Death at the Dance (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #2)

by Verity Bright

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Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Death at the Dance is the second Lady Eleanor cozy mystery by Verity Bright. Released 8th July, it's 290 pages (ebook version) and 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. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book (and the first in the series) are currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.

This is a sweet and light genteel English cozy with a young female protagonist amateur sleuth back again investigating murder with her dogsbody sidekick butler Clifford. There's a huge romance subplot around which the plot turns. The language is very clean and there is no on-page violent content. The dialogue is occasionally a bit too precious, but overall, it's a fun read and not to be taken seriously. There is quite a lot of "I say, what", and "old fruit", and it does read at times as if the author is channeling her inner P.G. Wodehouse, but the overall effect is mostly cute and it's a quick and easy read.

Four stars, I look forward to seeing what the author has in store for the series as it develops more.

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