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A Dream of Death
by Connie Berry
Series: Kate Hamilton Mysteries #1
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Published by Crooked Lane Books on April 9, 2019
Genres: Traditional Mystery
Pages: 320
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: A Legacy of Murder
On a remote Scottish island, American antique dealer Kate Hamilton sleuths a killing that eerily replicates a murder still unsolved after 200 years.
Autumn has come and gone on Scotland's Isle of Rothsay, and the locals gather for the Tartan Ball, the annual end-of-tourist-season gala. Among the invited guests is American antique dealer Kate Hamilton. Returning to the island where her husband died is brutal, but Kate is determined to repair her relationship with her sister-in-law, Elenor Spurgeon, the proprietor of Rothsay's deluxe country house hotel.
Kate has hardly unpacked when a body turns up, murdered in an eerie recreation of an infamous unsolved murder two hundred years before. And the only clue to the killer's identity lies in a curiously embellished antique casket. When Bo Duff, the gentle handyman who had tried to save Kate’s husband's life, is taken into custody, she teams up with vacationing Detective Inspector Tom Mallory to clear Bo’s name. To accomplish that, they’ll have to unmask a killer who seems bizarrely fixated on the past…because two hundred years is an awfully long time to hold a grudge in A Dream of Death, the tantalizing series debut by Connie Berry.
Are old Scottish murders being redone?
A Dream of Death by Connie Berry is a remarkable book that takes place in Scotland. The scenes are amazing the way that Ms. Berry has written them, so I felt as if I was actually there.
What I liked
- Kate’s sense of family loyalty despite that she didn’t like her sister-in-law all that much.
- That the book was written in the first-person narrative was done so well, and I think it works fabulously with the story.
- The relationship that Kate has with Elenor’s staff at her hotel and Tom.
- Kate’s budding relationship with Tom is perfect.
- The different mysteries that were woven into the central mystery.
What I disliked
I didn’t like how Elenor treated a bunch of people and the way she acted like she was better than everyone. Another person that I didn’t like was Penny Arnott because she was rude and didn’t want anything to with Kate or Elenor since Elenor’s family stole her families castle. The last thing that I didn’t like was the tons red herrings because I fell into thinking that it was them. Well except one.
Five Stars
I am giving A Dream of Death by Connie Berry a five-star review and recommending it to all my mystery lovers who also happen to like antiques, the Scottish countryside, and a mystery that lasted over 200 years in the making.
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About Connie Berry
Like her main character, Connie Berry was raised by charmingly eccentric antique collectors who opened a shop, not because they wanted to sell antiques but because they needed a plausible excuse to keep buying them. Connie adores history, off-season foreign travel, cute animals, and all things British. She lives in Ohio with her husband and adorable Shih Tzu, Millie.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2019 Cloak and Dagger
- 2019 Craving For Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2019 Cruisin' Thru The Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2019 New Release Challenge
A book truly worthy of a five-star review. For a debut novel, that is quite an accomplishment.