A Fatal Waltz
Lady Emily Ashton series, book 3
by Tasha Alexander
Emily, Lady Ashton, is attending a party at the country estate of her enemy, Lord Fortescue. She makes more than one
other enemy there too, one of whom is the beautiful and sophisticated Countess von Lange, who turns out to be her
fiancé’s mistress. Colin tells the Countess the affaire is over, but they still seem to mean rather a lot to each
other. Then there is the occurrence that is surely to be expected at all house parties, a murder — the murder
of the hated Lord Fortescue. Lots of people had a reason to want him dead, but the finger of suspicion is pointed
at Robert Brandon. He is hauled off to Newgate, and Emily vows to find out who the real murderer is.
I tried hard to enjoy the first two books in this series
(And Only To Deceive and
A Poisoned Season are also reviewed
on this site)
but I didn’t need to try hard with this one — it actually was good! It had the thrilling grip of Anne Perry,
with sinister anarchists lurking in snowy doorways, links to old scandals and corruption in high places, mentions of
Mayerling and some remarkably tangible descriptions of Vienna in the winter. There was a real story in here, with
plenty of adventure, color and romance, and pages turned like lightning. I do hope the rest of the series is going
to be like this — I might actually read another to see if the high standard can be maintained. I do hope so,
as this was a really fine whodunit. |
The Book |
HarperCollins |
June 2008 |
Hardback |
006117422X / 9780061174223 |
Historical Mystery / 1891 London, Yorkshire & Vienna |
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The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2008 |
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