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Agnes Meadows is a cook who becomes involved in a mystery. Silver is missing from the house presumed to have been stolen by a missing young servant. Agnes is more worried about the young woman whose disappearance has her puzzled. Of course, she fears foul play.
The research, the setting and the characters are indicative of the period. I loved the little details that take us back to the London of the 1700s. The roles of the servants, the kitchen and cooking information and the attitudes of those who employ the servants fold together to make this an entertaining read. My first reaction was "A cook as an investigator?" And, I found myself saying "Why not?" Other readers have questioned this role for the cook as being inappropriate for the time but one must remember that this is fiction and anything can happen in fiction.
All in all this is a good historical mystery. I quite liked it.
The research, the setting and the characters are indicative of the period. I loved the little details that take us back to the London of the 1700s. The roles of the servants, the kitchen and cooking information and the attitudes of those who employ the servants fold together to make this an entertaining read. My first reaction was "A cook as an investigator?" And, I found myself saying "Why not?" Other readers have questioned this role for the cook as being inappropriate for the time but one must remember that this is fiction and anything can happen in fiction.
All in all this is a good historical mystery. I quite liked it.
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