This is a review for NetGalley for Murder at the Merton Library by Andrea Penrose, that was released on Aug 28. This is the latest Wrexford and Sloane mystery book 7, and I really enjoy this series, and really enjoyed this book! It was a murder mystery that was very interesting, including some early forensic science and general science, as all the others were as well, and kept building page by page, and reached a climax that I didn't predict nor expect! The returning characters felt like old friends, and it was wonderful how they all worked together to solve another murder, but this time it was personal as a friend of Wrexford is killed! I rate this a 4 out of 5 because it was a great story but a little hard to understand sometimes, but I do highly recommend it as I did really enjoy it a lot! But you should read book 1 to understand the characters, but you don't have to, as you will understand it as a stand alone too.
The earl of Wrexford has recently lost his brother, and now gets an urgent message from his brother's troubled best friend, who happens to be the librarian at Oxford college's Merton Library, to come see him immediately. When Lord Wrexford arrives at Oxford, he finds that the librarian has been murdered, and that a rare and ancient manuscript has been stolen as well! Its up to Lord Wrexford and his sleuthing wife Charlotte, who is also plus their whole murder-solving crew to work together to find the answers as to why and how this best friend of his brother's died, and what someone wants with that manuscript! This road leads them to a lab fire, a race to see who can get the first ocean steam ship up and running, and all the power that goes along with that, which is a high stakes game! The whole gang, including the Weasels, Peregrine, Mac, Sheffield, and the others must work together to solve this multifaceted mystery! What a winding road they must travel to get answers!!!
So I do highly recommend this book! I love how the author explains everything thoroughly , and makes her stories so interesting! I learned a lot about steam powered propellers, and the science behind them. Also learned a lot about how inventors had to struggle when they had great ideas when there were many who wanted to steal their ideas!! So if you enjoy science and murder mysteries, then the Wrexford and Sloane series is for you!
The earl of Wrexford has recently lost his brother, and now gets an urgent message from his brother's troubled best friend, who happens to be the librarian at Oxford college's Merton Library, to come see him immediately. When Lord Wrexford arrives at Oxford, he finds that the librarian has been murdered, and that a rare and ancient manuscript has been stolen as well! Its up to Lord Wrexford and his sleuthing wife Charlotte, who is also plus their whole murder-solving crew to work together to find the answers as to why and how this best friend of his brother's died, and what someone wants with that manuscript! This road leads them to a lab fire, a race to see who can get the first ocean steam ship up and running, and all the power that goes along with that, which is a high stakes game! The whole gang, including the Weasels, Peregrine, Mac, Sheffield, and the others must work together to solve this multifaceted mystery! What a winding road they must travel to get answers!!!
So I do highly recommend this book! I love how the author explains everything thoroughly , and makes her stories so interesting! I learned a lot about steam powered propellers, and the science behind them. Also learned a lot about how inventors had to struggle when they had great ideas when there were many who wanted to steal their ideas!! So if you enjoy science and murder mysteries, then the Wrexford and Sloane series is for you!
