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A review by jcbmathcat
Seneca Falls Inheritance by Miriam Grace Monfredo
4.0
This month, members of the mystery book club at the library were to read a book by an author who was not well known/had not won awards. I found this author in my online search, as none of the authors on the provided list wrote anything that gripped me when I read the descriptions.
Monfredo has created the beginning of a good series. Her protagonist is librarian Glynis Tryon, a female librarian in a time when this occupation was held mainly by men. The year is 1848 and Elizabeth Cady Stanton has Glynis surveying women in Seneca Falls to see if they would be willing to attend a meeting about the rights of women. Glynis has an interest in suffrage, but Elizabeth feels this issue might put a damper on the meeting's other issues. In this time, women were either married and subject to the will of their husbands, or single and spinsters.
There is a murder...well, there are several murders and enough suspects to make things quite interesting. Widowed police constable Cullen Stuart has an interest in Glynis, and while she is fond of him, she is not disposed to marriage.
The combination of history and mystery made for a very good read. It also made me appreciate air conditioning!
I plan to continue with this series.
Monfredo has created the beginning of a good series. Her protagonist is librarian Glynis Tryon, a female librarian in a time when this occupation was held mainly by men. The year is 1848 and Elizabeth Cady Stanton has Glynis surveying women in Seneca Falls to see if they would be willing to attend a meeting about the rights of women. Glynis has an interest in suffrage, but Elizabeth feels this issue might put a damper on the meeting's other issues. In this time, women were either married and subject to the will of their husbands, or single and spinsters.
There is a murder...well, there are several murders and enough suspects to make things quite interesting. Widowed police constable Cullen Stuart has an interest in Glynis, and while she is fond of him, she is not disposed to marriage.
The combination of history and mystery made for a very good read. It also made me appreciate air conditioning!
I plan to continue with this series.