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A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder

Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder Series, Book 1

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A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder

By: Victoria Hamilton
Narrated by: Heather Wilds
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Scandal and slayings among Regency London's elite

The shocking murder of Sir Henry Claybourne leaves Regency London shaken and horror-struck. But for genteel spinster Miss Emmeline St. Germaine, the crime slices far too close to home. Just hours before the knight's death she held a dagger to him, threatening him to stay silent as she rescued a scullery maid he had procured for his pleasure.

Did the man - or woman - who murdered the knight know of her visit? Her secret identity at risk, her reputation and life in jeopardy, Emmeline must solve the crime or face scandalous exposure and ruination, or worse - the hangman's noose - for a crime she did not commit.

©2019 Victoria Hamilton (P)2019 Tantor Crime Historical Mystery Fiction

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Critic reviews

"[An] outstanding series launch...Hamilton expertly balances the page-turning detection with the story of a hypocritical society where women, whether they are scullery maids or orphans, rarely get to make their own decisions." (Publishers Weekly)
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I love the idea of a strong female character but found the unremitting moralizing a bit insulting and frankly superfluous to the story. It would have been a powerful gripping tale without it and still made its point. The narrator’s inflection and timing was also tedious and sometimes risked obscuring the meaning. Sad because the story line is very poignant.

Old issues still true

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Unlike the previous two reviews. I didn’t totally hate this! It’s an interesting story but it took too long to tell!

You get used to the narrator voice, her style is no worse than others. She is better than most, but the unnecessary detail does tire one.

This was an included Audible Plus title, which was good (I wouldn’t have spent a credit on it and, I’m sure many would ask for a refund)!

However, given its plot, there could have been a more interesting way to present this. The author made little effort to do so - it was obvious to prove how aware she was of the period - however there was no “enjoying the journey”. The ending is not at all satisfying and the ploy to encourage you to immediately run to the next book, falls flat. I sincerely doubt that anyone would!

(Reading hint: I f you’re struggling to get through this: Read 1-10 then 25 until the end)!

Took a Long Time Telling

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The story seems to be an extended battle of the sexes where all the male characters are either well meaning but weak and ineffectual or stupid or cruel and vindictive or just fundamentally unpleasant. The females on the other hand are brave, courageous women battling the outrageous wrongs done to them by the (male) laws of the time. It doesn't help that the narrator reads it as if every word is a personal intellectual insult and was possibly reading it at arms length to avoid a nasty smell. Her very strange attempt at an upper class English accent put the emphasis on the wrong word in almost every sentence and she has the wierdest habit of raising her inflection at the end of sentences ( or even at commas) that not only confuses the meaning but ruins the flow. It was so annoying I couldn't get beyond chapter 5 and would only give it half a star if I could.

Poor story made worse by narrator

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