A Murder at Rosamund's Gate (Re-read)

Title: A Murder at Rosamund's Gate

Author: Susanna Calkins

Series: Lucy Campion Mysteries, Bk 1

ISBN: 9781250007902

Length: 340 pages

Obtained: Library copy

Comments:

I wanted to catch up on this series, and I couldn't remember this first book well enough, so I decided to re-read it.

I did enjoy it - enough so I crammed reading it all in one evening.  But perhaps not to the same extent as the first time.  I remembered one part about Lucy's brother, and I suspected (but did not remember) the culprit partway through.  Last time I was left waiting for book 2, and the delay meant I never did get around to reading it.  This time I already have books 2-4 on hand, and have begun reading book 2 already.

Anyway, regarding this story.  The story starts with Lucy as an 18-year-old chambermaid in a decent household in 1665-1666 London.  Soon after we are introduced to Lucy we discover servant girls are being murdered.  When a member of Lucy's household becomes a victim, Lucy is determined that her friend have justice.  But this is a rough time for London with plague looming and other disaster following closely behind.  When all of London is in chaos, justice for a lowly servant girl doesn't prompt much urgency - especially when the one pushing is another serving girl, when women have little say, and when those accused of crime have so few rights.

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