Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is whisked off to a remote island off the tip of Cornwall when her natural historian colleague Stoker's brother calls in a favor. On the pretext of wanting a companion to accompany him to Lord Malcolm Romilly's house party, Tiberius persuades Veronica to pose as his fiancée--much to Stoker's chagrin. But upon arriving, it becomes clear that the party is not as innocent as it had seemed. Every invited guest has a connection to Romilly's wife, Rosamund, who disappeared on her wedding day three years ago, and a dramatic dinner proves she is very much on her husband's mind.
As spectral figures, ghostly music, and mysterious threats begin to plague the partygoers, Veronica enlists Stoker's help to discover the host's true motivations. And as they investigate, it becomes clear that there are numerous mysteries surrounding the Romilly estate, and every person present has a motive to kill Rosamund...
My Review:
Yeah! Another great book in this series! Of course, a fantastic mystery, but also, more time with these characters that have become very dear! While there's only 1 more book right now on contract as far as I know, hopefully more will be added, because that would be excellent!
I kinda don't know where the title came from. Maybe from Veronica and Stoker working with Tiberius on the mystery of Rosamund. Because that is dangerous. But I'm not quite sure. But that might just be the weirdness in my head wanting that.
So this book picks up pretty quickly after A Treacherous Curse, and then it skips a bunch of time. Which given the emotions that both Veronica and Stoker were dealing with in A Treacherous Curse, well, you can guess what they did with that break, and you have a 50% chance of guessing right!
We got to learn a lot about this island and a number of the people on it. There's some complicated relationships with some of the Romilly family, which muddies the water in the investigation. But that ending, yeah, it was pretty tense!
This book was so fantastic, and I enjoyed it so freaking much! Can't wait for the next book, and then I hope we get more books after that! Because it would be great if this series was continued!
Author: Deanna Raybourn
Series: Veronica Speedwell #4
Read: November 15th, 2018
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Historical Fiction 2018 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley
Expected Publication: March 12th 2019
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