A Mysterious Review of Anything But Civil by Anna Loan-Wilsey. A Hattie Davish Mystery.
Review summary: The cast is well drawn, the region and its history forming a strong backdrop to the murder investigation at the center of this story, and the murder mystery plot intriguing and suspenseful to the end. Highly recommended for fans of historical mystery fiction and strong female sleuths. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Anything But Civil
Anna Loan-Wilsey
A Hattie Davish Mystery
Kensington Books (September 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Traveling secretary Hattie Davish and her trusty typewriter alight on a small town in Illinois, where the Civil War may long be over, but certain mysteries refuse to be buried …
Hattie Davish is delighted to be ably assisting her wealthy employer, Sir Arthur Windom-Greene, an English scholar who is fluent in Civil War history and hard at work putting together a definitive biography of General Cornelius Starrett. Their research takes them to Galena, Illinois, where they quickly learn that time has done little to heal old battle wounds. Distrust and betrayal seem to linger in everyone's minds, none more so than the General's pompous son Henry. And Hattie is certain he has something to do with a string of bizarre incidents in town — especially when he turns up dead …
Between her work for Sir Arthur, preparing for Christmas, and unscheduled visitors from her past, Hattie hardly has time to investigate a murder, but soon she is lost in a labyrinth of secrets and deceit that leads to more questions than answers. Henry had a knack for finding trouble and making enemies, and there's no shortage of suspects — including Sir Arthur. Now, Hattie must uncover the truth while maintaining her civility in a most uncivil situation.
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