Thursday, March 31, 2022

March Rereads




As always, opinions are my own

Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson
Four stars
This book came out October 11, 2016
Borrowed as ebook from Hoopla
Opinions are my own



Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews
Meg Langlow #6
Four stars
This book came out March 7th, 2006
Audible book I own





Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall
Four stars
This book came out November 9th, 2021
Audiobook from Libby

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

Darcy Lowell is an actuary. She deals with facts. Nebulous ideas don't exist. So why is she so attracted to a woman who very much believes in things that can't be proven?
Elle Jones is an astrologer. She believes in the stars and has even built a job around that fact. In fact, her work with Darcy's brother is what brings them together. Their first date is sort of a disaster with Elle spilling wine on Darcy's vintage suit but the spark is still there. And Darcy needs to get her brother off her back about dating and Elle needs to show some stability to her family who doesn't really understand what she does.
This story was amazing. I wish there had been more closure with Elle's family but watching Elle and Darcy fall in love was a wonderful ride.

Four stars
This book came out November 10, 2020
Followed by Hang the Moon
Borrowed as ebook from Libby
Opinions are my own

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

I had heard rave reviews of this book on several podcasts that finally changed my mind about reading this book. Even though Alexis Hall is an amazing writer, I wasn't sure I would love the book. I was wrong. Hall creates vivid characters and engaging situations that make for a scintillating read that is, admittedly, a little hard to believe in a few places but overall delightful.
The Duke of Malvern has finally proposed to Miss Arabella Tarleton. She... doesn't seem impressed. In fact, the next morning, EARLY the next morning, her brother Bonaventure ("Bonny") invades the duke's bedroom to let him know that Arabella has exited, stage left. 
The two are soon on a road trip adventure that has the duke discovering that there are pleasures in life that he had never conceived of. True, the situations are outlandish but the prize, his true love, is worth it in the end.

Four stars
This book came out January 25, 2022
Followed by Something Spectacular
Borrowed as audiobook from Audible Plus
Opinions are my own

Monday, March 28, 2022

Called Out by Jen Doyle

Having completely trashed his reputation by sleeping with his best friend's fiancee, Jack "Ox" Oxford, now only has one way to fix it -- to ask for his (former) best friend's, Nate Hawkins, forgiveness. On the way into Nate's hometown, Jack stops to help fix a flat tire. Except that Lola Deacon McIntire (Nate's sister's sister-in-law) immediately recognizes him and is decidedly unhappy that he's in town. Too bad he's immediately attracted to her. And sort of entranced by her oldest son (you'd think her youngest three, the triplets, would be immediate plot-moppets but Doyle manages to avoid that completely).
Jack and Lola very slowly get to know each other but she has to figure out how to overcome the damage done by his parents.

Four stars
This book came out May 29, 2017
Follows Called up
Followed by Holiday House Call
Ebook I own
Opinions are my own

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Over My Dead Body by Rex Stout

A woman wanders into the house and says that she is a Montenegran. She demands to talk to Wolfe, wanting help for her friend. Archie leaves her alone in the office for a bit and she hides a piece of paper in his office saying that the bearer is the wife of the current prince. Oh, and also, she says she's Wolfe's
daughter. And Wolfe doesn't deny that it's a possibility. 
However, what starts as an accusation of theft ends up with two murders. There are the usual twists and turns that come in a Wolfe case, including at the end.

Three stars
This book came out January 3, 1940
Follows Some Buried Caesar
Followed by Where There's a Will
Borrowed as audiobook from Libby
Opinions are my own

Saturday, March 26, 2022

Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

I really thought that I had read this book before. Maybe I did and didn't put it in Goodreads but some of this did sound new. Overall it was definitely a good read. I just came out of a job where I was uncertain of my skills but feel like I actually did implement a lot of the things that Brene mentions in this book.
Some of her ideas include:
Always assume that people are trying their best. It requires trust but, if it is true, you can open your heart and your eyes and lets you help them better
Being BIG-
Boundaries-these are across the board; if you talk about other people, they may not trust you not to talk about them
Integrity-keep your 
Generosity-(requires boundaries)

Four stars
This book came out October 11, 2018
Audiobook borrowed from Libby
Opinions are my own

