Murder at Kensington Palace (A Wrexford and Sloane Mystery): 3

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Murder at Kensington Palace (A Wrexford and Sloane Mystery): 3

Murder at Kensington Palace (A Wrexford and Sloane Mystery): 3

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James loves recording audiobooks and is delighted to have had the opportunity to narrate such a variety of magnificent authors, from Seneca through Max Hastings and Antony Beevor, to superlative fiction by J. Charlotte is certain that this accusation is as false as the one that brought Wrexford to her door in the first book in this series. A Regency lady with a hidden past joins forces with an irritable aristocrat to solve a dastardly series of crimes. Kensington Gardens‘ mystery centres on the murder of Charlotte’s beloved childhood cousin, Cedric, Lord Chittenden; the accused, his twin brother, Nicholas Locke. Then moments after she does so, when she is rescued, the only comment made about her bizarre attire is an observation by a cop that she is wearing men’s boots.

This was the first time I have read anything by Andrea Penrose, and I have to say I did enjoy it, but with certain reservations.

Series fans will enjoy revisiting the lively cast of characters, while historical fiction readers will be satisfied by the immersive, richly detailed mystery. I will be continuing with the series, however, as there were enough changes to the basic set-up of the situation (notably, Charlotte’s change in society) that I’m curious to see where the series will go from here. Some of the dialogue became rather repetitive, and some phases kept cropping up again and again, which was rather off putting.

Penrose reveals intriguing new aspects of her protagonists' characters and relationship in a story linked to the era's technological and social changes. J. Quill is safe with the Earl of Wrexford, she’s ill prepared for the rippling effects sharing the truth about her background has cast over their relationship. Also, in a direct contradiction to my concerns over the second book where I worried that the romance had been too rushed, here, the author fell into the exact opposite problem.The characters are well drawn, the dialogue is intelligent, and the plots are clever and well paced. The relationship between Wrexford and Charlotte evolves nicely as they become more invested in each other. It’s clear that she grew up in different circumstances, but when the story begins neither Wrexford nor the reader know exactly what those circumstances were or why she left them. Charlotte lives with Wrexford’s blunt-tongued, knife-wielding cook, McClellan, and two adopted, adorable, hilarious street urchins, Raven and Hawk, aka Thomas Ravenwood Sloane and Alexander Hawksley Sloane, and affectionately dubbed “the Weasels” by Wrexford.

The slow burn, however, is beautifully maintained as the background to Wrexford and Charlotte’s friendship, with affectionate quips like this one: “A faint smile tugged at his lips. In the end, the most winning aspect of Penrose’s wonderful series is the conclusion Charlotte and Wrexford come to together and apart, that love is primary, makes life worth living, and deserves our greatest care and protection.James Cameron Stewart voiced the story, and once again, I was mesmerized by the puzzle, personalities, and romance. In fact, it’s so close to home – her past home if not her present one – that when Wrex informs her that the recently elevated Lord Chittenden is dead, she performs the only quintessential female act he’s ever seen her do. When Wrexford gets to see Cedric's body with the burns that Nicholas informs them at their visit ant Newgate.

Wrexford and Sloane must unravel secrets within secrets—including a few that entangle their own hearts—when they reunite to solve a string of shocking murders that have horrified Regency London. The third outing for Charlotte and Wrexford, as she is forced to confront and reveal her past, whilst trying to save a condemned man's life. The murder that drags Wrexford and Sloane back into the fray after the events of Murder at Half Moon Gate again hits a bit too close to home – at least for Charlotte Sloane.

Charlotte Sloane, a widow living in genteel poverty who makes ends at least wave at each other by penning satirical drawings and publishing them under the nom-de-plume A. Her wonderfully disparate and loveable found-family are expanded by real relatives as they work to uncover events to find the murderer - Lady Peake is certainly going to add some enjoyable ascerbic wit to this group of C19th Scoobies!



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