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Silent in the Grave
by Deanna Raybourn
It seems I'm on a run I can't break away from: the last three series I've read have all featured first person POV, told from the perspective of a noble lady in Victorian England whose husband has just died suddenly and finds themselves embroiled in a murder investigation and falling for the mysterious detective involved in the case.
And I sure as hell am not complaining, because HO BOY that is a set of tropes too delish to resist. This particular series is rife with campy melodrama and over-the-top details (She adopts a Tower raven that talks! Her butler is a former Italian acrobat! There's homosexual scandal! Dangerous Romanies causing trouble! Heaving bodices galore!) but I just can't feel guilty for enjoying it as much as I do. A downright hysterically fun outing with colourful characters, a mystery full of intrigue, salacious details, and twisty turns, and the leads are properly volatile with one another. Just a damn good time.
And I sure as hell am not complaining, because HO BOY that is a set of tropes too delish to resist. This particular series is rife with campy melodrama and over-the-top details (She adopts a Tower raven that talks! Her butler is a former Italian acrobat! There's homosexual scandal! Dangerous Romanies causing trouble! Heaving bodices galore!) but I just can't feel guilty for enjoying it as much as I do. A downright hysterically fun outing with colourful characters, a mystery full of intrigue, salacious details, and twisty turns, and the leads are properly volatile with one another. Just a damn good time.