Friday, March 25, 2022

Witchy Tales by Amanda M. Lee

Aunt Tillie needs to move a lot of homemade wine. However, her annoying nieces and at least one of their boyfriends (FBI agent Landon) need to be gotten out of the way. So what does she do? She traps them in a book of fairty tales. But not just any fairy tales, these are the stories Tillie used to tell Bay, Thistle, and Clove when they were young. There are morals to be learned but they are very specific to TIllie's own morals.
I had known there were some books in between the main series of the Wicked Witches of the Midwest but only stumbled across this one recently. This story was fine even if it was a bit heavy-handed. 

Three stars
This book came out June 7, 2015
Followed by Witch in Time
Borrowed as ebook from Kindle Unlimited
Opinions are my own

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Calling It by Jen Doyle

When she was younger, Dorie Donelli had a fairly large crush on baseball player Nate Hawkins. It was part of the reason she moved to his hometown. But she's over it. Well, until he shows up in her apartment. While she's in the shower. And without her glasses. So, not knowing who he is or why he's in her place, she tries to bean him with a handy baseball bat. 
Nate is back in town recovering from the fact that his (former) fiancee  is pregnant by his (former) best friend. He has three weeks before spring training and is trying to get his head on straight. It's just going to be a fling. They both know that. Except... that they both might be falling harder than they think...
A nice world-building start to the series.

Three and a half stars
This book came out April 11, 2016
Followed by Called Up
Ebook I own
Opinions are my own

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

How to Be a Wallflower by Eloisa James

Cleopatra Lewis might be the granddaughter of a viscount but she had a very unusual upbringing. She's also been lucky enough to have inherited a fortune, one that she is using to help others in need (while also growing it larger). The book opens with Cleo buying a costume company out from underneath the nose of Jacob Astor Addison, an American. He wants to move the company to America and the current owner, Martha, really prefers that not to happen. 
Jake is fairly incensed that the company was stolen out from under him so he devises a plan to put it out of business. He denies an interest in Cleo; he wants a restful wife. Someone like practically-his-fiancee Frederica. So what if she seems overly interested in cows? 
Cleo isn't interested in being presented but her grandfather would like to acknowledge her. She does have fun with Lady Yasmin, another woman on the fringes of society but that doesn't mean that she wants to be a success. She strikes a bargain with Jake that they will order each other's wardrobes. She will get half-mourning and he will get outlandish colors. It's too bad that they are so attracted to each other otherwise this might be a great friendship.
This was an okay story but didn't feel like it had the depth that a James story usually has.

Three stars
This book comes out March 29, 2022
ARC kindly provided by Avon and Harper Voyager and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Holmes

Danielle Boatman's husband died 6 months ago so the inheritance from her great-aunt comes as a pleasant surprise. She decides to convert the old Marlow House into a bed and breakfast. She is pleasantly surprised to discover that it is in good condition with furniture that is surprisingly well-kept for a house that has been vacant for 90 years. But, she learns that the house has secrets, including the ghost of Walter Marlow who died in the house 90 years ago. There may also be a hidden treasure that people today are still searching for and may even be willing to kill for.
A nice start to a new series that managed to create a world with some rules without any info dumps.\

Three and a half stars
This book came out August 30, 2014
Borrowed as audiobook from Libby
Opinions are my own

Monday, March 21, 2022

Loverboy by Sarina Bowen

Posy and Gunnar knew each other once upon a time. They were both bartenders vying for the manager's position at Paxton's, a bar owned by Posy's father. Now, years later, the roles are reversed. Gunnar is a wealthy man while Posy is struggling to hold on to the last building her grandmother left her. She's opened a pie shop and needs a barista.
Gunnar needs access to Posy's shop because there are some posts coming from the dark web that are being posted from her pie shop. These posts contain information relating to a series of murders of various hackers. Also, there are a number of bad guys in town and Gunnar's company is dedicated to taking them down.
A little too much crazy in this book and it's all grouped at the end but it's not going to make me give up reading Bowen.

