A review by whatshereads727
The Secret of the Lady's Maid by Darcie Wilde

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious relaxing medium-paced

4.0

 

The setting in this story is immersive, with dark coffee shops, strolls through Hyde Park, plenty of fog, and thorough explanations of London policing in 1820. This is a mystery centered on a young amateur sleuth Rosalind Thorne. In 1820 London, Rosalind and her dear friend Alice Littlefield have recently moved in together, and Alice has developed feelings for the pair’s maid, Amelia. At Amelia’s previous place of employment, she’d fallen in love with her employer’s daughter, Cate Levitton. While fetching supplies for Rosalind and Alice at a local market one morning, Amelia stumbles into Cate, who appears to be on death’s door, and brings her back to Rosalind and Alice. With the help of police officer Adam Harkness, Rosalind’s love interest, the two friends determine Cate has been poisoned. As the group digs into potential foul play, Adam works to uncover a government spy instigating treason in Westminster, only to find out that the poisoning and the treason may be linked. I enjoyed this story and I easily put myself in the role of Rosalind. I will continue with this series.