Review: Great Fun!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
Newly released from an orphanage, Lucy Anne Trotter is thrilled to land a job as a governess and thinks she is willing to put up with anything including the lecherous Lord Sedley. She can handle his advances but she can't handle being the main suspect when he is murdered and a box of jewels stolen. She is determined to solve the case and will do anything it takes to find the real culprit. If only the dashedly handsome Lord William Adair would leave her alone as she investigates…Set in Regency England, “Murder at Rudhall Manor” is a riproaring madcap mystery that will have you laughing from beginning to end and have you wanting more. Author Anya Wylde fills the book with all kinds of characters - human (Lucy, Lord Adair, the Sedley family, and their servants), not so human (a ghost), and animals (dogs, cats, birds, baboons, and more) and all are memorable. Wylde is a talented author who has a gift with words and can even make inanimate objects come alive with the stroke of her pen (for example furniture). Nothing in this book is particularly believable but then again it is not supposed to be - you'll be so busy laughing you won't care (just thinking about a scene at dinner has me laughing all over again). Lucy is an intrepid heroine who will do anything is to clean her name no matter how crazy her idea is. Lord Adair is one of the most imaginative and audacious characters I've come across in a book. As for the relationship between him and Lucy, I suspect (and hope that I'm right) that there will be a sequel to “Murder at Rudhall Manor” so we can see what happens next to this unlikely pair.“Murder at Rudhall Manor” is lots of fun.I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.