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Of Manners and Murder
Of Manners and Murder: A Dear Miss Hermione Mystery | Anastasia Hastings
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This was a fun, historic mystery. The narrator‘s version of the flaky sister grated on my nerves but otherwise it was fun. Obvious villain but fun.

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I liked the characters, especially Violet; she is a strong, independent, determined woman. It is a fast-paced novel for the most part, and it kept me hooked right from the start. I enjoyed the audiobook! Sephora‘s voice was annoying though; it was whiny and shrill, but I will say it was probably the correct voice for a character such as she. Hutchinson-Shaw creates emotion and suspense in her voices, inflection and pace.

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This is the first in the new Dear Miss Hermione series, and it started out as a mixed bag for me, however by the latter half, the good outweighed the issues for me. Set in 1885 England, Violet‘s Aunt Adelia (who is an Agony Aunt in London‘s newspaper world) abruptly leaves her column in her niece‘s hands as she leaves town. Violet receives a dire letter from a young woman, Ivy Armstrong, asking for her help as she believes she is going to be 🔻

robinb murdered, and she even points out four possible suspects. But as Violet arrives in Ivy‘s village, she discovers Ivy has met with an “accident”, and she becomes determined to find justice. Violet is the principal voice here, however her 16 yo half sister Sephora has her own misadventures (told in her voice). Sephora was an annoying, entitled, rude girl that I found hard to sympathize with. However there were signs that Sephora‘s character 🔻 2y
robinb might begin to change, hopefully for the better. There was also a very late introduction of a character out-of-the-blue that threw me and heralded another facet to the series. But the writing was good, I enjoyed Violet‘s character and the mystery (even though guessable) was entertaining. I would give the second one a try. 4/5⭐️ 2y
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