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Hell Bay
Hell Bay: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel | Will Thomas
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At the request of Her Majesty’s government, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker agrees to take on his least favorite kind of assignment—he’s to provide security for a secret conference with the French government. The conference is to take place on the private estate of Lord Hargrave on a remote island off the coast of Cornwall. The goal of the conference is the negotiation of a new treaty with France. The cover story for the gathering is a house party—an attempt to introduce Lord Hargrave’s two unmarried sons to potential mates. But shortly after the parties land at the island, Lord Hargrave is killed by a sniper shot, and the French ambassador’s head of security is found stabbed to death. The only means of egress from the island—a boat—has been sent away, and the means of signaling for help has been destroyed. Trapped in a manor house with no way of escape, Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, must uncover which among them is the killer before the next victim falls.
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The adventures of Barker & Llewellyn continue in this murder in a manor mystery. The 8th installment, I don't think this was the strongest. Sherlockian in flavor, my favorite element of these has always been discovering a new historical niche of Victorian London, which is missing this time. Still a good read and I am more than happy to see Will Thomas continue on with this series after that earlier decade-long gap. Looking forward to the next!

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Thanks to the publisher via NetGalley for the eARC! Sadly, I did not love this entry in the Barker and Llewelyn series. I really wanted to love it, & it was enjoyable, but not in the way previous entries were. This is a typical manor house mystery with twists, turns & multiple murders. It‘s just that it is very different from previous Barker & Llewelyn books, due to the lack of historical detail, and that was my main issue with the book.