Ms. Hamilton pens a historical mystery with a touch of romance.
Lady Anne Addison has an eagle eye for picking up nuances, and is only interested in gossip to find out why her friends are acting strange.
A mystic, the death of Alfred, an acquaintance she had just talked at length with and more than a few odd engagements has her more than curious.
She snoops, questions her friends and is able to not only uncover that Alfred was murdered, but others were too. Unfortunately she just barely escapes with her life after confronting the murderer.
Her descriptions of Bath, the era and the people are engaging.
I requested and received a NetGalley ARC to peruse gratis and offer my opinion the same.

I love historical mysteries, like Ashley Gardner, Anne Perry or Andrea Penrose so I was looking forward to discovering a new author to follow. I could tell the story took place before the 20th century but was surprised when I read the author's afterward which stated the year as 1786. There was no sense of particular time and place. A small quibble maybe, as long other things worked. Unfortunately, this story took quite a while to get moving. There were several characters introduced but their conversations weren't particularly interesting and their personalities were pretty thin. The protaganist, Lady Anne, spent a lot of time in thought about a fiance that didn't make an appearance until the last couple of pages, which was disappointing because her description led me to believe he'd liven things up a bit. The murder picked things up enough to keep me reading but there were few surprises and there wasn't enough excitement to really involve me.