Reviews

Invitation To A Funeral by Molly Brown

fishwitch's review against another edition

2.0

This book was ok. I felt like it simply took the author too long to tie up the two seemingly separate story lines. Once she intersected the stories, it then felt rushed. I enjoyed the main characters, but not enough to hope that the book would turn into a series (which I understand it did not).

nigellicus's review

5.0

Clever, entertaining historical murder mystery featuring dramatist Aphra Behn as a likeable, put-upon heroine. With a new play in the offing and drastically low on funds, she has also been saddled with an appalling actress as the result of a bet between two Lords. A chance encounter with a beggar dredges up painful memories of the past, and two brothers who showed her a kindness. Shortly after, the two brothers are dead and she is in the unenviable position of paying for their funerals. Spies, lords, and street thieves all show a dangerous interest in the brothers' doings, and Aphra finds herself caught up in a conspiracy that could shake the throne and plunge the country into civil war.