The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
by Elsa Hart
The story is set in London early in 1703, it’s about Sir Barnaby Mayne who is a collector and his home is filled with his cabinets of things.
The first one hundred pages moved very slow for me, until I got to know the characters then it moved a little faster.
Lady Cecily Kay arrived at Sir Mayne’s house to study his plant collection. when Sir Mayne is murdered in his house while there are people touring his house and an innocent man is being sent to prison for his murder. That’s when Lay Kay and her childhood friend Meacan Barlow, whom she accidentally met at Mr. Mayne’s house after a long time, get involved investing the murder of Sir Mayne. While rebuilding their old friendship they study obsessed collectors in order to solve this murder mystery.
This Victorian murder mystery was very well-written, the vivid description of the scenery and well-developed characters, once you get to know then, made this story suspenseful.
One thing that I really liked about this book was that the main two characters were two strong and well-crafted females.
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