Week 40 Review: Three Charms for Murder

From Goodreads:
It takes more than three charms to commit murder.

When an old childhood friend comes to Henri asking for help in solving his parents' murders, Henri agrees immediately. He knows this case is not going to be easy. Mr. and Mrs. Atwood's bodies had been found magically posed to mimic a statue, and the investigator in charge ruled it a murder-suicide. Which is simply not feasible according to the Atwood children.

Aware this is a high society case and all attention will be on them, the team makes their way out to the Atwoods' vacation home. Upon arrival, Jamie and Henri are horrified to find most of the trace evidence destroyed by incompetence, the bodies unpreserved, and the case file a single page of notes. To top it all off, the local police force wants nothing more than to see them fail.

Add in a string of suspicious burglaries, compromised wards, arson, and a suspect who will do anything to keep the truth under wraps, and Jamie and Henri are ready to commit murder themselves. 

My Review:
Yeah, this book was so fantastic! And I didn't know this going in because I didn't really read the synopsis, is finally, Jamie and Henri finally let the romance sparks fly! It was just so great to read this book! There were such great, cute moments in this book, like the new Felix's! 

Jamie and Henri have had to deal with having their fellow investigators block and impede their investigations, and in this book, they face incompetence and hostility. I just wanted to flick the heads of the local police, because they were lazy and basically just didn't care, which is not traits the police should have! 

This book delves into the high society and murder, because the victims were of that echelon. Victims that Henri was close to the family, to the kids. But that made it a tad hard, not that he knew them, but that this investigation turned out a lot of people who would want them dead-because they weren't the nicest people, with a habit of suing. 

As they investigate, well, they get drawn into the murders happening in this town as well. And how just might they be connected to the murders. Once the pieces started coming together, it was quickly over, Jamie and the gang catching the bad guy. Just a really satisfying read! 

This was a really fantastic read, and I can't wait to continue the series! 

Author: Honor Raconteur
Series: Case Files of Henri Davenforth #5
Read: September 1st, 2020
Source: Bought
Reason Why: I love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book!
Publisher: Raconteur House LLC
Published: September 17th 2020

5/5 Hearts

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