Remedy Murders Like a Girl is the second outing for Violet Hamilton, Girl Detective. I learn and actually loved the primary e book within the sequence, No Life for a Girl final yr and over a sunny weekend just lately, dipped again into Violet’s world, set within the English coastal city of Hastings in 1897.
Opening sentence: Life was good, filled with latest achievements and adventures to return.
Violet Hamilton, Girl Detective
Once we final noticed Violet, she had met Benjamin Blackthorn, an antiques supplier and detective. She fell for each him and his profession. She helped him discover her mom (lacking for 10 years – learn extra about that in my assessment of the primary e book, No Life for a Girl right here) and knew then she wished to be a Girl Detective.
‘I’m a Girl Detective,’ I mentioned. ‘Powerful, decisive and when obligatory, brutish.’
In Remedy Murders Like a Girl, we discover Violet engaged to Benjamin however nonetheless residing along with her father. She is a little bit fed up of the finding-lost-cats sort of instances she’s been engaged on, so is greater than prepared when one of many girls in her circle (not that she notably likes her) is discovered useless on the seaside.
Violet is on the case and though various spanners are thrown into the combination, together with that pesky sexism that was way more prevalent in 1897. It means she is without end combating in opposition to each what society thinks that she, as a Girl, ought to be doing along with her life, alongside that, males with extra freedom and hidden agendas imply Violet should use her wit and appeal to seek out out what actually occurred.
It was energy, wielded so carelessly, simply because he was a person and will.
Remedy Murders Like a Girl actually transported me again to the Victorian period, there’s nice historic analysis on present in these pages and Violet is such a well-rounded character you could’t assist however imagine in her. It makes some robust feminist factors too.
When you like light homicide mysteries with dashings of retro appeal and humorous, candy moments – to not point out a heroine forward of her time – then choose up Remedy Murders Like a Girl and luxuriate in! It additionally provides sufficient plot abstract so you possibly can learn it with out having learn the primary e book (though extremely suggest that too!)
It’s a pleasant selection for a summer time / vacation learn.
