From the publisher: A
wealthy lord who happens to be a brilliant scientist . . . an enigmatic young
widow who secretly pens satirical cartoons . . . a violent killing disguised as
a robbery . . . Nothing is as it seems in Regency London, especially when the
Earl of Wrexford and Charlotte Sloane join forces to solve a shocking murder.
Murder at Half-Moon
Gate is the second book in a mystery series set in Regency England. It
reminded me of the earliest (and best) books in Anne Perry’s William Monk and Thomas
and Charlotte Pitt mystery series.
Lord Wrexford is a more sympathetic version of Sherlock
Holmes – analytical and distant but willing to lay down his life for those in
his small circle of friends. Mrs. Sloane is a woman with secrets who draws
scathing political cartoons under a man’s pseudonym and has taken two street
urchins into her home. Wrexford and Sloane solve their second mystery in this
book and are clearly headed for a romance, as each struggles to hide feelings they
don’t particularly want but can’t deny.
I’m not an expert in this era, but the historical details
felt real to me as a reader. I found the minutiae about steam engines a bit
tedious, but otherwise the characters, plot, and dialog were highly enjoyable. I
will definitely be going back to read book one, Murder on Black Swan Lane
I read an advance reader copy of Murder at Half-Moon Gate. It is scheduled to be published at the
end of March. It and Murder on Black Swan
Lane will be available at the Galesburg Public Library in print and as
ebooks.
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