Part of Below Stairs Mystery
First published 2018
Kat Holloway arrives at Lord Rankin's Mayfair mansion ready to command the kitchen. The eccentric family upstairs doesn't concern her as long as they leave her cooking alone. Then someone murders her young Irish kitchen maid, and Kat refuses to let the crime go unpunished. She enlists Daniel McAdam, a delivery man who clearly harbors secrets beyond his charming exterior. Together with Lord Rankin's unconventional sister-in-law and a brilliant mathematician, they uncover connections that stretch far beyond one household death. The murder proves to be merely the surface of a conspiracy involving treason against Queen Victoria herself. Kat must navigate the rigid boundaries of Victorian society while pursuing a killer whose plot threatens the very throne.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, engaging, fast-paced, gritty, intricate, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, found-family, secrets-and-lies, unlikely-partnership
Setting: London, Mayfair, Victorian England
Period: Victorian Era, 19th Century
329 pages · Paperback · Berkley
Content warnings: death, murder