Some Touch of Madness, Victoria Hamilton
Some Touch of Madness, Victoria Hamilton
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Some Touch of Madness

Author: Victoria Hamilton

Narrator: Heather Wilds

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/18/2023


Synopsis

A hushed-up murder sends Emmeline St. Germaine on a quest for justice . . .

Having chosen to go to a women's institution rather than live under her brother's oppressive thumb, Emmeline is second-guessing her decision. Her ulterior motive was to learn under what circumstances her sister died there six years ago, but the conditions are dismal, the treatment is harsh, and the women are restricted on all sides. When one of the women is murdered, Emmeline resolves to solve the crime despite the powerful owner's hostile insistence that the death was a suicide.

As she uncovers what little evidence there is to be found, Emmeline's investigation is thwarted at every turn by the increasingly severe restrictions on her movement—until she discovers that the mistreated help below stairs are more than willing to reveal the institute's grim secrets. Determined to honor the victim's memory and follow the trail to the murderer wherever it goes, Emmeline will have to face down thuggish guards and abusive staff, fearful all the while of the price she'll pay to bring a killer to justice . . .

About Victoria Hamilton

As Victoria Hamilton, Donna Lea Simpson is the nationally bestselling author of the Vintage Kitchen Mystery series, including No Mallets Intended and Freezer I'll Shoot, as well as the Merry Muffin Mystery series, including Muffin but Murder and Bran New Death. She also writes the Teapot Collector Mysteries as Amanda Cooper.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jan

A hundred years before Nellie Bly women were treated like unruly chattel (at least in the monied class) and sent to mental health institutions for "corrections". Emmeline’s sister died in one of those places, and now a friend is threatened. Emmeline’s reaction to these things caused her elder brothe......more

Goodreads review by Shaina

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Victoria Hamilton for providing me with a complimentary digital ARC for Some Touch of Madness. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own. Leaving off from where the first book ended, Emmeline has decided to go to a women’s institution instead of livin......more

Goodreads review by Di

Some Touch of Madness, the second book in the A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder series not only picks up where the last left off but the story’s pace as well. Victoria Hamilton, AKA national bestselling author Donna Lea Simpson with her protagonist Emmeline St. Germaine hits her stride as our heroine v......more

Hamilton once again brings a light to feminine issues in her latest entry to her historical mystery series. Hamilton has not only created incredibly likeable characters in Emmeline and her maid Geillis but always delivers a mystery that balances the clues, red-herrings and suspects that will leave y......more