Beneath the façade of a wealthy
aristocrat may beat the black heart of a killer…
In 1910 Toronto, most girls are perfecting their domestic skills and
finding husbands.
But Merinda Herringford and Jem
Watts have never been ordinary. As the two detectives launch their business,
the deaths of two young Irish women lead them deep into the mire of the city’s
underbelly.
While searching for answers, donning
disguises, and sneaking around where no proper ladies would ever go, they pair
with Jasper Forth, a police constable, and Ray DeLuca, a reporter in whom Jem
takes a more than professional interest. Merinda could well become Toronto’s
premiere consulting detective, and Jem may just find a way to put her bachelor
girlhood behind her forever—if they can stay alive long enough to do so.
The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to
Murder is the first book in Rachel McMillan’s Herringford and Watts Mysteries series, and is also the first book I
have ever read by her. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect going in, but I will
say I never expected there to be so many funny parts! Rachel is definitely very
clever, and I really enjoyed all of the funny little notes she added to the
bottom of many of the pages. However, I will be honest and say that the story
was just a little slow for me, and some of the interactions seemed a little
forced. But other than that, I definitely enjoyed this story.
Merinda
Herringford has so much determination to be Toronto’s most renowned detective,
and that is what makes her perfect! She knows what she wants and goes after it,
no matter what society thinks. She looks after Jem; well, when she isn’t fired
up about one investigation or another. And I just love the way she is totally
ignorant of Jasper Forth’s true feelings for her. Though I do hate that her
ignorance hurts him because I am quite fond of him. Either way though, I still
love her peculiarities, as they are some of my most favorite parts about her.
Jemima Watts
is such a sweet, innocent character. Although I will say she certainly does have
her fair share of fire and spunk! Her determination not to be the proper
society lady her parents always planned her to be is so inspiring, and I love
her faithfulness to Merinda. And she is so adorably awkward with Ray DeLuca! I couldn’t
help but laugh over her hilarious attempts at trying to get him to notice her.
The two of them really are the perfect pair, in my opinion, and I loved how
this book focused a good deal on their story.
All in
all, I definitely enjoyed this cute little story, and I am excited to read more
of Rachel’s Herringford and Watts Mysteries! I am happy to give this book four
out of five bookshelves, and I would definitely recommend it, especially for
wonderful, light summer reading. It was a perfectly adorable little story, and
it was the perfect debut for Rachel’s writing career!
Happy
reading!
I received a copy of this book from the Litfuse Publicity
Group in exchange for only my honest review.
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
Photo credits go to my fabulous sister, Allie, whose blog
you can visit here.
All credit for the italicized synopsis goes to Rachel
McMillan and Harvest House Publishing.
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