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A review by amymarsdenauthor
The Murder Next Door by Sarah Bell
4.0
Murder mystery. Historical. Established lesbian couple. What's not to love?
This was a great debut! Set in Leeds in 1912, Louisa and her 'companion' Ada learn that their neighbour, Alexander Pearce, has been murdered.
I haven't read many crime/murder books (I think this is only my second, maybe) but the twists and turns kept me invested! I won't go into much detail because spoilers, but I was very satisfied with the ending!
The thing that stops this from being 5 stars is during the first half of the book Louisa and Ada don't communicate all that well, which was frustrating. This is eventually cleared up though, and the second half of the book flew by!
I just want to add that while I'm not from Leeds, I do live in Northern England and my aunt is from Yorkshire, and I loved the accents in this book! I had fun reading along in it.
Definitely recommend!
Rep: lesbian, asexual
This was a great debut! Set in Leeds in 1912, Louisa and her 'companion' Ada learn that their neighbour, Alexander Pearce, has been murdered.
I haven't read many crime/murder books (I think this is only my second, maybe) but the twists and turns kept me invested! I won't go into much detail because spoilers, but I was very satisfied with the ending!
The thing that stops this from being 5 stars is during the first half of the book Louisa and Ada don't communicate all that well, which was frustrating. This is eventually cleared up though, and the second half of the book flew by!
I just want to add that while I'm not from Leeds, I do live in Northern England and my aunt is from Yorkshire, and I loved the accents in this book! I had fun reading along in it.
Definitely recommend!
Rep: lesbian, asexual