A Veil Removed

A Veil Removed (A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel Book 4) by Michelle Cox. She Writes Press, 2019. 400 pages. ****

In this fourth book in the series, Clive and Henrietta's honeymoon is cut short by the death of Clive's father, Alcott Howard. Clive is not ready to take over the reigns in the family business and the more he learns about his father's death, he becomes convinced that it was not an accident. Henrietta joins forces with Clive in an effort to assuage his grief and with the hope that they can form their own detective agency. Henrietta's reunion with her family is clouded by her Grandfather's insistence that her brothers be sent to a boarding school and her sister's disastrous love life. Elsie planned to elope while Henrietta was away on her honeymoon but Clive’s sister thwarts her plans.
Henrietta persuades Elsie to enroll in Mundelein, an all girl’s college run by nuns, to escape the gossip and damage to her reputation. Entrance is not easy since Elsie hasn't completed the requirements for high school, but Henrietta is very persuasive. Elsie feels insecure in college until she befriends Gunther, a German custodian, who helps ease her homesickness.

I have loved every one of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard novels, and this one is no exception. They have been compared to Downton Abbey and Miss Fisher's Mysteries rolled into one- part mystery, part romance. Cox captures the 1930s and transports us into that time period.  I would not read this one as a stand alone because the story begins where the last one ended. I felt the ending was a little abrupt, however, it has caused me to preorder the next one, A Child Lost, to be released next week. (It’s on sale for 2.99 on Amazon) I can't wait. If you haven't read the series, start on 1 and keep going until you have read them all.

Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents.  She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. To read more http://michellecoxauthor.com/about-michelle-cox/

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