The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden

In this 3rd book in the Laetitia Rodd series, the private detective investigates the death of a thespian. The book works fine as a standalone.*****In the mid-19th century Mrs. Laetitia Rodd, needing a...

Letitia Rodd, minister's widow and private detective, is pulled into the unsavory world of stage actors to help a scorned wife receive a fair divorce settlement and lands in the middle of a murder inv...

Meh...I was not happy with this book--too many unpleasant characters, for one thing. I found it hard to really care who killed whom. Plus, Laetitia was really off her game for most of the book, and he...

I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden was a fun little mystery to jump into. Even though I jumped out of order, I still enjoyed t...

The third in the Laetitia Rodd series, and I have read them all. I was not as delighted with this latest book as the focus was theater and things got very dramatic. I still find Laetitia and her broth...

This story follows Laetitia Rodd is an established second instalment of her case as a private detective in 1853 England. The reader is exposed to a dreary & dark scene wherein the complicated relation...

3.5 StarsThis is the 3rd in the series of the Laetitia Rodd Mysteries. This is my first read in the series, and I think it went fine as a stand-alone, though the first two might explain more of how Mr...

Not a favorite in the series for me - too much deception by the suspects, went on too long, and the deep, dark family secret was obvious to me from about halfway through the book. The blurb is right e...

3.5 stars. This is an interesting mystery that centres around a family of actors who own a theatre. I continue to enjoy Mrs. Rodd as detective aided by Inspector Blackbeard (their dynamic is fun). It ...

I liked this book less than the first two. Those had plausible hooks for a lady detective to be involved (the lack of which ruins most attempts at 19th century settings). By the time this third novel ...