In Milady’s Chamber

In Milady’s Chamber (2006) Sheri Cobb South

Set in London in ~1808

Lady Fieldhurst finally decides to take a lover, however, she receives the unpleasant surprise of her husband in her bedroom–murdered.

John Pickett, a new Bow Street Runner, is assigned to the case, although Mr. Colquhoun, his Magistrate, has misgivings about giving a murder case to such a young Runner.

As with many historicals, we don’t get a very happy view of the wedded state.

“Quarrel is too strong a word for it. Certainly we were not in perfect charity with one another, but I believe such a state is not uncommon among married couples.”

I enjoyed this book as an escape, but then I only paid $3.99 for it, which seems a reasonable price for a perfectly adequate mystery. If I’d paid more, I probably would have been irritated by things in this book, but for what I paid, it was a pleasant escape, and one I can recommend at that price.

In fact, at that price, I purchased the second book.
Rating: 6/10

Published by Belgrave House/Regency Reads

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