Murder at Claridge's

My thanks to Allison & Busby and NetGalley for a review copy of this book. Murder at Claridge’s is the third of the historical Hotel Mysteries series by Jim Eldridge and the second that I’m reading and reviewing (I also read and enjoyed book 2, Murder at the Savoy, last year). The series is a police......more

3.7 Stars One Liner: Interesting and entertaining but has too many subplots An unsuspecting kitchen porter from Claridge’s has been murdered (garroted to be precise). He was a Romanian who did his job and kept to himself. Why would anyone want to kill him? Was he silenced or prevented from causing d......more

Thank you to NetGalley and Allison & Busby for an e-galley of this crime novel. It was a pleasure to read this historical crime novel, one of several by this author where a murder takes place in one of the magnificent hotels of London in the early years of World War II. This was the first novel I've......more

This is the first book by this author and not my usual historical mystery read. I found it very entertaining. It was well written with wonderful characters and information about living through the blitz. There were lots of twists and turns that gave a good substance to the story. I would like to rea......more

October's 1940 London. DCI Coburg and Sergeant Ted Lampson are called to to investigate the death of a kitchen porter at the Claridge's Hotel. Much to the annoyance of the local Detective Inspector Lomax, then another similar murder occurs on his patch. But there is also the problem of fighting betw......more