Evelyn Murphy lives in a hotel with her dog and cat. She is an heiress with a penchant to solving crime. She also has a dislike or a phobia of stepping out of the hotel and spends her entire day in the hotel.
When one of her guests falls ill whilst dining and subsequently dies and Evelyn herself is a witness, the death is ruled as murder and Evelyn is determined to get to the bottom of it and clear Chef Marco’s name and the reputation of the hotel.
Set in 1958 the story is descriptive not just of the era, but also of this particular class of society. I enjoyed a book by this author before but there seemed to be a sameness to the style and story in this one as well.
There is a lot of the manner in which rich people of the time behaved which they thought perfectly normal. This grated after some time.
Sent by Crooked Lane Books for an unbiased review courtesy of Netgalley
An heiress living at a hotel who solves a murder is a fun premise. :D
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