Three stars
This book came out December 1st, 2020
Follows Moonlighter
Borrowed as ebook from Hoopla
Opinions are my own

Sunday, March 20, 2022

The Love List by Naima Simone


I hadn't read the other books in this series and felt like I missed a little bit. Especially since there seemed to be so much back story to Korrie's fiance leaving her basically at the altar. Which isn't a good look for a wedding planner. Now her ex is back in town trying to get her forgiveness. But there is another man holding her interest...
Israel is the town bad boy and he knows that hooking up with the pastor's daughter probably isn't going to be a long-term romance. But that doesn't mean a boy can't dream. Especially a boy who writes (or used to write) best-selling romance books.
I wish this book had been a longer book. Korrie and Israel needed more time. And Israel's back story as a romance writer? Please. Could we have explored that more?

Three stars
This novella came out March 1, 2002
Follows Christmas in Rose Bend
Followed by With Love from Rose Bend
Opinions are my own

Saturday, March 19, 2022

Bringing Down the House by A.R. Casella

We've seen Nicole and gotten glimpses of Damien in earlier books in the series. This fits in the series chronologically, at least I think, a bit before the previously released book because Damien and Nicole were already married and this is the story of them meeting.
Nicole is in HR but she's just a little... off-beat, which can be detrimental in her line of work. But she just accept a new job in a little theater. And the main male actor is HAWT. There is an immediate attraction but the two also cross over when a man Nicole is trailing to prove that he is cheating is also being tailed by Damien. 
As usual in a Casella book, it all goes a little crazy from there but it is a fun ride (as along as you are willing to wildly suspend your disbelief.)

Three and a half stars
This book came out March 10, 2022
Borrowed as ebook from Kindle Unlimited
Opinions are my own

Friday, March 18, 2022

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiance by Jennifer Peel

I tried reading the first three books in this series and this was the only one I made it completely through. I think I liked it because there was a relationship that was built on since Ryder and Shelby had known each other before. But it was also sort of annoying the whole time I was reading it because so much could have been solved had they just talked to each other. Good Lord.
Shelby and Ryland used to know each other. In fact, they used to be engaged. Until a series of unfortunate events broke them up. 
Now they are living in the same town again and it is possible that they could get back together. If they'd only talk to each other. But they don't. So we get a whole book of misunderstandings and people hiding feelings and thinking they know what the other person wants.

Two and a half stars
This book came out April 12, 2019
Folllows My Not So Wicked Step-Brother
Followed by My Not So Wicked Boss
Borrowed as ebook from Kindle Unlimited
Opinions are my own

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Kissing Games by Stefanie London

I hadn't read the first book in this series but I didn't really feel like I needed to. The characters were developed fairly well but I didn't especially love the Big Misunderstanding at the end. I have a feeling it won't bother most romance readers though.
Ryan Bower is back in Kissing Creek in his parents house. Yes, it sucks that he's out with an injury while his MLB team is on their way to winning it all. Yes, it also sucks that he's aging out of this career and a young phenom has stepped into his place. What really sucks at the moment though is listening to his parents... having sex. Just... ew. And their love life has picked up because of a book they're reading in the local library book club. And that's not okay. So he decides to confront the local librarian.
Sloan Rickman has picked Kissing  Creek as a place to finally grow roots. Growing up, her parents moved her all over the world so she never really had a chance to make friends. But she's been in one little town, helping to run the library, and getting to wear all of her nerdy, dinosaur-themed clothes. It's not in her plan to meet someone whose career would take precedence over hers just like her mother's did over her father's. And that just didn't end well, did it? So why even bother? Especially when he's standing in her library blaming her for his parents enjoying a book a little too much. But then they start working together on a float for the local parade and it seems they might have a spark of something that isn't exactly disgust...

Three and a half stars
This book comes out March 21, 2022
Follows Kissing Lessons
ARC kindly provided by Entangled Publishing, LLC and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

Five years ago, Tempest's mother disappeared during a magical illusion involving water. Their family's magic tricks usually involve water and it has been true that, for the last five generations, the oldest child has died under mysterious circumstances. It is known as the Raj family curse. Lately her life hasn't been so good because her last magic trick went wrong and now life is even worse because her body double (don't call her an assistant), Cassidy, has been found dead, hidden behind a wall in the house her father's construction crew is managing. 
There is a lot going on this story and I really liked the writing but the mystery just got a little too convoluted for me. 

