And once I started, I read it in two gulps. Finally, I had the push to actually move the book to the top of my reading list, and to sit down and actually READ it. Until this spring, when Death Below Stairs garnered the most votes for the COYER Book Club in April. I would say to myself, “Oh, I need to read that!” and promptly get distracted by other books. Fellow bloggers read it and wrote glowing reviews. Time passed and I never got around to it. How could I fail to enjoy it? I was stoked.

It appeared so totally up my alley: a cozy historical mystery series set in Victorian era London, starring a young cook as the heroine and amateur detective. I’ve had Death Below Stairs on my to-read list since before it came out in 2018, thanks to advance publicity on sites like NetGalley. Death of a scullery maid, threat to a queen Along with the assistance of Lord Rankin’s unconventional sister-in-law and a mathematical genius, Kat and Daniel discover that the household murder was the barest tip of a plot rife with danger and treason-one that’s a threat to Queen Victoria herself. Intent on discovering who killed the helpless kitchen maid, Kat turns to the ever-capable Daniel McAdam, who is certainly much more than the charming delivery man he pretends to be. Kat is unbothered by the family’s eccentricities as long as they stay away from her kitchen, but trouble finds its way below stairs when her young Irish assistant is murdered. Highly sought-after young cook Kat Holloway takes a position in a Mayfair mansion and soon finds herself immersed in the odd household of Lord Rankin. Victorian class lines are crossed when cook Kat Holloway is drawn into a murder that reaches all the way to the throne. ★★★★ Death Below Stairs by Jennifer AshleyĪlso in this series: A Soupçon of Poison, Murder in the East End, Death at the Crystal Palace, The Secret of Bow LaneĪlso by this author: A Soupçon of Poison, Murder in the East End, Death at the Crystal Palace, The Secret of Bow Lane

Death below stairs by jennifer ashley