Read Online An Artless Demise A Lady Darby Mystery Book 7 edition by Anna Lee Huber Romance eBooks

Product details File Size 1591 KB Print Length 380 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN 045149136X Publisher Berkley (April 2, 2019) Publication Date April 2, 2019 Sold by Penguin Group (USA) LLC Language English ASIN B07FC7Y6GT

An Artless Demise A Lady Darby Mystery Book 7 edition by Anna Lee Huber Romance eBooks Reviews

• This well-crafted book is a wonderful blend of mystery and history and a romance between one of my favorite couples. The series just keeps getting better and better with each new addition to it. While this is the seventh book in the series, it can be read as a stand-alone. However, I highly recommend that you read the series in order – from the beginning – in order to learn more of Kiera’s history and see how far she’s come and to watch the romance between Kiera and Gage blossom.
  
  This book was so suspenseful that my heart was in my throat the whole time I was reading – and yet I couldn’t put it down. There is murder, resurrectionists, blackmail, social unrest and – well – a tad of fatigue and queasiness while dealing with the early days of pregnancy. As with all of the Lady Darby books, there are multiple things happening for Kiera and Gage to unravel. The ‘things’ in this book are only loosely related and each would be a good mystery on its own – but when you put all of them in one book – well – WOW!
  
  Kiera fled London a little over two years ago thanks to her first husband’s perfidy. Everyone thought Kiera was as guilty as her husband – just by association. After Kiera’s formal charges were dismissed, her brother and brother-in-law just barely managed to get her out of London before the incensed mobs attacked her. Now, she and Gage have returned for a visit and what raises its ugly head again? Resurrectionists! Everybody in society looks at Kiera and wonders – even outright accuses – her of being involved with them. Then, a body turns up in Mayfair – the heir to one of England’s oldest and most venerable titles. The murder was committed in a manner reminiscent of the resurrectionist murders that happened in Edinburgh a few years earlier. Then a second and third murder committed in the same manner.
  
  In the midst of the murder investigations and trying to assist with the resurrectionists trial, someone is blackmailing Kiera. The blackmailers are threatening to go to the papers and accuse Kiera of helping them and her husband. Kiera can’t let that happen because it wouldn’t be just her that it would ruin – Gage, Kiera’s sister, brother, brother-in-law, and unborn child would also suffer.
  
  When all is wrapped up, you will be surprised to find who the murderer is and the reasons for the murders.
  
  This is a wonderful read and I highly recommend it.
• We've been given a solid backstory for Kiera and a good idea of what she suffered at the hands of her first husband. However, in order to give the readers time to truly to connect with this character, the author waited to expose us first hand to exactly how this felt; the snubs, threats (veiled or direct), the hatred and fear, making it all the more powerful now. Brilliant. We're not alone in this journey; Gage and, to an extent, his father gain a deeper understanding of what happened with Kiera and it was sweet, sad, poignant and, in the case of Lord Gage a sort of "ha, in your face" moment. The mystery was intriguing - you realize who the perpetrator is ahead of the characters but the "why?" and "why were these specific people killed?" questions keep the reader engaged. A side plot involving Italian boys and Anderley is a fascinating historical tidbit. It also made me want more of Anderley's backstory, before and with Gage. All told, an outstanding entry in the series.
• Another well-researched and well-told historical mystery by Ms. Huber. You can believe all the other reviews, this is an excellent mystery and ongoing love story between Kiera and Gage. I love how the characters grow and change and are revealed throughout this series. With all that Kiera has been through and experiences/re-experiences in this story it is also a study on the strength of the human psyche.
  As others have said, this series is best read from the beginning. Highly recommended!
• I've been following Lady Darby since the first mystery in which the young artist appeared, The Anatomist's Wife. My regard for the series has never flagged. Lady Kiera Darby and her now-husband Gage are utterly believable characters, with strengths and faults and an awareness of their role in time-and-place.
  
  By this point in the series (and really, you owe it to yourself to start with the first novel), it's 1831, and the pregnant Kiera is spending a bit of time in London with Gage before they repair back to Scotland for the birth of their child. But it appears that Kiera's past is haunting her Once again, there are people (apparently) killing people to sell to medical schools, because that's the only way for doctors to learn how to do autopsies. When a neighbor is killed, it reminds Society (with a capital S) of Kiera's besmirched past, which rather freaks her out. The situation requires Gage and Kiera to once again investigate, this time both to clear her name AND to prevent more deaths.
  
  Cue conversations at society balls, questions asked over tea, the occasional derring-do with foot chases. It's all a very QUIET kind of investigation, and it works well.
  
  If you liked the previous novels, I'm sure you'll like this one as well. In fact, if you have an early-morning meeting tomorrow, I suggest that you not start reading this book late at night.