Murder in Highgate

A Redmond and Haze Mystery, Book 9

When a young man is found hanging inside the Ashford family tomb, Redmond and Haze assume the man had run afoul of the noble family and paid for it with his life. Once they identify the remains, they discover not only the victim’s shocking secrets but that the young man had an unexpected connection to Jason.

With few leads and no obvious motive for the murder, will Redmond and Haze solve the case before the killer claims another life?

©2022 Irina Shapiro (P)2022 Merlin Press LLC

Death, choices and societal norms

I loved this historical whodunit staring Captain Jason Redmond and Inspector Daniel Haze. Like the other books in the series, it had a layered storyline, an intriguing mystery, surprising plot twists, and suspense. I was equally desperate to read it all at once to solve the mystery and also to savor it and make it last. Jason and Daniel are portrayed as real, relatable and complex people who have flaws and scars, but are really just trying to do their best as messy humans. Captain Jason Redmond is an American surgeon who inherited his British grandfather’s estate and title. He is living with his wife and infant daughter in London while he teaches and volunteers at the hospital. Daniel Haze is a detective inspector for Scotland Yard. He lives with his young daughter and is struggling with his wife’s recent death/possible suicide. Daniel requests Jason’s help when a body is discovered hanging in a viscount’s mausoleum. The investigation leads Daniel and Jason to unlikely places, dead ends, and surprising revelations. As always, there are smaller side personal story arcs and social commentary which enrich the main plot line and give the characters greater dimension. I love this series.

Wendy Wolfson did a phenomenal job narrating the story and characters into life with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice multiple characters quite convincingly.

Excellent narration

Great paving and voice inflection. Each character had a unique sound and she is spot on with the American accent.

Great

Another great addition to this wonderful series. A winding road to figure out the murdered. Sometimes it seems without Jason I do not think the crime could be figured out!

Excellent narration as usual!

Daniel’s angst is getting old!

Daniel is starting to come across as very petulant and self righteous. It is hard to see someone like Jason actually being drawn to the person Daniel has become. I have enjoyed the series but the last two books have been less enjoyable due to this increasing attitude in Daniel’s character. Otherwise the story was interesting and I’ll give the next one a shot, hoping Daniel’s character grows up. If not, I may give it up.

storage, the love of children is vastly underrated in fiction and this author honors it.

I thought the aspiring surgeon couldn't be active without some evidence according to previous episodes of this series. avoiding spoilers here