{"id":27001,"date":"2026-05-10T17:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27001"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:20:53","slug":"murder-at-midnight-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27001","title":{"rendered":"Murder at Midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murder at Midnight<\/em><\/a> (2023) Katharine Schellman<\/a> (Lily Adler Mystery, #4)<\/p>\n

\"Murder<\/a>Set in Hertfordshire in 1816<\/p>\n

Peter, in spite of having six elder sisters, had long been accustomed to managing the finances of his whole family as his sisters married and moved away one by one. But Lily couldn\u2019t help resenting the implication that, three years after her husband\u2019s death, she might have been content to remain ignorant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a door past the kitchen, between the servants\u2019 quarters and the rest of the house. Anytime we have guests, I keep it locked at night.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cDo you worry about theft?\u201d <\/p>\n

Mrs. Reynaud met his eyes. \u201cI worry about the gentleman guests bothering the female staff.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mrs. Adler sighed. \u201cLeaving the details of a scandal to your neighbors\u2019 imaginations will always produce far more interesting gossip than spelling out what actually happened.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sometimes life is nothing but mistakes and learning from them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Lily Adler, Sir John Adler, Dowager Lady Adler, Matthew Spencer, Captain Jack Raffi Hartley, Amelia Noor Hartley, Mrs. Saba Hartley, Mr. Hartley, Mrs. Grantham, Mrs. Coleridge, Peter Coleridge, Mr. Gregory Edison, Mr. William Edison, Mrs. Crewe, Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Hounslow, Mrs. Hounslow, Kitty Hounslow, Mrs. Reynaud, Mr. Lambton, Jane<\/p>\n

Cover design by Nicole Lecht<\/p>\n

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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