Lily Adler has been a widow for some time but has decided to return to Hertfordshire to spend time with her in-laws. At a neighborhood ball, she learns that her good friend, Captain Jack Hartley has made the decision to resign his commission with Her Majesty’s Navy. She also discovers that there has been some scandalous gossip has been spread about Jack’s younger sister, Amelia, and a man named Gregory Edison. However, Amelia refuses to tell anyone what is going on.
Unfortunately for some of the guests, a severe snowstorm forces many of the guests, Lily, the Hartleys, and Edison included, to hunker down overnight. In the morning, Edison’s body is found outside in the poultry yard, having been shot.
Lily agrees to assist the investigation, mostly to assist her friends, but also to prevent the chances of another murder.
Murder at Midnight is number four in Katharine Schellman’s Lily Adler Mystery series. It is not necessary to read the previous books (I had only read number three) as the author provides enough background without other spoilers. Whether you have read them or not doesn’t matter, as the reader is gripped immediately within the pages. The investigation, motives, suspects, and red herrings all give the novel a fast but steady pace.
Overall, I rate this novel 5 out of 5 stars.
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