What happens when you throw a robbery party but it turns into a real life murder investigation? Kitty Goring may have been bored but she wasn't expecting that. Nor was she expecting the infuriating Scotland Yard detective, questionable friends of her brother, spoiled relatives, or a valuable jeweled necklace to really go missing. Even worse, she definitely wasn't expecting murder.
While I spent considerable time rolling my eyes at Kitty's occasionally dangerous impulses, I ultimately warmed up to her a bit more by the end of the book. As the first book of the series, the characters weren't fully fleshed out, but it was easy to see a possible romance ultimately blooming between Kitty, society girl, and Detective Henry Burton. Me thinks she protests too much of how annoying he is. He is patient, however, at least to an extent, even when she seems to come up with a new suspect that she proclaims as the murderer to him multiple times. I actually found myself sympathizing with him more than Kitty although it was clear she felt genuine guilt at how wrong an idea born from her boredom had gone.
Who killed poor Jane? Why do multiple bodies keep piling up? Are they connected? Kitty seems to suspect almost everyone at one time or the other, even her own mother. Mother, aka Lady Goring, is a piece of work, that's for sure. She is fixated on marrying off her children to well-to-do partners and seems to be more concerned with finding the thief who took her necklace than the killer. Or killers? Kitty's brother Jimmy is a nice enough guy, albeit all we really know of him at this point is he likes to gamble and has questionable friends, but murder? Even his friends seem unlikely murderers but why did they lie to Detective Burton? There are secrets everywhere, it seems, but who would have killed to prevent them being revealed? Kitty is already feeling guilt over things she didn't do. How does it all connect?
But, enough teasers. While I wasn't immediately taken by Kitty, I am considering catching up with this series asap. As it was, other than the basics, we don't know much about the characters, innocent or guilty, at this point, and I'm curious to see what the author has done with them. People are not always who they appear to be, of course, so that's another fun aspect, sorting out who's for real and who is the faker. I actually had a hunch about the guilty party early on but, like Kitty, no real proof, so it was interesting to read the big reveal of whodunit. Thanks to #BookSirens and the author for introducing me to Kitty and company. It's always intriguing to discover what happens when secrets explode in characters' faces, so to speak. And, oh, I can't forget Scottie. He was a great, fearless addition to the mix. More Scottie, I hope.
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