Farewell Blues (A Lady Adelaide Mystery, #4)

by Maggie Robinson

The Society Scandal of the Season…
Lady Adelaide Compton had prepared herself to say goodbye forever to Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter. It would be a welcome relief not to get mixed up in any more murders, even if it meant never working alongside the handsome detective again…wouldn't it?
But then Addie's prim and proper mother, Constance, the Dowager Marchioness of Broughton, is accused of murdering her secret lover, and there can't be enough gentlemen detectives on hand to find the truth. The dead Duke of Rufford appeared to lead a blameless life, but appearances can be deceiving. And unless Addie and Dev work together, Constance will hang—which is no one's idea of a happy ending.

• ISBN10: 1464215197
• ISBN13: 9781464215193
• Publish Date: 14 October 2021 (first published 14 September 2021)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 272
• Language: English

Reviews

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Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Farewell Blues is the fourth and final book in the Lady Adelaide historical cozy mystery series by Maggie Robinson. Released 14th Sept 2021 by Sourcebooks on their Poisoned Pen Press imprint, it's 272 pages and is available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.

This is a well written 1920's drawing room cozy with the requisite upper-crust British minor landed gentry, inconvenient murder, with a generous side helping of romance and some assistance from the paranormal realm. It wasn't derivative, but reminded me a great deal of Topper, and fans of the franchise will find a lot to love here. It's pure escapist fun, and doesn't take itself at all seriously.

This installment sees all of the overarching plot threads wrapped up to a satisfying denouement and resolution. I especially liked the epilogues which will almost certainly leave readers happy and satisfied. I've enjoyed the series and this was a good ending. The language is relatively clean (a few instances of bloody and damn and nothing worse). This is the end of the series and although the mystery is self contained in this volume, there are huge spoilers for earlier books in the series.

Four stars. For fans of the author's other series, this one is also written to a satisfyingly readable degree.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes