The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder

Name: The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Rachel McMillan
ISBN: 9781705231647

Author: Rachel McMillan

Series: Herringford and Watts Mysteries #1

Narrator: Marnye Young

Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/23/2020

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Cozy

Synopsis

In 1910 Toronto, while other bachelor girls perfect their domestic skills and find husbands, two friends perfect their sleuthing skills and find a murderer.

Inspired by their fascination with all things Sherlock Holmes, best friends and flatmates Merinda and Jem launch a consulting detective business. The deaths of young Irish women lead Merinda and Jem deeper into the mire of the city's underbelly, where the high hopes of those dreaming to make a new life in Canada are met with prejudice and squalor.

While searching for answers, donning disguises, and sneaking around where no proper ladies would ever go, they pair with Jasper Forth, a police constable, and Ray DeLuca, a reporter in whom Jem takes a more than professional interest. Merinda could well be Toronto's premiere consulting detective, and Jem may just find a way to put her bachelor girlhood behind her forever—if they can stay alive long enough to do so.

About Rachel McMillan

Rachel McMillan is the author of the Herringford and Watts mysteries, the Van Buren and DeLuca mysteries, and the Three Quarter Time series of contemporary Viennese romances. Dream, Plan, and Go is her first work of nonfiction. Rachel lives in Toronto, Canada, and is always planning her next adventure.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on November 23, 2015

Super biased, of course, but that Italian reporter is a SUPER dish! ;)......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on February 22, 2017

Jem and Merinda make me smile. Some reviews I’ve read said that Merinda is difficult to love, but I found her absolutely delightful. In fact, I enjoyed her even more than I did Jem (whom I also adored). Merinda is, admittedly, a little rough around the social-propriety edges but she is also after all......more

Goodreads review by Chantel on July 17, 2024

This book was just flat out fun!! Perfect for summer! I had such a great time reading this story. Merinda Herringford and Jem Watts have become one of my favorite crime solving duos! While most bachelor's girls in Toronto, 1910, are finding husbands and polishing their domestic skills. Miranda a......more

Goodreads review by Jocelyn on November 26, 2017

I cannot remember the last time I had this much fun reading a book! I fell in love with all the main characters, but especially Merinda Herringford, who had me laughing out loud more times than I can count. What a delightful, charming excursion into mysterious Toronto, 1910. The city itself was a ch......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on June 29, 2016

I SO wanted to love this book. I'm very sad to say I wasn't able to do that. The book has some terrific components to it, and for some readers, those may make this a better fit than it was for me. I did love the view of my city, Toronto, as it was in the early 1900s! It was fun to see my city in its e......more