Renee began Throwback Thursday at Its Book Talk as a way to share some of her old favorites as well as sharing books that she wants to read that were published over a year ago. Books that were published over a year ago are almost always easier to find at libraries or at a discounted sale price. As I have been sifting through my TBR list and purging those books that no longer hold my interest, I came across several from years past that I’d love to share with you!
Title: Cut to the Quick (Julian Kestrel Mysteries #1) by Kate Ross
Published: April 1994
Publisher: Penguin Crime
Average Goodreads rating: 4.0
THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN IN JULIAN KESTREL’S BED. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE’S DEAD.
Add the unflappable Julian Kestrel to the ranks of great sleuths of ages past. He’s the very model of a proper Beau Brummell–except for his unusual willingness to plunge headlong into murder investigations. And an investigation’s hard to avoid when, luring an elegant weekend at a friend’s country estate, a murder victim turns up in his bed. With the help of his Cockney manservant, Dipper, Kestrel sets out to find the killer among the glittering denizens of 1820s London’s social stratosphere.
“You’re much better than fireworks. They’re all over in a moment, and you’re going to stay for a fortnight. Besides, fireworks are noisy, and they make too much smoke.”
Kate Ross, born Katherine Jean Ross, was an American mystery author who wrote four books set in Regency-era England about dandy Julian Kestrel. The novels in the series are Cut to the Quick (1994), which won the 1994 Gargoyle award for Best Historical Mystery, A Broken Vessel (1995), Whom the Gods Love (1996), and The Devil in Music (1997), which won the 1997 Agatha Award for Best Novel. The Lullaby Thief (1997), a short story featuring Kestrel, is included in the mystery anthology Crime Through Time, edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman. Ross was also a trial lawyer for the Boston law firm of Sullivan & Worcester and a graduate of Wellesley College and the Yale Law School. She died of cancer in 1998.
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