I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
The Sisterhood
by Tasha Alexander
Series: Lady Emily Mysteries #19
Series Rating:
Published by Minotaur Books on September 23, 2025
Setting: 1907 London, England
Genres: Historical Mystery
Pages: 336
Format: Audible Audiobook, Hardcover, Kindle
Source: NetGalley
Goodreads
Bookhype
BookBub
Storygraph
Get Your Copy at: Amazon
Lady Emily investigates the murder of a glamorous debutante in the next irresistible mystery of Tasha Alexander’s New York Times bestselling series.
London, 1907: When the Season's most accomplished and elegant debutante, Victoria Goldsborough, collapses and dies at her engagement ball, the great and good of London Society prepare to mourn the tragic loss of an upstanding young woman. But all is not what it seems, and after a toxic beverage is revealed to be the cause of death, the king himself instructs Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves to unearth the truth.
Who would want to harm one of the most popular women of the year? Is it her fiancé with whom she had an unusually brief courtship; a rival for his affections bitter at being cast aside; her best friend who is almost certainly hiding a secret from Colin and Emily; a disappointed suitor with a hidden gambling habit; or a notorious jewel thief who has taken a priceless tiara from the Goldsborough home? When a second debutante succumbs to poison, the race is on to find a ruthless killer.
Emily and Colin’s investigation leads to a centuries old tomb in the center of London with a mysterious link to another death dating back to Roman times and the violent reign of Boudica, ancient Britain's fearsome warrior queen. As the stakes rise and the clock ticks down, Emily must find the killer before they strike again.
The Sisterhood by Tasha Alexander features Lady Emily and her husband, Lord Colin Hargreaves, as they investigate a death.
Will Emily and Colin catch the murderer?
Lady Emily and Colin Hargreaves have been married for a decade by this point. They are very cute together, and I like how Colin defends his wife against her mother. The two of them are a respected pair that even the King, himself, likes to employ to solve a crime that needs to be solved faster than what Scotland Yard can do.
Lady Emily and Colin
Lady Emily Bromley is the wife of Colin Hargreaves, and it’s written from Emily’s point of view. I must say that it’s terrific to see the life of early 1900s England through the eyes of a woman. Emily proves just how much polite society views women, seeing them only as tools to run a good household instead of being useful outside the home. Colin is a good man for defending his wife from her mom, and during the investigation, when some people didn’t want to say something in front of Emily.
These two make a fantastic team, both as husband and wife and as investigators. They are also cute together in how they interact and solve the case.
The Mysteries
Lady Emily and Colin learn from Emily’s mother about the death of Victoria Goldsborough and how they should investigate. I have to say I was quite stumped about how the investigation was progressing. Especially when it involved a jewel thief, another debutante’s death, and how it all connected to a mysterious tomb dating back to the reign of an ancient British warrior queen by the name of Boudica. I was fairly stumped on how it all connected. Right as Emily figured it all out, I started to as well. Ms. Alexander did a fantastic job of putting all of these mysteries into the story while also making sure that they all get closed in some way.
Four Stars
My rating for The Sisterhood by Tasha Alexander is four stars. I highly recommend this series, even though this is my first book, not only in this series but also in Ms. Alexander’s oeuvre. Ms. Alexander transported me to early 1900s London to investigate these mysteries with Emily and her husband. I felt like I was one of the investigators right along with them. Did you get stuck on all the red herrings in this book like me?
Lady Emily Mysteries
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of The Sisterhood by Tasha Alexander.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
Baroness’ Book Trove is an Amazon affiliate, meaning that if you make a purchase, this blog receives a small percentage of the sale. This helps with the cost of the website and a few giveaways.
About Tasha Alexander
The daughter of two philosophy professors, I grew up surrounded by books. I was convinced from an early age that I was born in the wrong century and spent much of my childhood under the dining room table pretending it was a covered wagon. Even there, I was never without a book in hand and loved reading and history more than anything. I studied English Literature and Medieval History at the University of Notre Dame. Writing is a natural offshoot of reading, and my first novel, And Only to Deceive, was published in 2005. I’m the author of the long-running Lady Emily Series as well as the novel Elizabeth: The Golden Age. One of the best parts of being an author is seeing your books translated, and I’m currently in love with the Japanese editions of the Emily books.
I played nomad for a long time, living in Indiana, Amsterdam, London, Wyoming, Vermont, Connecticut, and Tennessee before settling down. My husband, the brilliant British novelist Andrew Grant (I may be biased but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong) and I live in southeastern Wyoming. I still don’t have a covered wagon, but a log house goes a long way toward fulfilling my pioneer fantasies. Andrew makes sure I get my English characters right, and I make sure his American ones sound American.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2025 Cloak and Dagger
- 2025 Goodreads RC
- 2025 Medical Examiner Mystery RC
- 2025 Six Shooter RC
Leave a Reply