into the icy River Avon, Lord William Wethington is immediately suspicious. Finding Lord William's name on a letter in the victim's pocket, the local constabulary summons William to identify the victim. Police detectives learn that William had been one of Harding's business clients--and undoubtedly not the only client the dead man had cheated.

William entreats Lady Amy Lovell, a fellow member of the Mystery Book Club of Bath, to help him deduce what really happened to the late Mr. Harding. Lady Amy, a celebrated mystery author herself, once called on William to help her solve a real-life mystery, and now she fully intends to return the favor. But it won't be easy.

Practically every one of Harding's many clients had ample reason to want to do him in. And there's precious little time to narrow down the list: William and Amy soon become prime suspects themselves when the police discover them ruffling through files in Harding's house. Lady Amy will have to be as clever as her characters if she's to save William from the gallows...and herself from Harding's real killer.

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4.5 stars

This is the second book in the A Victorian Book Club mystery series by Callie Hutton.

I really resonated with this book. I equally liked both Lord William and Lady Amy as main characters. I think I have found a new must read series for me.

The setting is just up my alley. Love the whole Victorian England time period. And when Lord William’s mom decides she is moving in with him permanently, what a hoot. I wish I could have seen his face.

The mystery here really keeps you guessing and the whole cast is just stellar! What an amazing read. Definitely check out this series for sure!

If you love a good historical cozy mystery, definitely check this one out.

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.