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Summary: An important book in the series
Review: For those who enjoy the excellent Pennyfoot Hotel mystery series by Kate Kingsbury (and new readers too!), GROUNDS FOR MURDER is a must-read. Not only for the mystery itself; what's excellent about this latest installment is, as always, the development of the characters! A new maid, Doris, is introduced, but there's something very peculiar about her. Could she be the link in the latest murder in Badgers End? And what about the mysterious attack on the harmless and hapless Colonel Fortescue? And for those of us who read the series mainly to follow the relationship between the two protagonists, Cecily Sinclair (widow, owner of the Pennyfoot and amateur sleuth) and her manager Baxter, this book is indispensable. It's the landmark installment where Cecily FINALLY begins to realize her true feelings for her faithful, compassionate, ever-stuffy manager. He is her employee, and the year is 1908; with all the restrictions of protocol during that time, can there be any hope for a relationship between them? Class restriction was very strict, and the "forbidden" aspect to their feelings definitely adds spice to the story. So in other words, highly recommended. Buy the book--in fact, buy all the books in the whole darn series because it's so good. If you're a fan of cozy mysteries, you really shouldn't miss out!
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