Title: Death and Deception: A Victorian Book Club Mystery
Author: Callie Hutton
Published: December 2022
Genre: Historical Mystery, Cozy Mystery

Blurb:

After almost a year of marriage, Lord William Wethington and Lady Amy Wethington have put aside their sleuthing skills to prepare for their first child. T’would be an easy thing except to their dismay, dead bodies are once again popping up.

A corpse discovered floating in the Roman Baths was startling enough, but the unfortunate victim turns out to be Amy’s and her sister-in-law Eloise’s midwife. Mrs. Rita Fleming.

“Do not get involved,” Lord William warns.

“We are ordering you not to entangle yourself,” incompetent Bath Police Detectives Carson and Marsh state.

Lady Amy reluctantly agrees and takes up a questionable hobby that William swears will eventually poison him.

Then another body shows up.

Now, really, what’s a bore mystery writer to do?

My Review:

I never knew Callie Hutton could write such an interesting mystery story. It was an easy read but also made you ponder and guess who could be the suspect among the characters.

William and Amy are preparing the born of their first child, and William also demands Amy to cease thinking of her mystery book and focus on the baby but as soon as the ill-mouthed midwife, Mrs. Fleming appears, I had an inkling something is going to happen to her.

Well, my instinct told me right, she is dead and the mystery begins here. William is so protective of Amy and he wants her to stay out of the case so does the Police detectives who were helped by them during the prior case.  When she can’t stay still, Amy and her best-friend aka sister-in-law begin sniffing and interviewing some close acquaintances and the more they are deep into investigation, the more I got intrigued in. 

It’s apparently not the only murder. Some acquaintances of Mrs. Fleming’s are found dead and it just makes the bored Amy with no idea for her mystery story comes up is more drawn despite the warning therefore William is inclined help to solve the mystery so that Amy can solely focus on their baby.

Despite its title, the mystery is easy to absorb and I loved reading it through and through. All the characters that appear have their own roles to make the readers entertained especially Amy and William’s family. It’s a page-turning mystery and massively entertaining. Thank you, Callie Hutton for this ARC which I voluntary reviewed.

Rate: 5 of 5

About the author

My historical romances are full of heat, and quirky characters. I’ve always loved history, which was my college major. Things of the past fascinate me. Not those boring history classes in high school, but the history of people. How they lived their lives, what they ate, what they wore, the challenges they faced, what they worried about.

I have recently delved into Historical Cozy Mysteries. My very first one, For the Love of the Baron, a Historical Suspense novella, spurred me to try a full length, non-romance focused cozy mystery. A study in Murder released this year from Crooked Lane Publishing, and the reviews have been very good. The second book in that series, The Sign of Death, will release in April of 2021.

Although those books are not strictly romance, the main characters, William, Lord Wethington, and Lady Amy Lovell have formed a friendship while solving a murder mystery. Who knows where that will take them?

Take a look around my website and check out some of the books I write, and their lovely covers.

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