{"id":12643,"date":"2020-03-20T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T18:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=12643"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:25:54","slug":"scandal-above-stairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12643","title":{"rendered":"Scandal Above Stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scandal Above Stairs<\/a><\/em> (2018) Jennifer Ashley<\/a> (Kat Holloway Mysteries)<\/p>\n

\"Scandal<\/a>Set in London in 1881<\/p>\n

Kat Holloway is still cook at Lord Rankin’s house, even though he has retired to the country, Lady Cynthia remains, and to give her countenance, her aunt and uncle are living with her. Kat and the rest of the staff may be fond of Cynthia (despite her eccentricities)<\/p>\n

(M)en do become titillated at the thought of females in gentlemen\u2019s clothing\u2014 do not tell me they do not.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI grant you that. But it does make me wonder, in that case, why you do it.\u201d <\/p>\n

Cynthia flashed me a sudden grin. \u201cThat is because you have no idea what it is like to stride around in perfect freedom, able to go where you please, purchase what you wish, and speak as you wish, because people believe you are a man.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But less so her parsimonious aunt and uncle, who keep putting off hiring another housekeeper and cook’s assistant, leaving more work to Kat.<\/p>\n

Lady Cynthia asks Kat to come talk to her friend–paintings have been stolen from Clemmie’s house, and her husband is blaming her for the thefts.<\/p>\n

But this case quickly becomes more complicated than it seems, and once again Kat and Daniel McAdams are working together.<\/p>\n

This is a fun series, and I do love the cooking bits.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Berkley
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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