Review: Murder mystery who-dunnit set Post Civil War
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2014
I got this book after seeing it on an Amazon recommendation list.  I did not know the author but the premise seemed like it would interest me (which is why Amazon probably put it on the list). I am a fan of historical fiction set during slavery or the Civil War, but I had never read a historical mystery set during this time period.  This was a good mix and I enjoyed the concept.Mallory Holt (owner of what was formerly known Grace Hall Cotton Plantation in Natchez, MS) has been displaced by the Civil War and is living on the Wakefield Cotton Plantation  (home of Corrine, Brooke and Logan Wakefield) which borders her land.  A Union Soldier deserts his post and goes missing and three soldiers (Colonel Stuart Wakefield and 2 others) arrive to billet at the home and investigate the disappearance of the soldier.  In just one night 2 people are murdered and there are several attempts on Mallory's life and the mystery of who is behind these killings and attempted murder is the who-dunnit of it all. There is a bit of romance interspersed in the book as Logan and Stuart vie for Mallory's affection, but that didn't take away from the mystery of it at all.  The killer wasn't who I suspected it was so the author did a good job of not giving it away and quite frankly did a pretty decent job of casting suspicion on everyone.