Three and a half stars
This book come out March 22nd, 2022
Follows the The Raven Thief
ARC kindly provided by St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley
Opinions are my own


Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse

Edwin, the less-than-helpful Boy Scout, makes another appearance in this book as Bertie and Jeeves are in Steeple Bumpleigh. Jeeves has finally won his bid to be able to go fishing on his break. Bertie is supposed to stay in a separate home but it is burned down on his first day there through Edwin's actions. This is not great as Lord Worplesdon (Edwin's father, also father to the fearsome Florence Craye who once tried to marry and "improve" Bertie) needed that cottage to make some super secret side deal that he doesn't want anyone, ANYONE, to know about. 
More engagement confusion as Florence is affianced to the local police constable who definitely does not look kindly on her former fiance. Also, there is also Xenobia "Nobby" Hopwood who wants to marry a friend of Bertie's before he goes off to write scripts for Hollywood but her uncle (Lord Worpledon) doesn't trust writers.
A mass of confusing stories as usual but still a fun read.

Three stars
This book came out in 1947
Borrowed as audiobook from Audible
Opinion are my own

Monday, March 14, 2022

The Last Eligible Billionaire by Pippa Grant

Begonia is definitely the sunshine character in this book. She is also bordering on manic pixie dream girl as the first time she meets the hero of our book, she is basically naked in his house having fallen for a fake-AirBnB-type scheme.
Hayes is sometimes a little overly grumpy and hard to get to like in this book. He is the reluctant savior of his family's Disney-type film company. His brother, a well-known actor, has always been the golden boy so he can't step in when Hayes's cousin dies leaving a seat open as heir to the throne of the business side of things. He is not at all delighted to find an intruder in his house. Especially one with a dog that he is direly allergic to. But he needs Begonia. His mother keeps throwing women at him, women that he's not particularly interested in, and having Begonia as his fake girlfriend will throw her off. 
I do enjoy Pippa Grant but this particular book was a little too silly with too much time spent on shenanigans and not enough time building a believable relationship between two such opposite characters.

Three stars
This book came out March 3, 2022
Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited
Opinions are my own

Sunday, March 13, 2022

The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer

TW: Casual racism
I enjoyed some of the later Hildegarde Withers books and though I might as well start at the beginning. While she is sort of scattershot in figuring out who the killer is,  Ms. Withers does eventually win out in the end. And the final solve is also a little convoluted but it was an okay book to listen to while I drove to and from town.
Miss Withers is a teacher who has moved from Iowa to New York City. She has her class on a trip to the aquarium when a man is killed. With her hat pin, no less. For a spinster teacher, this is more than a little excitement. The police are quick to arrest the man's wife's lover. The wife remains free but is under heavy suspicion. Miss Withers is determined to find the murderer and the inspector on the case is surprisingly willing to let her.

Three stars
This book came out in 1931
Followed by Murder on Wheels
Listened to audibook I bought on Audible
Opinions are my own

Saturday, March 12, 2022

Moonlighter by Sarina Bowen


The last time Alex and Eric met each other, she didn't even recognize him as her childhood playmate. To be fair, he's filled out a little bit and a professional hockey player doesn't often look like an eleven-year-old boy. 
Now, he's been asked by his brother to provide some extra protection for her in the off-season, posing as her fake boyfriend. See, Alex is the head of this huge tech firm and she HAS to attend a conference to schmooze and find a provider for an important part but her ex is also going to be there. The ex that she is currently pregnant by.
Eric reluctantly agrees but finds himself attracted to Alex and reluctant to let her go. Even when matters get more complicated (i.e. a certain foreign power trying to make sure they are the ones providing her parts). 
This was an interesting story but parts were just too much over the top for me.

