Author: Deanna Raybourn
Published: March 12th 2019 by Berkley
Format: eBook, Hardcover 333 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Veronica Speedwell #4
Having enjoyed the previous offerings in this series, I was a bit disappointed in this book. For me, the wit was missing. Yes, there was a pointed jab or two, but for the most part, the usual banter between Veronica and Stoker either missed the mark or was completely toned down.
Veronica Speedwell, a well-traveled and independent woman, has agreed to accompany Stoker’s brother Tiberius to a Cornish isle known as St. Maddern’s, in search of a rare butterfly. Veronica soon learns that decorum dictates a woman traveling without a maid was considered scandalous so she must be presented as Tiberius’s fiancé. Tiberius, knowing that this information would quickly reach and irritate Stoker, was not surprised when his younger brother suddenly appears at the train station and joins the traveling pair.
Upon their arrival, the three grasp the importance behind their invitation when Malcolm Romilly requests that the brothers and Veronica partake in their own investigation into the disappearance of Malcolm’s bride Rosamund, who disappeared three years prior on their wedding day. Malcolm has gathered all that had attended the wedding and, in an Agatha Christie meets Sherlock Holmes setting, the trio plots and examines all that could have happened to Rosamund. Not surprisingly, each guest on that day had secrets, or desires, or ulterior motives and as each is revealed, and the Templeton-Vane brothers battle, truths come to light and we are not just talking about the facts surrounding Rosamund.
Veronica Speedwell, a well-traveled and independent woman, has agreed to accompany Stoker’s brother Tiberius to a Cornish isle known as St. Maddern’s, in search of a rare butterfly. Veronica soon learns that decorum dictates a woman traveling without a maid was considered scandalous so she must be presented as Tiberius’s fiancé. Tiberius, knowing that this information would quickly reach and irritate Stoker, was not surprised when his younger brother suddenly appears at the train station and joins the traveling pair.
Upon their arrival, the three grasp the importance behind their invitation when Malcolm Romilly requests that the brothers and Veronica partake in their own investigation into the disappearance of Malcolm’s bride Rosamund, who disappeared three years prior on their wedding day. Malcolm has gathered all that had attended the wedding and, in an Agatha Christie meets Sherlock Holmes setting, the trio plots and examines all that could have happened to Rosamund. Not surprisingly, each guest on that day had secrets, or desires, or ulterior motives and as each is revealed, and the Templeton-Vane brothers battle, truths come to light and we are not just talking about the facts surrounding Rosamund.
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