A Most Agreeable Murder
A Novel
by Julia Seales
Pub Date 27 Jun 2023
Random House Publishing Group - Random House,Random House
General Fiction (Adult)| Historical Fiction| Mystery & Thrillers
Through Random House Publishing Group and Netgalley, I am reviewing A Most Agreeable Murder:
A feisty, passionate woman, Beatrice Steele does not fit the definition of a true lady in Swampshire, her small English township—she is terrible at needlework, has no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it scares people that she makes people frightened. Although she has two younger sisters, beautiful Louisa and forgettable Mary, she lives a perfectly agreeable life with her marriage-scheming mother and prankster father. She harbors a dark secret, however: She is obsessed with true crime stories. She would be banished from respectable society forever if anyone in her etiquette-obsessed community found out.
In order to protect her family, she has vowed to put her obsession behind her. The Steele family hopes Louisa will win Edmund Croaksworth's heart at the upcoming autumnal ball. Martin Grub, their disgusting cousin, will inherit the family's estate if they don't, and they will be ruined or, even worse, forced to move to France. The ball is being hosted by a disgraced but alluring detective, so Beatrice must be on her best behavior.
Beatrice is just holding things together when Croaksworth dies mid-minuet. As the storm rages outside, the evening descends into a frenzy of panic, fear, and betrayal as they learn they are trapped with a killer. Beatrice must rise above decorum and decency to pursue justice and her own desires before anyone else is killed.
I give A Most Agreeable Murder five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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