Murder and the Scent of Nutmeg: An atmospheric and golden-age historical murder mystery (The Posie Parker Mystery Series Book 16) by L.B. Hathaway


Murder and the Scent of Nutmeg: An atmospheric and golden-age historical murder mystery (The Posie Parker Mystery Series Book 16)
Title : Murder and the Scent of Nutmeg: An atmospheric and golden-age historical murder mystery (The Posie Parker Mystery Series Book 16)
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ISBN : 191353135X
ISBN-10 : 9781913531355
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 175
Publication : Published March 4, 2024

What if everything you hold dear is blown apart by one fateful meeting?Valentine’s Day, 1926When Posie Parker, London’s premier female Detective, accidentally runs into an old family acquaintance, she is persuaded to leave town immediately and return to the place of her childhood roots - the beautiful and bleak Norfolk coast - to investigate a closed-room murder mystery which local police believe has a foregone conclusion.But have the police got it right? Posie must race against the clock as the Murder Trial is scheduled to begin in just two days’ time.A women’s right’s activist, the courageous Girvan Briskow, will almost certainly face the gallows if she is convicted of her wealthy father-in-law’s murder. Both the murder victim and the chief suspect are already known to Posie from years before, but that knowledge doesn’t make things easier, and Posie needs to push aside old hostilities in order to get at the truth.But is the truth too much, and too dark, for her to bear? And is she just imagining it, or is Posie’s presence resented in Norfolk? Does someone there wish Posie real harm, perhaps even want her dead?And why has Richard Lovelace, Posie’s husband and the Chief Commissioner of New Scotland Yard, started acting strangely lately? Posie is forced to try and plot some marriage-saving tricks. But will they work? And should she even bother?Set against the brooding Norfolk shore, MURDER AND THE SCENT OF NUTMEG is an atmospheric and golden-age historical murder mystery, which fans of Agatha Christie, T. E. Kinsey, Nicola Upson, Lee Strauss and Verity Bright will adore.

Murder and the Scent of Nutmeg: An atmospheric and golden-age historical murder mystery (The Posie Parker Mystery Series Book 16) Reviews

  • KathleenWH

    Dark and worrying

    I cannot in good conscience recommend this book.

    While I have enjoyed all the Poise Parker books and novella to this point, this
    work is like nothing else Hathaway has written to date.

    The first half of the book seems to be a long, very, very long review that Posie
    undertakes of her life, and the joyless manner in which she places it
    on the page should have been a clear indication that “… The scent of Nutmeg…”
    is not a typical Hathaway book.

    I'm not going to write anything about the second half of the book, except to say
    it took a strong stomach to get through it.

    I am assuming this is the last Posie Parker book, and, I for one, will treasure the ones that come before it.

    But not this one.

  • Saskia

    Ignore the naysayers

    I don’t understand the criticism for this book. It is a refreshing an adult peek into Posie’s background. I suppose they were looking for a completely mild spoonfed mystery or something. I found this to be a great progression in poise‘s character development,. This book is a sometimes complex narrative about pre-war Posie and her life. At times yes, it is a little dark, but not alarming so. But talking about war, and its effects on people cannot ever be completely light. I felt like it tied together breadcrumbs that we got about her past in prior books, and added context to some of her behavior and quirks (like her silver notebooks)

  • Melissa

    I enjoy this series, though it is light - its gotten better and more interesting as it progresses. This one is filled with descriptions of smells and the haunting of the past - and learning that the past wasn't quite as you thought it was when it was lived ....

  • Susanna

    A new Parker Posey mystery is always exciting!

    This one packs a lot in - family loyalties and feuds, and what happens when they conflict - history and present - real and supernatural. Fortunately, love (and sleuthing) conquer.

  • Jill

    A Little Confusing

    Going back and forth in time is a little tough in books and movies. This book was no exception. But, once I got my bearings, I enjoyed it. I've read all the Posie Parker books and loved the entire series.

  • Sheila

    3 1/2 stars. Not my favorite of the series but still good. Nice to learn more of Posie’s backstory.

  • Aimee Jones

    I seem to have liked this for the same reasons others were dissatisfied with it. Love a good back story and the shocking plot twists. Posie is remarkable.

  • Lori D

    Audible Review

    Complicated
    The author is amazing with her imagination. So complicated and intriguing. Brilliant story and narration