A Measure of Menace, Jennifer Ashley
A Measure of Menace, Jennifer Ashley
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A Measure of Menace

Author: Jennifer Ashley

Series: Kat Holloway Below Stairs Mysteries #3

Narrator: Anne-Marie Piazza

Unabridged: 3 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2025


Synopsis

October 1883When cook Kat Holloway and the kitchen staff maintain the empty Mayfair house while the family resides in the country, Lord Clifford, Lady Cynthia’s confidence-trickster father, arrives in London and asks Kat and Daniel McAdam for help. Lord Clifford might be accused of murder but won't go to the police because his involvement with the victim will implicate him in another crime. Kat and Daniel must pool their resources and unravel this tricky situation before Lord Clifford is arrested. Kat will do anything to spare her friend Lady Cynthia disgrace and ruin, even when the investigation leads her into grave peril.

About Jennifer Ashley

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Ashley writes historical, paranormal, and contemporary romance. She also writes mysteries under the pseudonym Ashley Gardner and paranormal romance and urban fantasy as Allyson James. Jennifer has received many awards, including the Golden Quill, the RITA Award, the Prism Award, and the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award. Her books include the Shifters Unbound series and the Mackenzies series. Jennifer lives in the Southwest.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on October 01, 2024

Good story I always enjoy the Kat Holloway mysteries. I'm especially glad to see the slow burn romance between her and Daniel finally picking up speed. As far as in concerned, age could easily continue solving her mysteries if she married Daniel and ran her own tea shop and bakery.......more

Goodreads review by mikaela on April 02, 2025

Can't believe she keeps all the good romantic moments in the NOVELLAS 😭 loved the mystery in the one and can't wait for the next.......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on August 26, 2025

-In this novella, Kat Holloway, the resourceful young woman who is working as a cook for the Bywater family in London, is faced with an unusual request. The Bywater family is now in the country and Kat is spending her time working up new menus for when they return. Mrs. Redfern, who is in charge of......more

Goodreads review by TrixieB on May 22, 2025

What a disappointment! I love this series and this fell flat in so many ways. We had more of Kat blushing than anything else and it just rang false. The underlying plot was nonsensical. (there's no way in which the Earl could not have gotten his money back. It made no sense.) The zip and zing of the......more