{"id":30097,"date":"2023-03-31T08:55:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T12:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30097"},"modified":"2023-03-31T08:55:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T12:55:20","slug":"review-murder-in-postscript-by-mary-winters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/31\/review-murder-in-postscript-by-mary-winters\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \ud83d\udd0d Murder in Postscript by Mary Winters"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30097\" data-postid=\"30097\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30097 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_09k0843 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_rijr843 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7kdw843 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/murder-in-postscript-mary-winters.jpg?resize=324%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30100\" title=\"murder-in-postscript-mary-winters\" alt=\"murder-in-postscript-mary-winters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/murder-in-postscript-mary-winters.jpg?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/murder-in-postscript-mary-winters.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/murder-in-postscript-mary-winters.jpg?resize=400%2C617&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xqwq844 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Amelia Amesbury\u2014widow, mother, and countess\u2014has a secret. Amelia writes for a London penny paper, doling out advice on fashion, relationships, and manners under the pen name Lady Agony. But when a lady\u2019s maid writes Amelia to ask for advice when she believes her mistress has been murdered\u2014and then ends up a victim herself\u2014Amelia is determined to solve the case.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">With the help of her best friend and a handsome marquis, Amelia begins to piece together the puzzle, but as each new thread of inquiry ends with a different suspect, the investigation grows ever more daunting. From London\u2019s docks and ballrooms to grand country houses, Amelia tracks a killer, putting her reputation\u2014and her life\u2014on the line.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_znnn844 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_g44w844  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1-2.png?resize=296%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Mar 28, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Lady of Letters<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Lady Amelia Amesbury is still a young woman but has been a widow for two years. She lives with her aunt by marriage and raises her late husband\u2019s niece. Amelia wasn\u2019t born with a title and was bored with high society life until her childhood friend gave her a new purpose. Grady Armstrong is a newspaper editor and gave Amelia the job of responding to letters written to the paper\u2019s advice column. Amelia loves helping others but must keep her identity as \u201cLady Agony\u201d a secret because the people in her aunt\u2019s social circles would not approve. Her secret becomes hard to keep when a woman writes a letter to the paper asking for help because she thinks her mistress has been murdered. Now Amelia has to find a way to solve the murder while keeping her own secrets.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">This is the first book in a new series, and I really liked it! I like the character of Amelia as well as the relationship she has with her niece, Winifred, who is like a daughter to her. Even though Amelia feels obligated to follow certain societal conventions of the times, she doesn\u2019t hesitate to speak her mind when it involves her niece or someone in need. While trying to help the woman who reached out to her through her advice column, she is spotted by a friend of her late husband\u2019s family, the mysterious Lord Barinbridge. The two form an unlikely sleuthing team, and each has a reason to wonder about the sparks that fly when they\u2019re together. I love the chemistry between the two and hope they act on it sooner than later.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Almost every chapter of the book begins with a letter written to Lady Agony along with Amelia\u2019s reply. The topic of the letter often ties in with what\u2019s going on in the story for that chapter. The letters are fun and give the reader a glimpse into both the customs of the times and Amelia\u2019s witty personality. Amelia and her best friend Kitty Hamsted end up in danger themselves as they try to do some investigating without Lord Simon there to assist. There is so much to like about this well-written mystery. I like how everything comes together at the end of the murder investigation, and was pleased with the resolution. A development at the end hints at what I assume will be the plot of the next book, and I can\u2019t wait! Fans of <strong>Anne Perry\u2019s<\/strong> <em>Thomas and Charlotte Pitt<\/em> series or <strong>Victoria Thompson\u2019s<\/strong> <em>Gaslight<\/em> mysteries will enjoy the debut of this new series.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_68sh844 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3U0wdb9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3M4Qo5E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/murder-in-postscript-mary-winters\/1141707907?ean=9780593548776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/murder-in-postscript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Mary_Winters_Murder_in_Postscript?id=nbF3EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amelia Amesbury\u2014widow, mother, and countess\u2014has a secret. 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Amelia writes for a London penny paper, doling out advice on fashion, relationships, and manners under the pen name Lady Agony. But when a lady\u2019s maid writes Amelia to ask for advice when she believes her mistress has been murdered\u2014and then ends up a victim herself\u2014Amelia is determined to solve the case.<br \/><br \/>With the help of her best friend and a handsome marquis, Amelia begins to piece together the puzzle, but as each new thread of inquiry ends with a different suspect, the investigation grows ever more daunting. From London\u2019s docks and ballrooms to grand country houses, Amelia tracks a killer, putting her reputation\u2014and her life\u2014on the line.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Mar 28, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Lady of Letters<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Lady Amelia Amesbury is still a young woman but has been a widow for two years. She lives with her aunt by marriage and raises her late husband\u2019s niece. Amelia wasn\u2019t born with a title and was bored with high society life until her childhood friend gave her a new purpose. Grady Armstrong is a newspaper editor and gave Amelia the job of responding to letters written to the paper\u2019s advice column. Amelia loves helping others but must keep her identity as \u201cLady Agony\u201d a secret because the people in her aunt\u2019s social circles would not approve. Her secret becomes hard to keep when a woman writes a letter to the paper asking for help because she thinks her mistress has been murdered. Now Amelia has to find a way to solve the murder while keeping her own secrets.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">This is the first book in a new series, and I really liked it! I like the character of Amelia as well as the relationship she has with her niece, Winifred, who is like a daughter to her. Even though Amelia feels obligated to follow certain societal conventions of the times, she doesn\u2019t hesitate to speak her mind when it involves her niece or someone in need. While trying to help the woman who reached out to her through her advice column, she is spotted by a friend of her late husband\u2019s family, the mysterious Lord Barinbridge. The two form an unlikely sleuthing team, and each has a reason to wonder about the sparks that fly when they\u2019re together. I love the chemistry between the two and hope they act on it sooner than later.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Almost every chapter of the book begins with a letter written to Lady Agony along with Amelia\u2019s reply. The topic of the letter often ties in with what\u2019s going on in the story for that chapter. The letters are fun and give the reader a glimpse into both the customs of the times and Amelia\u2019s witty personality. Amelia and her best friend Kitty Hamsted end up in danger themselves as they try to do some investigating without Lord Simon there to assist. There is so much to like about this well-written mystery. I like how everything comes together at the end of the murder investigation, and was pleased with the resolution. A development at the end hints at what I assume will be the plot of the next book, and I can\u2019t wait! Fans of <strong>Anne Perry\u2019s<\/strong> <em>Thomas and Charlotte Pitt<\/em> series or <strong>Victoria Thompson\u2019s<\/strong> <em>Gaslight<\/em> mysteries will enjoy the debut of this new series.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3U0wdb9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3M4Qo5E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/murder-in-postscript-mary-winters\/1141707907?ean=9780593548776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/murder-in-postscript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Mary_Winters_Murder_in_Postscript?id=nbF3EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30097"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30104,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30097\/revisions\/30104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}