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A review by veronica87
The Essence of Malice by Ashley Weaver
4.0
3.5 stars
When Milo receives a letter from his childhood nanny saying that she can't visit them as previously planned, he knows her well enough to know that something isn't right He and Amory are soon off to Paris to see what might be wrong with his nanny and her current employers, a family of wealthy perfumiers. Milo's instincts turn out to be correct when the patriarch of the family turns up dead.
The "who" in this who-done-it is pretty obvious and the "why" is unexpectedly out of left field but at least the book fully owns this as Amory voices both sentiments herself. In any case, the win-win of these books isn't the mysteries but rather the back-and-forth banter of Amory and Milo. While I'm definitely starting to believe that my early theory about Milo is incorrect, darn it, this book does offer some more insight into Milo's childhood, which is nice.
When Milo receives a letter from his childhood nanny saying that she can't visit them as previously planned, he knows her well enough to know that something isn't right He and Amory are soon off to Paris to see what might be wrong with his nanny and her current employers, a family of wealthy perfumiers. Milo's instincts turn out to be correct when the patriarch of the family turns up dead.
The "who" in this who-done-it is pretty obvious and the "why" is unexpectedly out of left field but at least the book fully owns this as Amory voices both sentiments herself. In any case, the win-win of these books isn't the mysteries but rather the back-and-forth banter of Amory and Milo. While I'm definitely starting to believe that my early theory about Milo is incorrect, darn it, this book does offer some more insight into Milo's childhood, which is nice.