Murder in Manhattan - Blog Tour

 

Review - 5 out of 5 stars:

If you’ve seen my previous reviews, then you’ll know I’m a big fan of the Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries. And here we are for the 14th instalment, in which Eleanor & Co are finally in New York (after their rather adventurous trip from England).

What a joy to be back reading about Lady Eleanor Swift and her slightly eccentric household again. They are some of my favourite characters, and they are written with a frivolity, but also a depth of character, that is just perfect.

The sense of place was good. With surprisingly few words, the very different feel of New York is conveyed. I relished seeing the different areas of the 1920s version of the city through Eleanor’s eyes.

The mystery was an involving one, and although I guessed the culprit before the big reveal, it was entirely on gut feeling, so I couldn’t be at all sure! I thoroughly enjoyed going along for the ride as Eleanor and Clifford figured out who among the multiple villains was the one to commit this particular crime. 

In conclusion, although I didn’t think it could be done, this book is somehow even better than the previous 13 in the series. The combination of humour and mystery is perfect every time. Although you could enjoy this book on its own, I recommend starting with A Very English Murder, the first in the series. 

I was given a copy of this book, my opinions are my own.

Book Description:

Glitzy parties, sightseeing at the Statue of Liberty and strolls through Central Park with Gladstone the bulldog… Lady Eleanor Swift is loving her first trip to the city that never sleeps, until she witnesses a murder!

After crossing from England on the SS Celestiana, Lady Eleanor Swift sets up her home-away-from-home in a lavish apartment in New York City. She is soon the toast of the town, with no high-class soirée complete without her presence. Of course, she drags her butler Clifford and Gladstone the bulldog along to every party too.

But when she witnesses the charming doorman of her building, Marty, knocked down and killed in a hit-and-run, she finds fashionable society suddenly closes rank. The only local detective interested in helping her find the culprit is street-smart beat cop, Officer Balowski.

Resolved to get justice for Marty and his family, Eleanor searches Marty’s tiny apartment and is shocked to find five rolls of banknotes tucked under the floorboards. Money talks, but Marty was struggling to make ends meet, so where did the cash come from?

The next day, wealthy entrepreneur and flashy philanderer Ogden P. Dellaney – a man Marty used to work for – is found dead downtown, miles away from his swanky Upper East Side mansion. Eleanor and Balowski are sure the deaths are connected, but not even Dellaney’s wife is willing to answer their questions.

Then Eleanor is served with an eviction notice and Balowski is fired from the NYPD. It becomes clear that something is rotten in the Big Apple and Eleanor is determined to get to the core of the mystery before the murderer strikes again…

Murder in Manhattan is a fun, fast-paced and twisty Golden Age cozy mystery set in New York. Fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey and Lee Strauss will be glued to the pages.

Author Bio:

Verity Bright is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing partnership that has spanned a quarter of a century. Starting out writing high-end travel articles and books, they published everything from self-improvement to humour, before embarking on their first historical mystery. They are the authors of the fabulous Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series, set in the 1920s.

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