Dressed for Death, Julianna Deering’s fourth installment in the Farthering Mystery series may be the
best one yet. Drew has spent the last
year solving cases with his friend, Nick, and his fiancé, Madeline, but now
he’s faced with his hardest case yet. It’s
enough to make him doubt whether he’s cut out to be a detective at all.
Drew and Madeline Farthering have
been invited to attend a week-long party with a Regency theme. They spend the
week dressed in old-fashioned clothes, playing Regency era lawn and card games
and performing outdated dances. Drew’s
old friend, Tal, is the son of the hosts, and he’s proud to introduce his new
fiancé, Alice, to his friends. But Alice
has been acting strange all week, and reveals that she has a terrible secret
she must tell Tal. But the secret is not
to be told, when Alice suddenly dies at a party. The cause of her death is a cocaine
overdose. The situation only gets worse
when Tal’s father is arrested for distributing the illegal drug. Tal asks Drew to investigate the murder, and
Drew reluctantly agrees. But as the
bodies continue to pile up, Drew questions if he’s doing more harm than good,
and a surprising twist may be the final straw for the whole group.
I have to say that I truly
enjoyed reading this novel. I think that
this case was the one that Drew needed to solve. As people close to him were killed by some
unknown assailant, he lost his cocky, self-assured attitude, and began to
wonder if he was doing more harm than good.
There were a few surprises along the way, some that I expected and some
that I didn’t. I have to say that I
guessed who was the guilty party fairly quickly, but there were a few other
twists that I didn’t see coming. I liked
the other books in this series that I have read, but this one was my
favorite. Once again I felt a little
disappointment that the murderer wasn’t brought to justice, but killed
themselves in the end. That seems to be
a trademark of this author. I like the
slightly new dynamic between Drew and Madeline now that they’re married,
although I miss some of their past disagreements. It would seem from the ending that there will
be more books to come in this series, and I’m really looking forward to reading
them. I hope that the next book will
bring Nick and Carrie together for good, too!
This mystery novel is a good
“whodunit” that will leave the reader feeling satisfied and a little
nostalgic. Overall, it’s a good read
that I recommend to lovers of Christian mysteries.
Happy Reading!
Lyndsie
I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher in exchange
for my review. All opinions are my own,
and a favorable review was not required.
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