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This was an enjoyable bit of gentle crime set in 1901 in the inner temple of the English legal system. When the Lord chief justice is found murdered on the steps of Gabriel Ward KC'S Chambers, he is told to investigate the crime. With his forensic intelligence, he is a very readable character who also has to deal with a trial concerning the authorship of a child's mouse story. The crocheted Paddington bookmark is a lovely fathers day present.

A soft pick for me. I enjoyed the slow burn investigative element, and the court room scenes, but something about the writing style niggled me slightly. With the MC “snuffling” and saying things “in his gentle way” I sometimes felt like I was reading a Bagpuss script. I probably will read the second in the series, though.

Picture shows the Inner Temple garden.

Book 49/60 Page 16,327/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader

Happy release day in the 4th Saffron Everleigh historical mystery series.

This series is a favorite, and I love the covers.
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I‘ve never felt more seen! 🤣🤣

I ended up really liking this. There's a deep affection for the Inner Temple and the work of lawyers there, the traditions and rituals of it, which I liked a lot. And surprisingly, I loved the characters: Gabriel Ward seems a bit stuffy at first, but he's gently courteous to all (regardless of station) and finds himself working toward not just law but justice.

I did guess the culprit and the chains of reasoning toward the culprit, which was nice.

I'm finding this one rather charming! I didn't think I'd like Gabriel Ward at first, and then his book-loving ways and pondering/joking about language got rather charming.

I'm reading this slower than I expected though, and I don't know why? I guess it's just denser than it looked. Very curious where it's going.

Harris builds this latest Sebastian St. Cyr mystery around the 1811 Radcliffe Highway Murders. As always, the mystery is well-crafted, the story fast-paced, the writing engaging, and the characters complex. I love all of the recurring characters (yes, even Jarvis, if only because it‘s so much fun to watch him and Sebastian needle each other). Even 16 books into the series, it hasn‘t gotten old or lost any quality.

@Jerdencon and @TheAromaofBooks I mailed two #TravelingThrills books to Denise today- the tagged and The Last To Disappear 😊

The tagged is the one I am most likely to get to, not sure about the others.

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Emma discovers a woman‘s body in the water at The New York Yacht Club. Everyone except for Emma concludes it was a suicide. This is another solid entry in this series. I especially liked the development of the relationship between Emma and Derrick. Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington for the free copy.