Three stars
This book came out October 22, 2019
Follows Superfan
Followed by Sure Shot, Loverboy
Borrowed as ebook from Hoopla
Opinions are my own

Friday, March 11, 2022

Murder at the Summer Fete by Victoria Walters

Nancy, her grandmother Jane, and her friend Jonathon have a new mystery to solve. Nancy is hosting author Thomas Green but someone has been defacing his promotional posters. Who has a grudge against Green? Well, it turns out that several people might. And it will be up to the mystery-solving triad to work together and figure it out.
I don't love that Nancy's ex is still hanging around. Love triangles are one of my least favorite tropes in a cozy mystery. This book was also a little predictable but that can happen in this genre. 

Three stars
This book comes out March 17, 2022
ARC kindly provided by Hera Books and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Thursday, March 10, 2022

The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery

As if she didn't have enough fires to put out, Robyn Caldwell is now dealing with the latest of her ex-husband's little peccadilloes. It's not like he's actually her problem to deal with but the things he does do still reflect on her children. Not that her children will notice as they are both dealing with their own lives... sort of. Not in ways that Robyn would expect anyway. But it's Cord's latest decision that has her accepting an invitation from her great-aunt Lillian to get out of town for a bit. Lillian is getting ready for her eventual demise and wants Robyn to come for a visit to finalize her last wishes. Also at the amazing house that Lillian lives in? Mason who will inherit the actual building. He is a good guy and manages to be both manly and respectful which is awesome in a contemporary hero. 
And he mostly deals well with all of the people who follow Robyn out to California from Florida including her eighteen-year-old son who has a plan but refuses to tell her, her twenty-two-year-old daughter who is engaged but Robyn fears it may be too fast, her boss who is embarking on an affair that Robyn is discouraging her from, her ex-husband and his girlfriend, and her daughter's fiance.
The boss storyline didn't need to be in there and the daughter and her fiance's storyline was a little overwrought, otherwise, this is Mallery at her best. 

Four stars
This book come out March 15, 2022
ARC kindly provided by HarperCollins and Edelweiss
Opinions are my own

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse

The cow creamer. It is all about a silver cow creamer. "Pop" Bassett wants the creamer and steals it out from under the nose of Bertie's Uncle Tom. So his Aunt Dahlia commands him to steal the creamer. Bertie would rather not but he heads out to the estate anyway as he has been sent a series of frantic telegrams from Gussie Fink-Nottle whose engagement to Angela Bassett seems to be on the line. When Bertie arrives, he discovers that Roderick Spode, a man who is in love with Angela but Jeeves is able to spike his guns. There is also an engagement between Stephanie Bink (the niece of Pop Bassett) and an old friend of Bertie's, "Stinker" Pinker, now a curate, as well as some kerfuffle related to a policeman's hat. 
Of course, all is finished satisfactorily and Jeeves has convinced Bertie to sail off on a world-round cruise.

Three and a half stars
This book came out October 7, 1938
Followed by Joy in the Morning
Opinions are my own

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Herring on the Nile by L.C. Tyler

The ending was a little convoluted but I overall enjoyed the story.
After the last story, Ethelred has decided that he needs a trip to Egypt. Maybe it will help him with his next story (though the only work we see in this book is him answering questions for newspaper articles, most of which have confused him with another more popular writer.) 
The noxious Annabelle is no longer with him. Perhaps that is because Ethelred is selling the ancestral home that she wants so badly. But, though wildly romantic, Ethelred is also wildly pragmatic. He believes that Annabelle will stay with him even without the property. He seems to have been wrong because he is now on the cruise with his editor.
And the cruise quickly becomes a sort of locked room mystery with a character from a previous book claiming to be protecting an unknown client. Well, he knows the client's name but not who the client is. When a man is murdered, was it the right person or was it supposed to be Ethelred. 
Then the book sort of veers wildly from the classic mystery to a seventies kidnapping mystery and then ends, as I mentioned at the beginning, sort of confusingly. But I did enjoy the ride.

Three and a half stars
This book came out in 2011
Followed by Crooked Herring
Borrowed as ebook from Hoopla
Opinions are my own

Monday, March 7, 2022

Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie never learns. In this book, he is absolutely certain that he knows best. However, it will come as no surprise that all he knows is how to create chaos. It is, of course, up to Jeeves to sort out the relationships between Gussie Finknottle and Madeline Bassett (else she might turn her eye back to Bertie(!)). There are also issues arising between his gambling aunt and Uncle Tom once again. 
When Bertie recommends the same course of action to both his aunt and Gussie, he ends two engagements and almost causes Anatole (the unparalleled chef from previous books). Luckily, Jeeves is there to step in.

