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“I have received many love notes about my wit. Though they are often disguised as strongly worded letters which request I hold my tongue.”

A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

April 3, 2026 by Pooja 1 Comment

When a rich, eligible young man comes to town, Beatrice Steele, a Regency-era miss with an unseemly interest in crime, is determined that her younger sister Louisa will be his bride. But when he is poisoned in front of the whole ball, she must solve his murder instead with the assistance of the prickly detective Drake. This book is a humorous pastiche of Jane Austen and Agatha Christie with plenty of intrigue and funny characters, but its inspiration is while in some ways its greatest […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: ARC, cozy mystery, historical, humor, Julia Seales, mystery, NetGalley, Regency, Romance

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: ARC, cozy mystery, historical, humor, Julia Seales, mystery, NetGalley, Regency, Romance ·
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A Most Agreeable Murder: pride and prejudice meets Miss Marple

A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

June 8, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

mood music: Cheap Thrills – sia (bridgerton version) This was such a pleasant little book, I’m so happy to have come across it in my reading journey this year. It also helped me discover a new story genre to add to my repertoire – the cozy mystery. Influenced by Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and set during the era of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, this was a lighthearted introduction to what I imagine will be a series of books that I cannot wait to pick up […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: 19th century romance, british murder mystery, historical fiction, Julia Seales

donttrustthe_bea's CBR16 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: 19th century romance, british murder mystery, historical fiction, Julia Seales ·
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