Review: Excellent story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2013
An Abandoned Woman by Lexie Conyngham is the fourth book in a series of mysteries featuring an early 19th century Scottish gentleman named Charles Murray.  Fortunately for me (as I did not read the first books) it stands alone well and has any back story necessary built in the story.  An unknown young woman is found dead outside the churchyard.  While Murray intends to find out the truth, events keep distracting him from his pursuit.Do not be misled by the rather plain cover, there is plenty of color inside.  Well-plotted with  fascinating and realistic characters, plenty of red herrings and misdirections, An Abandoned Woman has a very satisfying startling ending that wraps up all the loose ends and drops a surprise at the very last minute.  Even the inclusion of quite a bit of local language added flavor but was not overwhelming.  I love the instant gratification of a definition every time I highlighting a new work on my Kindle.  However, even the "No Definition Found" didn't take away the pleasure of reading this book.  If you are looking for a historical mystery that has some intricacy; this is a good read for you.I received this book for free in order to review it, and immediately went and bought the next one with my own money; it was that good.