Something Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series Book 3)

This series continues to enthrall, "forcing" me to set aside other books I need to read and review just to find out what happens next in the adventures of Lord and Lady Hetheridge (this is the third installment). This one begins as the couple - Tony and Kate - have set a wedding date three weeks away but have turned over the planning to a good friend. Meantime, Tony - Baron of Wellegrave and chief superintendent of the New Scotland Yard - and Detective Sergeant Kate Wakefield, must deal with a murder (with help, and one-liners that kept me chuckling throughout, from Kate's capable partner Paul Bhar).This time, the victim is the head honcho of an oil company that has taken heat for a recent major oil spill. He's thrown a big party to divert attention from the damage, and sometime after the guests have gone, he was poisoned. The killer may well be one of the guests, which include Duncan Godington - a suspected serial killer who's managed to evade conviction on other occasions in past books.To be sure, there's no shortage of suspects, most of them quirky. Riley, for instance, insists she was engaged to the still-married victim - and she claims to be a full-blooded Comanche as well as a "spiritual practitioner." Then there's the other fiance, who also claims the victim was planning to marry right after his divorce was final. Meanwhile, the actual wife - who will inherit the man's fortune - insists he wasn't planning to divorce her at all. Also factoring in is Jules, the daughter Tony didn't know he had until the previous book; she has, it seems, developed a fondness for Tony's old nemesis, Duncan.Scotland Yard powers-that-be are also gunning for Tony - egged on by a jealous department rival. It doesn't hurt that Tony is about to marry a "common" woman - one who not only half his age but on the department payroll. All that, and a big wedding neither Tony nor Kate really want, must get sorted out by the end of the book - and they do, in the usual fine fettle. Another very good book in this highly entertaining series!

I love to see all the characters again from Tony Hetheridge, Kate and Bhar.I love the banter between them as they try to solve the case. Here theyhave a man murdered and he has two fiancées! I enjoyed this. Must read.

Another great installment in the series. Loved how well it flows, how witty it is, and in general easy to read. Though it's not THAT easy for me, because some of the British nuances are lost on me.. Though it doesn't discourage me anymore :) I just take it as it is.Like the previous one, we got 3 POVs, Tony, Kate and Paul (Bahr). Paul's POV adds another layer to the crime solving, and since Tony and Kate's romance takes a very small part, it really doesn't interfere with anything really, it's just perfectly balanced. I really hope Paul will get his own HEA - he SO deserves it!As usual, we start the book with a murder for Tony's team to investigate. This time it's an American "oil lord" who stayed in London. There is a lot of controversy about this guy because of an oil leak he had caused. In the cast of many enemies he might have, there's also infamous Sir Duncan - All three would LOVE to find him as the killer but there has to be some SIGNIFICANT evidence for THAT to happen which isn't easy with someone like him.. There are a lot of colorful and interesting people for the team to investigate (mostly the two so very different girlfriends of the deceased..). Yet be warned - this book doesn't end with a full closure, there are some things left for the next installments.. I wasn't very pleased with it, but I also understood why it had to play this way.We get more of Kate's family - her brother and nephew, trying to build a life together as a family now that Kate and Tony are getting married. There are also some other characters who aren't pleased with this reunion and so these two suffer a bit before they can tie the knot. Also, someone at the station is doing SOMETHING they shouldn't, because Tony has his superior breathing at his neck at ALL times, even when it doesn't make any sense. I have an idea who THAT would be, but I wonder about the motive, or rather, if it's more complicated than simple hatred.The romantic part is very small, as was with the previous two, but now that they are a true couple seeing them working together as more than a team was very endearing. They work well together - in and outside the job. They somehow complete each other - so very different, yet somehow great together. They come from different worlds yet what matters is only how much they mean to each other, and how much being together affected them and made them more complete and content.At the moment there is only one installment left in the series, but there's a 5th one in the making which I'm so happy about! Though this is clearly not my go-to genre, I love my time spent with Tony, Kate and Paul and getting more feels like a treat :)Tags: Romantic Suspense (MF) / MysteryMore @ Ultra Meital Reviews.

Good mystery police novel with no indecent words or sex scenes.. Like having a bit of intrigue and figuring out plot for self

To be involved by murders at Scotland yard is special... but to be involved with High Society murders is quite another thing. Thus, the Baronet Scotland Yard must know how to play the game. Read on, I think he does!

Tony, Kate and Paul get called to a plush hotel where they find a well known industrialist murdered and no CCTV clues available. It seems as though the CCTV images have been hacked, instead showing a troop of Gorillas. A complex investigation as no witnesses can be found, although one appears to have clues from beyond the grave. The a second murder takes place. Will the team fathom it out? In the meantime Kates family of brother and nephew take up residence in Tony’s mansion and wedding bells are in the air. Good story.

VERY sl - o - w and predictable. Was it also meant to be a comedy? One character tried his best to have daft thoughts and actually spouted them out occasionally.... but they missed the mark I am afraid. This novel is on par with the Miss Marple TV series. (The old ones were brilliant, but the newer ones - change of actress may have something to do with it), you either go to sleep by half time or change channels. I stuck with this book hoping it would improve.... 2 stars for the effort of actually sitting down and putting pen to paper.

Reading this book was a waste of my time. It is poorly written with many errors and plenty of poor grammar. There are a lot of technical errors too. The author clearly does not believe in research. Above all, if police investigations were conducted like this in real life then the country would be in a state of total anarchy!

Enjoyed the first 2 books in the series but in this one, the main characters started to become less plausible. Also the text needed proof reading as another reviewer said - lots of sloppy editing errors. Not sure why the author thinks Oi! is appropriate so often, either.Very disappointing indeed.

What can I say? Yet another good bedtime read. Looking forward to making it through the series I hope so. Oh, I am so pleased to read this book again and have enjoyed it just as much as the first time. March 2022. Yes I have read this book for the third time. Will probably read it for a fourth time. Always find it easy to relax while doing so.December 2022.