It's unfortunate that she's a major character, because I like so many other characters in the books. For his part, Wrexford felt a bit more stagnant, with the author more unsure where to take this character beyond the basic premise of who and what he is. From what they find out about the EOS Society, there Is something that isn't aboveboard about this clan of young scientific scholars? Wrexford and Sloane must unravel secrets within secrets—including a few that entangle their own hearts—when they reunite to solve a string of shocking murders that have horrified Regency London.

Now, treat yourself to reading the first two, if only for the very emotional scene where Wrexford gives the boys their names. Charlotte is certain that this accusation is as false as the one that brought Wrexford to her door in the first book in this series. A Regency lady with a hidden past joins forces with an irritable aristocrat to solve a dastardly series of crimes. It’s clear that she grew up in different circumstances, but when the story begins neither Wrexford nor the reader know exactly what those circumstances were or why she left them. We spend VAST amounts of time listening to her being a complete and utter idiot about Wrexford and his motivations, on and on and on and ON, and I have simply had enough of her.

Charlotte has just learned that her dear cousin, one of the few people who accepted her as she was back in a day she hasn’t yet revealed to Wrex, has been accused of murdering her other dear cousin – his twin brother. I enjoyed the book and getting to hang out more with Charlotte and Wrexford and the other characters, but the emotional payoff at the end was lacking. James Cameron Stewart voiced the story, and once again, I was mesmerized by the puzzle, personalities, and romance. Fans of the Lady Sherlock series looking for books in the same vein will find this series equally satisfying. As the narrative builds, Wrexford and Charlotte’s slow-burn romance flickers and flares, teasing the reader and making her yearn for more.

Or could the motive be far darker and involve the clandestine scientific society that claimed both brothers as members? Because this case was steeped in those scientific questions, as well as the age-old question about the fine lines between genius and madness, and between interest and obsession. I’m getting through Spencer-Fleming’s All Mortal Flesh and the volumes that follow in anticipation of a long-awaited new book in the series. I have also listened to the audiobooks of this series (borrowed from the library), and they are excellent.Yes, the first Lady Arianna mystery, “Sweet Revenge”, and I believe the second also, “The Cocoa Conspiracy” have very interesting chocolate recipes. teaching them to draw, muttering motherly threats about “no jam tarts,” which McLennan affectionately bakes for them, hugging them and giving them a world of love and care and knowledge where they had none). Its complex story line and authentic historical details bring the early days of the Industrial Revolution vividly to life. It's fine for the author to tell us how brilliant she is, but when all we see is her acting like a numbskull, it becomes both unbelievable and annoying. Wrexford and Charlotte each uncover various aspects of each of these possible motives, and it was fun seeing how these stories began to interweave, with characters Wrexford interrogated and received certain clues then wandering across Charlotte’s path, and, because of her different perspective, yielding different and new information.