In Milady's Chamber: A John Pickett mystery

by Sheri Cobb South

Book Overview

Von ihrem aristokratischen Ehemann entfremdet, da sie ihm keinen Erben schenken konnte, beschlie t Lady Fieldhurst, sich als Rache f r seine Missachtung einen Liebhaber zuzulegen. Das Schicksal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483915735
• ISBN13: 9781483915739
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent reading

Sheri Cobb South ventures into new territory from her usual Regency Romances with, instead, a regency set murder mystery. Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, is discontented in her barren marriage to Viscount Fieldhurst. Teetering on the edge of an affair with Lord Rupert Latham, she decides one night to take that step. Except she definitely chooses the wrong night to invite him in - she and Lord Rupert discover the body of her murdered husband in his bedchamber. Bow Street is immediately summoned. John Pickett, one of their youngest, soon arrives. Investigation and complications ensue. Julia discovers more about her husband than she had ever imagined. Pickett, torn by duty and inclination, finds himself falling for this dreadfully out-of-reach Lady, who is also looking like the chief suspect. The plot unfolds convincingly and the denouement is not obviously signposted. I always enjoy this author's books and this is no exception; flows well, effortlessly evokes the period, clearly sketched and sympathetic characters ... What more could one ask for, except a longer book? Hopefully we will indeed see more of John Pickett and I look forward to it.

A lovely mystery by a very skilled novelist.

Sheri Cobb South can always be relied upon for a really well written novel. I have read her Regency era romances and haved loved every one of them. I give them all 5 stars. This is the first mystery I read by her and give it 4.5 stars. The mystery storyline was very well executed and the characters had detailed personalities. In her books, you always feel you are getting to know real people instead of just fictional characters. I felt this book was like her romances in that you relax into the gentille world she creates. Although this wasn't a romance, it was romantical. I took a half star off for the mystery but this was because I had figured out the killer and motive pretty early on. Still, I had not figured out all the related details and side stories so I was kept fully enthralled until the last page. I hope she continues writing more Regencies, no matter what genre she chooses.

terrific Regency police procedural

In spite of his recent rejection of her due to her failure to produce an heir Lady Julia Bertstrom Fieldhurst remains faithful to her spouse a Foreign Office bigwig. However, she considers taking a lover for the first time, her escort Rupert Latham, but when they enter her bedchamber they are greeted by the corpse of Lord Fieldhurst lying on her floor with her scissor in his neck. The media and his superior Mr. Colquhoun immediately assume it is a lover's triangle, but Bow Street Runner John Pickett thinks that is too easy a solution though the paramours had the time to commit the homicide. He focuses on the cousin and cousin-in law as having a monetary motive. The more John digs, the more likely it seems Julia killed her spouse. He begins to wonder if her beauty has spellbound him to ignore her treachery just like his boss thinks. However, he tries a different path involving the Foreign Office and a purloined letter hoping that will prove the clue to lead to the killer. IN MILADY'S CHAMBER is a terrific Regency police procedural starring a likable Bow Street Runner who like everyone else wonders if beauty has dazzled the beast. John is the focus of the story line as he follows clues that go nowhere except dead ends and begins to doubt his theory that Julia is innocent though he continues to pursue alternate paths other than the lovers' triangle murder. The support cast augments a fabulous historical mystery. Harriet Klausner