Four stars
This book came out October 5, 1934
Borrowed as audiobook from Audible Plus
Opinions are my own

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz

This is a book that is definitely dated (references to PDAs and characters who don't know how to email) but is still pretty fun.
Desdemona Wainwright meets Sam Stark because she caters his wedding. The opening scene has her talking to Sam about the bill for his aborted wedding. She knows that he is attracted to him and, as he comes out of his stupor, he realizes that he kind of likes her as well. Desdemona is a little worried that he is still upset over his wedding and invites him to an experimental theater show that stars members of her family. It is drilled into us over and over again that the Wainwrights are emotional, emoting, theater people and that Sam is akin to a robot (does he not have feelings or does he just hide them?). But he and Desdemona manage to get together, even managing a relationship around Sam's two half-brothers who show up at his house unexpectedly.

Three and a half stars
This book came out September 1, 1995
Hard copy I didn't keep
Opinions are my own

Saturday, March 5, 2022

Amor Actually -- anthology

A collection of short stories by various Latinx authors that takes the various story lines of Love Actually and turns them into stories with happy endings. I appreciated getting to read some new authors and those stories were fine but I ended up liking the authors which I had already read a little bit more, probably because I already know their voices and read them because I like them.


Three and a half stars 
This book came out December 7, 2021
Borrowed as ebook from Libby
Opinions are my own

Friday, March 4, 2022

The Art of Deception by Nora Roberts

Ufda. This book really did not age well. The hero leans close to alphahole and our heroine tends toward an early manic pixie dream girl. She and her father veer from arch and loving to over the top in a sort of annoying way.

All Adam Hastings wants to do is figure out what is going on with some art forgeries. He has a mysterious friend he's talking to while he's staying at Phillip Fairchild's house because... somehow they know Phillip is connected? But he doesn't realize that Phillip has a daughter and is shocked by her. But attracted! Because Kirby, an accomplished sculptor, screams sex. Well, her body does. Her personality is also attractive, so why not? But the plot is more twisted than it appears and becomes more and more convoluted.

Two stars
This book came out February 28th, 1986
Borrowed as ebook from Libby
Opinions are my own

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Beware of Low-Flying Corn Muffins by Lincoln Peirce

I love the Big Nate books. Peirce does such a good job of creating a kid who would like to believe that he is smooth and worldly but he is actually usually short of the mark. In this collection, we get to see that in a series of stories including the low-flying corn muffin incident where Nate gets the coach in the head. We also find out that Nate and his nemesis Mrs. Godfrey share a surprising interest. Nate almost loses his status as the king of gossip around school. 

Four stars
This book comes out March 8, 2022
Follows Aloha!
Followed by Release the Hounds
ARC kindly provided by Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

Leaving Thistle Grove was hard but for the current scion of the Harlow family, Emmy, returning is even harder. She left after a painful breakup with another witch, Gareth Blackmoore. She's finally back in town and learns that Gareth has cut quite the swath through town, seducing two of her friends. Well, one is her best friend and one is about to be something more... But can she get back at her ex and also fall in love? Yes, yes she can.
This is an interesting world that Harper built but the ending was a little too much wrapped up in Emmy's ego for me to really enjoy the book. I'm looking forward to the next in the series.

Four stars
This book came out October 5, 2021
Followed by From Bad to Cursed
Borrowed as ebook from Libby
Opinions are my own

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers


What happens when a doctor suspects murder but has no way to prove it? If he's overheard by Lord Peter Wimsey and his friend Charles Parker, police detective extraordinaire, he might have a chance.  A doctor believes that a niece has killed her aunt but can't prove it. The local village rallies around her and he is forced to leave town. But he still believes that the death was not accidental. Lord Peter helps him prove that the niece is not as innocent as she appears to be but not before a couple more murders.
Love, love, love Ian Carmichael as the narrator. He is simply amazing.

Four stars
This book came out in 1927
Borrowed as audiobook from Audible Plus
Opinions are my own