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A review by taisie22
A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry
4.0
Monk and Evan are assigned to investigate the murder of a young woman found in her bedroom stabbed to death. She is the daughter of a baronet, and they are quickly able to ascertain the murder must have been done by someone in the house. The police chief wants Monk to charge one of the servants, but the evidence is pointing to someone in the family. Monk manages to insert nurse Hester Latterly into the family under the guise of caring for Lady Moidore, mother of the murdered woman.
I enjoyed the first book in this series very much, but this one was a little slow for me. In both books, the solution to the murder comes at the very ending and is surprising, at least for me. But in the first book, Monk is suffering from amnesia and that condition colors the rest of the story and adds to it. Here, Monk still can't remember much of his life before his accident, but nothing much gets added to the rest. Monk and Evan interview people over and over, never learning much to add to their case. Hester who's inserted with the family also talks to family and servants but learns only a little bit more. I like Ms. Perry's writing and the setting, but this book dragged. I'd give it a 3 and 1/2 stars.
I enjoyed the first book in this series very much, but this one was a little slow for me. In both books, the solution to the murder comes at the very ending and is surprising, at least for me. But in the first book, Monk is suffering from amnesia and that condition colors the rest of the story and adds to it. Here, Monk still can't remember much of his life before his accident, but nothing much gets added to the rest. Monk and Evan interview people over and over, never learning much to add to their case. Hester who's inserted with the family also talks to family and servants but learns only a little bit more. I like Ms. Perry's writing and the setting, but this book dragged. I'd give it a 3 and 1/2 stars.