A review by staceen
Molasses Murder in a Nutshell: A Nutshell Murder Mystery by Frances McNamara

informative slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

I’m very interested in Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies, and I thought this was a fun premise. Not a huge historical fiction fan, so otherwise, this wasn’t really for me. Set during the aftermath of the Boston Molasses Flood, a society lady helps solve a woman’s murder with the help of her medical examiner friend. I didn’t love how she was framed in the novel, like she was tagging along on Jake’s work, which he only allowed because he had a crush on her. Idk if that was true, but I didn’t think the author gave her enough credit as a professional. Again, maybe that was the case, but it just felt a little dismissive.