A review by kadomi
Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross

3.0

Apparently this is murder mystery August for me. This one's set in 19th century regency period England. It was a little bit like Downton Abbey set a hundred years earlier. The Fontclair heir Hugh is forced to marry the daughter of a commoner due to some dark family secret and blackmail. During a trip to London he meets the socialite Julian Kestrel and on a seemingly random lark (it really made no sense) invites him to his family's mansion to be his groomsman for the wedding. Julian Kestrel, a true peacock, but ever so gentlemanly, travels to the estate and one evening finds a dead woman in his bed. His manservant is the prime suspect, and so Kestrel decides to be a sleuth and investigate. He finds out the deep dark secrets of the Fontclair family, as everyone is hiding something.

Was entertaining enough, made no sense, and despite how charming Julian Kestrel was, isn't inspiring me to read more of those mysteries.