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A Skeleton in Every House
A Skeleton in Every House | Isabella Duke
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A scandalous murder sparks mystery and romance in Victorian London. Suffocated by the constraints of high society, Catriona Winters yearns to prove herself as a journalist. So when a nobleman is found slain, his body drifting off the Limehouse docks, she heads to the scene. There she clashes with the infuriating Inspector Thomas Marlowe, who is set on keeping the details of his inquiry out of the headlines. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Nathaniel, heir of the Viscount Ashford, has returned from an unexplained sojourn in the country. The deeply buried attraction between them flares once more, but rumours swirl about his absence and a potential scandal his father seems determined to quash. As Catriona struggles with her feelings for Nathaniel and her animosity towards Marlowe, she wades ever deeper into the secrets of Limehouse. But a second killing soon shocks London, leaving no one above suspicion. Catriona must unmask the murderer before he strikes again-and before she makes herself his next victim.
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I was happy to discover this debut author‘s first in series historical mystery set in London. I was so happy with it that I went ahead and read the next book immediately after. Catriona Winters is a young woman working at her father‘s newspaper who struggles to be taken seriously and treated with respect in her field of journalism. She‘s a bit on the rebellious side (which will eventually lead to her banishment from the office) and 🔻

robinb unbeknownst to her father she begins to investigate the drowning of an aristocrat that she knows. She runs up against Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Marlowe at the scene and thus begins a bit of a rivalry to solve the case which of course, leads to an attraction. There‘s blackmail, murder, intriguing underworld criminals, addiction, unrequited love, greed…and a bit of a cliffhanger which really threw me and was the only part of the story that 🔻 8h
robinb bothered me. I felt Catriona caved on something that she had decided against and didn‘t really understand why. I won‘t lie, I left the book feeling disappointment in her.

Overall, I really enjoyed this and am happy to add it to my TBR series list. 4.25/5⭐️
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