Allyson M W Dyar reviewed Murder at Kensington Gardens by Lee Strauss
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4 stars
Another British mystery, this time, it is a very modern aristocrat, post World War I, a widow, who lives in a very nice large house with various people including her mother-in-law, a unmarried pregnant medical student (I told you she was progressive), a woman who works in the pathologist office, and a ton of other characters.
I don't want to give too much of the plot away but it centers around Ginger's boyfriend's ex-wife who was living a double life as a burlesque dancer (which, apparently, was pretty racy and scandalous). I was rather interested in the fact that women actually attended these burlesque shows, but then, this was the twenties and as the song says, "Anything Goes."
Other than the titillation of burlesque show and Ginger's lovely clothing, there really wasn't much going for the story. It was better than some I'd read, but I wasn't motivated to check …
Another British mystery, this time, it is a very modern aristocrat, post World War I, a widow, who lives in a very nice large house with various people including her mother-in-law, a unmarried pregnant medical student (I told you she was progressive), a woman who works in the pathologist office, and a ton of other characters.
I don't want to give too much of the plot away but it centers around Ginger's boyfriend's ex-wife who was living a double life as a burlesque dancer (which, apparently, was pretty racy and scandalous). I was rather interested in the fact that women actually attended these burlesque shows, but then, this was the twenties and as the song says, "Anything Goes."
Other than the titillation of burlesque show and Ginger's lovely clothing, there really wasn't much going for the story. It was better than some I'd read, but I wasn't motivated to check out to see if there were other books in the series worth my time. I'd definitely buy another book if it was on sale, but I'm not going to go out of my way to read the series.
I give this book 3.5 stars -- good enough to read on a rainy afternoon.