Murder, Mistletoe, and Mischief at the Frost Fair

A Cozy Regency Mystery of Love and Murder

De: Marisa Paxon

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

I am the narrator of this book, which means I have already hauled you across a frozen river, past gingerbread stalls and shrieking swing ropes, and now they have decided I should sell the whole affair as well. Dead satirist, thawing hearts, absolutely freezing toes, if you enjoy slogans that double as medical warnings.

Welcome to the Thames Frost Fair, that short lived miracle where London pretends it is sensible to build shops on ice. Anne Redgrave, daughter of a Paternoster Row bookseller (ink on her fingers, opinions in her pocket), is trying to make an honest living selling improving tracts and quietly slipping the occasional wicked broadside to those who can still feel their hands.

Then a satirist named Finch is crushed under his own collapsing stall, and Hawke of the Thames River Police informs everyone, in the tone of a man who despises whimsy, that the support was cut. Suddenly Finch’s last sheet is fetching scandalous prices, the copper plate that printed it has vanished, and the fair proves it has more than one way to turn murder into “an unfortunate business.”

Anne should, in theory, step back and let uniformed men do their stamping and scowling. Instead she follows the trail through printers, clerks, smug gentlemen with clean cuffs, and the sort of “accidents” that keep happening to ropes and boards when the wrong people start having opinions. The trouble is, if she fails, she risks her family’s livelihood, her own freedom, and the very convenient fact that evidence tends to disappear once the river remembers how to move.

Perfect for readers who want cozy Regency sleuthing, sharp banter, London street life on ice, non gory peril, and a hero who keeps trying not to care while sending gloves anyway.

A clue rich, fair play Regency whodunit with a satisfying, logical reveal, plus a closed door slow burn romance with a warm HFN. This is a complete, stand alone mystery and love story in the Regency: Corpses & Courtship Club world.

Go on then, click Look Inside and mind your footing, the river keeps score.