Although this book is part of a series about a female doctor in the British countryside during the reign of Queen Victoria, I had no trouble jumping right in and following along. Alexandra Gladstone has inherited her small-town medical practice from her father and lives with her maid/nurse Nancy, and her loyal old dog Zack, who accompanies her on many of her housecalls. When a local woman who conducted seances is found dead in the cemetary, Alexandra and her love interest Sir Nicholas hunt for clues to the murder among the oddball residents of their community, including Sir Nicholas' own mother.
Although I figured out the identity of the killer fairly early on, there was enough suspense and weird stuff going on in the graveyard--not to mention suspicions surrounding Queen Victoria's not-so-secret presence in the town--to keep me happily reading to the end. Thanks to Random House Alibi and NetGalley for providing me with this ARC.
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