I’m delighted to share my review for Murder at Big Ben by Michelle Salter, the second book in a new historical mystery series #historicalmystery #cosycrime #highlyrecommended
Here’s the blurb
🇬🇧 You won’t be able to put down this latest instalment in the Fairbanks and Flynn Mysteries, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Benedict Brown and T. E. Kinsey 🔎 🔪
Three women hide in Big Ben, only two come out alive…
2 April 1911 is census night, when suffragettes hide overnight in parliament to force census takers to record it as their address – the only way women can have a place in government.
Coral Fairbanks, suffragette, actress, and artist’s muse, is among the women who break into parliament. What she doesn’t know is that Guy Flynn, artist and Scotland Yard detective, has been ordered to guard it that night.
When a suffragette hiding in Big Ben is poisoned, suspicion falls on the residents of two grand houses in Mayfair. The Kesbys are avant-garde artists, the Ashcourts are aristocrats fallen on hard times.
Once again, Fairbanks and Flynn put aside their differences to investigate an astonishing case of deception and murder.
A new historical mystery set in Edwardian London featuring the iconic detective duo Fairbanks and Flynn.
While this novel has the same detective duo as the other books in the Fairbanks and Flynn Mystery series, it can be read as a STANDALONE
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My Review
Murder at Big Ben is the second book in the Fairbanks and Flynn Mystery series, and it’s another fabulous mystery.
I adore how these books are so deeply rooted in the events of the day, making use of historical events to provide a vivid and very satisfying mystery for the reader to devour (or attempt to solve). The red herrings are placed extremely well. The eventual resolution of the mystery unfolds very smoothly, and when you do know the resolution, you can appreciate how well the author dropped snippets here and there, while ensuring there was never enough to give the mystery away.
Coral and Guy are such great characters. The mystery is top-notch and there are any number of suspects who could be the culprit..
Another fabulous installment in the series which I devoured in just a few sittings.
Check out my reviews for Murder in Trafalgar Square, the first book in the Fairbanks and Flynn Mystery series, and also my reviews for the Iris Woodmore series of historical mysteries Death at Crookham Hall, Murder at Waldenmere Lake, The Body at Carnival Bridge, A Killing At Smugglers Cove, A Corpse in Christmas Close, and Murder at Mill Ponds House.
Meet the author
Michelle Salter is a bestselling author of Edwardian and 1920s murder mysteries featuring female amateur sleuths, suffragettes and Scotland Yard detectives. She combines colourful characters, fascinating British history, and will-they-won’t-they romance in classic golden-age whodunnits.
Each book can be read as a STANDALONE even if it’s part of a series.
Michelle’s cozy crime novels have gained a dedicated following of readers who love her compelling characters and page-turning plot twists.
When she’s not writing books, Michelle enjoys exploring the backstreets of London and sharing fascinating facts from the Edwardian era and Roaring Twenties on her blog and social media.
She lives in Hampshire, England, and loves walking in the countryside and reading crime novels.
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