This series is one of my wee guilty pleasures. So far there are three books (also Silent in the Grave and Silent in the Sanctuary) that exist purely to give readers an indulgent escape for a few days.
Nothing too intellectual, no major concepts to puzzle through, just really well written mystery books with a wee smattering of romantic interludes that propriety dictates really shouldn't be happening in the 1860's.
Our main heroine is Lady Julia Grey who is young and gorgeous and rich and a widow who has never really enjoyed her life or felt she was alive until her husband is murdered in book one and she teams up with the mysterious Nicholas Brisbane, a inquiry agent, to find the murderer.
She makes many wrong moves, gets herself into a bit of trouble but also discovers new clues in the case and every book has followed roughly this similar pattern.
She finds herself being drawn more and more to Brisbane but he is rarely civil to her and mostly wants her to keep out of his way. As the books progress their unusual relationship keeps getting more intriguing and we learn a bit more about Brisbane's background.
In this particular book, Lady Julia follows Brisbane to his new estate in the moors, determined to get some kind of label to put on their relationship. Of course there is murder, intrigue, mad people and mystery but this book does focus more on the two main characters and their budding romance, even though Brisbane continues to fight his feelings.
As I said before, these are my guilty pleasures. They are so easy to read and I always find myself completely transported to Lady Julia's England for a few days, not really wanting to stop reading until the very end. I read them and satisfy my need for a pure escape. I'm looking forward to the next one and interested to read her latest book following a new character altogether.
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