Of Manners and Murder - Anastasia Hastings

Category: Adults, Humor, Mystery
Language: English
Keywords: Cozy Mystery Dear Miss Hermione Victorian London

Written by Anastasia Hastings
Read by Mia Hutchinson-Shaw
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Dear Miss Hermione: Book 1
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Release date: February 16, 2023
Duration: 08:39:14

1885, London, England.

When Violet’s Aunt Adelia decides to abscond with her newest paramour, she leaves behind her role as the most popular Agony Aunt in London, Miss Hermione, in Violet’s hands. And of course, the first letter Violet receives is full, not of prissy pondering, but of portent: Ivy Armstrong is in need of help and fears for her life. But when Violet visits the village from which the letter was posted, she finds Ivy dead. Soon Violet discovers that when you represent the best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, both marauding husbands and murder are par for the course.

“It’s 1885 London, and the mysterious Dear Miss Hermione is on holiday. She has temporarily assigned her niece, Violet, to cover requests for help and passed along the latest letter, which is from Ivy, a newly married young woman who is in fear for her life. Mia Hutchinson-Shaw reveals Violet’s lack of confidence in matching her aunt’s talents. When she reaches Ivy’s village, she happens upon Ivy’s funeral. Hutchinson-Shaw portrays Violet as an intelligent, no-nonsense woman with a natural wit. As the mystery unfolds and murder appears evident, Hutchinson-Shaw introduces the dark side of the colorful characters Violet interrogates. Hutchinson-Shaw enhances the author’s depiction of nineteenth-century London in this charming introduction to a woman who is well ahead of her time.:— AudioFile