Of Manners and Murder, Anastasia Hastings
Of Manners and Murder, Anastasia Hastings
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Of Manners and Murder

Author: Anastasia Hastings

Narrator: Mia Hutchinson-Shaw

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/16/2023

Synopsis

1885, London, England. When Violet's Aunt Adelia decides to abscond with her newest paramour, she leaves behind her role as the most popular Agony Aunt in London, Miss Hermione, in Violet's hands. And of course, the first letter Violet receives is full, not of prissy pondering, but of portent: Ivy Armstrong is in need of help and fears for her life. But when Violet visits the village from which the letter was posted, she finds Ivy dead. Soon Violet discovers that when you represent the best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, both marauding husbands and murder are par for the course.

About Anastasia Hastings

Anastasia Hastings has, over a thirty-year-career, published over sixty novels in a number of different genres and under a number of names―Miss Hermione would approve. She is a Sherlock Holmes devotee and a Victorian England aficionado, and she enjoys learning about history as it applies to the everyday lives of the people who lived it. She lives outside of Cleveland with her husband, David, and her Airedale, Eliot Ness.

About Mia Hutchinson-Shaw

Mia Hutchinson-Shaw is a queer actor and voice artist based in NYC. She came to narration with a background in classical and period-drama theater and trained in the UK at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. When not performing, she is thrifting for her next outrageous, colorful clothing item, getting on her soapbox about low-waste living, or hunting handmade jewelers for a new item for her collection of giant earrings.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marilyn (not getting notifications) on February 19, 2023

3.5 stars rounded up! Of Manners and Murder by Anastasia Hastings was the first book in a new historical fiction cozy mystery series called Dear Miss Hermione. It was set in London in the late 1800’s. I listened to the audiobook that was well narrated by Mia Hutchinson-Shaw. Anastasia Hastings has w......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on March 29, 2023

Here’s something I never thought I would say…I am starting to enjoy Historical Fiction. Well at least HF with a mystery component..lol Tbh I only picked up Of Manners and Murder because it was one of the only available new releases on Overdrive that I had on my tbr, all the others were on hold. And i......more

Goodreads review by carolintallahassee on February 10, 2023

I finished reading this quirky detective story while Hurricane Ian was barreling through Florida, and I was unable to write an immediate review because I had no power. I have finished another book, and began one more, so now that I have had time to think about this story, here comes my honest review......more

Goodreads review by Ranjini on February 09, 2023

This was a fine historical cozy mystery. It’s just nothing new or interesting. We once again have a spritely, plucky Victorian heroine who breaks social normals and “has a personality” unlike all the other docile airheaded creatures around her. We have terrible patriarchal men who only want obedienc......more

Goodreads review by Robin Loves on September 30, 2022

Violet has a new job. She now has the job of advice columnist which was dropped into her lap by her aunt. As she opens one of the letters that has come in, she delves deep. So deep in fact, her search takes her to a small village where she discovers that the author of that letter’s name was Ivy. And......more

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