The Mystery of Albert E. Finch: A Victorian Bookclub Mystery
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CROOKED LANE BOOKS , 2022.
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In USA Today bestselling author Callie Hutton's third Victorian Book Club mystery, will wedding bells or death knells ring for Lady Amy and Lord William?Bath, England, 1892. Celebrated mystery author Lady Amy Lovell is set to tie the knot with Lord William Wethington, a fellow member of the Mystery Book Club of Bath. Amy's great-aunt, Lady Priscilla Granville, has offered to host their wedding at her stately Derby Manor House. But on the eve of the ceremony, the festive air in the drawing room is marred by Mrs. Alice Finch's argument with her husband, Albert, in another room. The next morning at the wedding breakfast, Alice falls face-first into her breakfast—dead. When Amy and William's favorite detectives are summoned to the house, they see two champagne glasses in front of Mrs. Finch and none in front of her husband. Did Albert give his wife a poisoned drink? Always looking for the easiest solution, the detectives charge Albert with the murder. But Lady Amy is not convinced that Albert is guilty. There are too many things that don't add up. In the hopes of being able to leave Bath and begin their honeymoon, Amy and William once again take things into their own hands.  Suspects begin to pop up, but nothing takes them more by surprise than the discovery of a second body.   Stuck in Bath until the whole poisonous predicament is solved, Amy and William are anxious to collar the perfidious poisoner and be on their way to their honeymoon. If they can't catch the killer, not only is their newlywed bliss under threat, but they may not live to see happily-ever-after at all.

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eBook, Kindle
Street Date
01/11/2022
Language
English
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9781643858036

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Published Reviews

Publisher's Weekly Review

Set in 1892, Hutton's light and easy third Victorian Book Club mystery (after 2021's The Sign of Death) finds Lady Amy Lovell, amateur sleuth and author of mystery novels (under a male pseudonym, of course), marrying Lord William Wethington, her wealthy and utterly besotted sweetheart. At the happy couple's wedding breakfast, held on the outskirts of Bath at Amy's great-aunt's manor house, Alice Finch, one of the 50 or so guests, is poisoned. Two Bath police detectives, who disdain Lady Amy's interference in criminal matters, hastily conclude that the culprit is Alice's husband, Albert, who stands to inherit a great deal of money from her death. Amy does not concur. The newlyweds put their honeymoon on hold as they attempt to ferret out the truth. Among those providing comic relief are Amy's grumpy father; Othello, a Shakespeare-quoting cockatoo; and Amy's much-loved dog, Persephone, though the main draw is the amusing banter between Amy and William. Cozy fans will have fun. Agent: Nicole Resciniti, Seymour Agency. (Jan.)

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Kirkus Book Review

Wedding bells may ring for Lady Amy Lovell and William, Viscount Wethington, but their honeymoon falls prey to an ill-timed murder. After a decorously paced courtship, the happy couple are ready to tie the knot in September 1891. As Amy ruefully observes, however, "It was a tad hard to accept good wishes when there was a dead body sitting at her wedding breakfast." The inconvenient victim is Alice Finch, whose champagne has been fortified with an overdose of belladonna. The obvious suspect is her husband and heir, Amy's cousin-in-law Albert E. Finch. So convinced are detectives Edwin Marsh and Ralph Carson of the Bath Police Department that Finch has killed his wife that they quickly arrest him. Amy, already incensed that she and William will have to postpone their honeymoon trip to Brighton Beach, is even more outraged when the police release Albert to the custody of William and her, whom they've already forbidden to nose around in the case themselves, giving them an even more urgent reason to solve the mystery. Accidental damage to the roof of their own home brings her father, the Marquess of Winchester, and her beloved Aunt Margaret into the newlyweds' establishment at the same awkward time, and the uneasy community is rattled by the disappearance of Othello, the bird Aunt Margaret has taught to declaim Shakespeare, and the discovery of another body. "I never faint," insists Amy after each of her entirely justified fainting spells, and this time she's no more successful at sleuthing than the officials who warn her off--though she and William do get the privilege of hearing the killer's confession before anyone else. Less mystery than elephantine jockeying for the perks every aristocrat feels due. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Publishers Weekly Reviews

Set in 1892, Hutton's light and easy third Victorian Book Club mystery (after 2021's The Sign of Death) finds Lady Amy Lovell, amateur sleuth and author of mystery novels (under a male pseudonym, of course), marrying Lord William Wethington, her wealthy and utterly besotted sweetheart. At the happy couple's wedding breakfast, held on the outskirts of Bath at Amy's great-aunt's manor house, Alice Finch, one of the 50 or so guests, is poisoned. Two Bath police detectives, who disdain Lady Amy's interference in criminal matters, hastily conclude that the culprit is Alice's husband, Albert, who stands to inherit a great deal of money from her death. Amy does not concur. The newlyweds put their honeymoon on hold as they attempt to ferret out the truth. Among those providing comic relief are Amy's grumpy father; Othello, a Shakespeare-quoting cockatoo; and Amy's much-loved dog, Persephone, though the main draw is the amusing banter between Amy and William. Cozy fans will have fun. Agent: Nicole Resciniti, Seymour Agency. (Jan.)

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hutton, C. (2022). The Mystery of Albert E. Finch: A Victorian Bookclub Mystery . CROOKED LANE BOOKS.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hutton, Callie. 2022. The Mystery of Albert E. Finch: A Victorian Bookclub Mystery. CROOKED LANE BOOKS.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hutton, Callie. The Mystery of Albert E. Finch: A Victorian Bookclub Mystery CROOKED LANE BOOKS, 2022.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Hutton, C. (2022). The mystery of albert E. finch: a victorian bookclub mystery. CROOKED LANE BOOKS.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hutton, Callie. The Mystery of Albert E. Finch: A Victorian Bookclub Mystery CROOKED LANE BOOKS, 2022.

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