Murder in Westminster
Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley
Audiobook
Narrator: Chante McCormick
Listening Time: 10 Hours and 34 Minutes
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Release Date: August 30, 2022
Fiction, Historic Fiction, British Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Murder, Multicultural, Black & African Mystery, Jamaican Mystery
Lady Abigail Worthing is half Jamaican and half Scottish. She is married to Lord James Worthing who is much older and travels on expeditions. Since Abigail and her friend wanted to attend an abolition meeting, she had her two maids sit in on the play Aladdin. The two women sneak out but when she feels they are being watched, they go to a tavern and wait for her driver. When he arrives, he has a note not to attend the meeting.
Abigail has a fleeting vision with a girl, a kiss, and a ribbon. She believes it relates to her sister and rushes home. She finds her neighbor, Juliet Henderson, murdered in her backyard and believes her husband, Stapleton Henderson is the murderer. What she doesn’t realize is Stapleton was also at the theatre and followed her out. He knows she was not at the play and is without an alibi. When he tells the police that he saw Abigail at the theatre, their fates are sealed together. She must prove his innocence or guilt to clear her own name.
The story is fast paced, the characters are developed, and it is written in the first-person point of view. There were mentions to previous interactions and investigations with the police, but this is the first book in the series. There are so many twists I really did not know who the killer was until the end of the book. The story reminds me of the Lady Jane Grey Mysteries by Deanna Raybourn. If you like historical mysteries, you will enjoy this book. I look forward to future books by this author.
