Author: Bella Ellis
Published: September 10th 2019 by Berkley Books
Format: eBook, Hardcover, 293 pages
Genre: Historical Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Bronte Sister Mystery #1
So. Many. Words. Yet, very few that moved the plot forward. If it was not for sheer determination, I would have wall-banged this disappointing attempt to recreate the Bronte style with a murder mystery on the side.
With overactive imaginations, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne invent a factitious solicitor’s agency and set off in 1845 Yorkshire to solve the disappearance of a young mother. Wandering over much of the countryside, and then some, the trio bumble and discover, in an anticlimactic way, what became of Elizabeth Chester.
Bella Ellis, a pen name for Rowan Coleman author of The Accidental Mother, which I enjoyed, does her best to throw in red-herrings, and additional characters, all to no avail. I found the first book in the Bronte Sisters Mystery series to be lackluster and will not be picking up any further offerings.
With overactive imaginations, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne invent a factitious solicitor’s agency and set off in 1845 Yorkshire to solve the disappearance of a young mother. Wandering over much of the countryside, and then some, the trio bumble and discover, in an anticlimactic way, what became of Elizabeth Chester.
Bella Ellis, a pen name for Rowan Coleman author of The Accidental Mother, which I enjoyed, does her best to throw in red-herrings, and additional characters, all to no avail. I found the first book in the Bronte Sisters Mystery series to be lackluster and will not be picking up any further offerings.
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