Review: A Sense of Entitlement by Anna Loan-Wilsey

A Mysterious Review of A Sense of Entitlement by Anna Loan-Wilsey. A Hattie Davish Mystery.

Review summary: This is an engaging historical mystery. The Newport (RI) setting provides a colorful backdrop to the proceedings and there are plenty of suspects, plenty of motives, and plenty of opportunities to accompany lead character Hattie Davish around town as she investigates them all. Recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

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A Sense of Entitlement
Anna Loan-Wilsey
A Hattie Davish Mystery
Kensington Books (June 2014)

Publisher synopsis: When Hattie Davish's job takes her to Newport, Rhode Island, she welcomes the opportunity for a semi-vacation, and perhaps even a summer romance. But her hopes for relaxation are dashed when she learns that members of the local labor unions are at odds with Newport's gentry. Amidst flaring tensions, an explosion rocks the wharf. In the ensuing turmoil, Mr. Harland Whitwell, one of Newport's most eminent citizens, is found stabbed to death, his hands clutching a strike pamphlet.

All signs point to a vengeful union member bent on taking down the aristocracy, but Hattie starts digging and finds a few skeletons in the closets of the impeccable Whitwell mansion. As she strikes down the whispers spilling out of Newport's rumor mill, she'll uncover a truth more scandalous than anyone imagined — and a killer with a rapacious sense of entitlement.