Review: Cute Romance/Murder Mystery Novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
Although the "murder mystery" does not occur until the last chapters of the novel and is neatly tied up by the Duke aka "Sherlock Holmes" (lol) this was a pleasant surprise of a novel.  In order to speed up their enagagement, Richard and Emma pretend that Richard (an earl) is a gardener to pull the wool over the eyes of Emma's uncle, the Duke, who requests a long enagagement to make sure the couple is compatiable.  Kind of lame until you throw in an extra cast of characters and the measures Richard enagages to make sure the charade goes off without a hitch.  I pretty much forget it was a murder mystery novel until the murder happened, again during the last chapters of the novel.  Although I think the average reader will find out of the murder quickly, there's a few long chapters as the Duke ticks off the lists of suspects and why they are not killers.  Kind of a waste as the Duke was a background character for most of the novel but whatever works.  Still a light, enjoyable novel that can be read in a day