Week 4 Review: A Perilous Perspective

From Goodreads:

An all-new historical mystery in this USA Today bestselling series featuring beloved inquiry agents Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage.

Argyll, Scotland. July 1832. After a trying few months in Edinburgh, Kiera and her husband and investigative partner, Sebastian Gage, are eager to escape to the Highlands with their three-month-old child. Kiera is overjoyed for her cousin Rye and her detractor-turned-friend Charlotte who are being wed in a private ceremony at the estate of Rye's great-uncle, the Marquess of Barbreck, in what seems to be the perfect wedding party.

But when Kiera is invited to peruse Barbreck's extensive art collection, she is disturbed to discover that one of his most priceless paintings seems to be a forgery. The marquess's furious reaction when she dares to mention it leaves her shaken and the entire house shocked. For it turns out that this is not the first time the word forgery has been uttered in connection with the Barbreck household.

Matters turn more ominous when a maid from a neighboring estate is found murdered where the forged painting hangs. Is her death connected to the forgeries, perhaps a grisly warning of what awaits those who dare to probe deeper? With unknown entities aligned against them, Kiera and Gage are forced to confront the fact that they may have underestimated their opponent. For they are swiftly made to realize that Charlotte's and Rye's future happiness is not the only issue at stake, and this stealthy game of cat and mouse could prove to have deadly consequences. 

My Review:
I absolutely loved reading this book! I dropped my reading plans, basically, to read this book, because I had to read it! I love this series so much, and I had to know how this latest mystery would play out! And it was really great to watch Kiera and Gage investigate this latest mystery! 

I was so anxious as to how the whole forgery reaction would go down, because the synopsis says that the Marquess of Barbreck didn't take it well. Thankfully, things quicky moved onto figuring out what happened. But given that as forgeries, and anyone who could've done them have been dead for years, well, it's something of a cold case. But on the other hand, there's bodies dropping, and that gives them clues that are fresh and undisturbed! 

The fact that this mystery ends up bringing up personal details that Kiera never knew about her family, things that maybe she should've known, was so great, given that we are 10 books into this series, and she's had experiences that would've been helpful if she'd known this past, well, she does have to deal with those emotions. 

I really enjoyed how the mystery played out, and how the wedding went on even though all of the drama, because Charlotte's dad is an asshole, and Gage spends some more time getting to know his brother! There was plenty going on in this book, and the ending has the set up for the next book, and I'm excited to see how it's going to play out! 

This was a fantastic read, and I can't wait for the next one! 

Author: Anna Lee Huber 
Series: Lady Darby Mysteries #10
Read: January 27th, 2022
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Historical Fiction 2022 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley
Expected Publication: April 19th 2022 

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