Miss Aldridge Regrets

By: Louise Hare

Narrated by: Georgina Campbell

Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

“Super cinematic and every bit as Agatha Christie-esque as its sounds... ifyou like murder mysteries, pick this one up!”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers

Named A Most Anticipated Mystery of Summer by Betches, Essence, Crime Reads and more!

The glittering RMS Queen Mary. A nightclub singer on the run. An aristocratic family with secrets worth killing for.

London, 1936. Lena Aldridge wonders if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn’t worked out. Instead, she’s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in Soho, and her married lover has just left her. But Lena has always had a complicated life, one shrouded in mystery as a mixed-race girl passing for white in a city unforgiving of her true racial heritage.

She’s feeling utterly hopeless until a stranger offers her the chance of a lifetime: a starring role on Broadway and a first-class ticket on the Queen Mary bound for New York. After a murder at the club, the timing couldn’t be better, and Lena jumps at the chance to escape England. But death follows her onboard when an obscenely wealthy family draws her into their fold just as one among them is killed in a chillingly familiar way. As Lena navigates the Abernathy’s increasingly bizarre family dynamic, she realizes that her greatest performance won't be for an audience, but for her life.

With seductive glamor, simmering family drama, and dizzying twists, Louise Hare makes her beguiling US debut.

©2022 Louise Hare (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"In Lena Aldridge, Hare has created a heroine who practically leaps off the page with her sharp wit and incandescence. Throw in a Jazz Age ocean crossing on the Queen Mary and series of diabolical murders that would make Agatha Christie proud, and I was done for, turning the pages late into the night. Irresistible and smart."—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue

“Fiendishly plotted with more twists than a corkscrew, this nineteen thirties novel set on board the Queen Mary is a real page turner.”—Rhys Bowen, New York Times Bestselling author of the Royal Spyness series

“Full of intrigue and tension, Miss Aldridge Regrets is an expertly plotted, beautifully set novel. With every character hiding something, Louise Hare builds the story in a way that is compelling and completely unputdownable.”—Nekesa Afia, author of Dead Dead Girls

Great read

a little slow with a bit much filler, but overall excellent mystery. Should be a TV series!

Ok

I was disappointed by the ending. The narrator was excellent, but I thought the story could have been better.

Historical Fiction Mystery That Delivers

There are a lot fun historical details and classic mystery plot twists in this book that I enjoyed.

Wow! This book delivers!

Miss Aldridge Regrets has all the earmarks of a first rate Christie-like mystery. Whole lots of books attempt this feat, Miss Aldridge is one of the rare books that delivers.

It does have two timelines but they are both handled well. The settings for both are rich and evocative. The plot twists and turns at every opportunity. The pacing is constant, it never lets up. Most importantly, our heroine is engaging, complex, and very human.

I loved this book and am hoping it is the first in a series.

A lovely read

I really enjoyed this book and it had me guessing until the very end. There was great writing and I enjoyed the historical fiction aspect of the closed circle mystery. Definitely worth the read!

Not really a mystery

This is less of a mystery novel and more of a book following Lena around as she has things happen to her. She doesn’t solve anything as such, rather the mystery unfolds around her. I think it could have been shorter, many points where the point could have been made sooner. It’s marginally entertaining but I did forward it at many spots.

Good airplane read

Not a great literary masterpiece but a good escape from the world. The characters are out of a 1930 film noire movie. It was fun read

Twist and turns keeps your interest throughout.

My interest in steam ships brought me to this book and I not not let down by the story telling either.

So Enjoyed this Listen!

Highly recommend this story! I’m now on the search for more of Ms. Hare’s work

Terrible story, mediocre narrator

Not a single likable character in the book. Story drags on too long. Main character makes soooo many utterly stupid and inexplicable choices that it’s really hard to care what happens. What a waste of a credit.