The latest book in the Mitford series focuses on Jessica or Decca and her experience of falling in love and fleeing to Spain at the height of the civil war.
Louisa and Guy now run their own private investigation firm whilst balancing the needs of marriage and family life. They are dragged back into the Mitford family when Jessica disappears in Europe. As Louisa and Guy crisscross France and Spain at the height if the Spanish civil war in search of Jessica, they are also dragged into another investigation that also has its roots in the Spanish Civil War.
The glamour excuded by the Mitfords, the fascinating mix of political ideologies and familial love, is combined with the turmoil in Europe. I think there are better depictions of Spain and this period but it is more of a background to this story rather than the main focus. I also didn't get much of a sense if Jessica's left wing/communist leanings they didn't really come across at all.
As a glamourous crime novel with interesting settings it works well if you ignore the fact it is based on true events.

Jessica ‘Decca’ Mitford has gone missing and Louisa and Guy are drafted in by Nancy to find her. This is their first big case as a newly minted detective agency and the publicity could put them on the map if they are successful.
This book tackles the Spanish Civil war and sees Guy and Louisa pinging back and forth from London to France without a care in the world. This is the fourth book in the series and the links to the Mitfords are getting a tad stretched, this isn’t really about Decca it’s about a group of women who go missing and nobody really cares except Louisa. There’s a battered wife and bad husband and a moral dilemma that sees Guy and Louisa at opposite ends. The history was interesting if the plot was a bit muddled.

A Fitting Addition…
The fifth in the Mitford Murders, another well written, atmospheric mystery and a fitting addition to this wholly engaging series. 1937, war is looming and the Mitford sisters are, if anything, more divided than ever. Former maid Louisa is now a private detective and working with husband Guy. This time, missing persons cases soon open a can of worms and secrets may be spilled. As enjoyable as ever.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I have suddenly developed a liking for good old fashioned mystery stories and this author is very good. Good storyline, good characters and basically a worthwhile read.

The Mitford sisters were a glamorous group and Jessica Fellowes does a great job depicting their stories entwined with an entertaining mystery taking pace during the war in Spain with Europe on the brink of World War II. A fun and intelligent story!

With grateful thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest opinion.
I hadn't read any of the others but I really enjoyed this really well thought out book and can highly recommend.

Jessica Mitford has disappeared. She's not the only one.

Former Mitford maid turned private detective Louisa Cannon needs to find Decca as well as getting to the bottom of all the other missing persons.

Another brilliant mix of fact and fiction

So very lovely to be back with the Mitford's, Louisa and Guy.
Taking a cosy crime and giving it a good injection of the political climate and a very mysterious missing person's case.
Twists a plenty ,but with a very satisfying ending.
Very much enjoyed the historical facts at the end too,as I don't know too much about real life Mitfords.

I have read all the Mitford mysteries, based loosely on the lives of the Mitford family and their once maid turned private investigator Louisa, who now works with her husband, former policeman Guy. This new instalment is inspired by real events, and is ideal if you favour a more Agatha Christie slant to your crime fiction. In 1937, with civil war in Spain and the world ready for another Great War, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever: by politics. Louisa’s former charge, Nancy (yes, author Nancy Mitford) asks that she and Guy try and find her sister Decca (Jessica), a Communist who is believed to have flown the nest to fight the good fight. It quickly becomes clear that Decca’s in Spain and willing to do what she can to be counted – and also to be seen in a good light by a certain someone who’s caught her eye. Louisa and Guy, who you feel nothing could separate, also realise there are limits to every marriage, and that doing the right thing isn’t always doing the right thing by everyone’s standards.