A Promise Given (A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series Book 3)
Description A Promise Given by Michelle Cox
Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose—a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on.
As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle Linley, the Howards’ ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley and Clive’s mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under suspicion—and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case, despite Clive’s anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta’s distracting news from home.
Delicately attempting to work together for the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace’s innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that will shake the Linley name and estate forever.
My Thoughts A Promise Given by Michelle Cox
Henrietta and Clive can barely contain their passion for each other but it being the 1930’s they will not consummate their love until they are married. So, they decide to move up their wedding. The wedding planning has problems complicated by Clive’s mother who won’t shorten the guest list and will spare no expense. Further complicating not only the wedding but Henrietta’s family is her newly found grandfather, Oldrich Exley. It turns out that Henrietta’s mother kept a huge secret from her children. She comes from wealth but was disowned when she married Henrietta’s father.
After the wedding, Henrietta and Clive ship off the England for their honeymoon. They stay AT Linley Castle where Clive’s father grew up. Once again the become wrapped up in a mystery. Henrietta also fears for her sister, Elsie after receive an alarming letter from her. Then as they get ready to leave Castle Linley for the rest of their honeymoon, the couple are called back home for an emergency.
It took me a bit of time to warm up to the new characters in book 3 but they were well written as all of Michelle Cox’s characters are. I loved how she wove in the landscape of Castle Linley and the surrounding English countryside. It seemed to be a character of its own. The mystery wasn’t quite as riveting in the past books but that is because I was able to guess at least part of Wallace’s secret. Wallace is Clive’s cousin. However, I still enjoyed it and give it 4 stars.
About Michelle Cox
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. (Her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and many others, so she might be on to something.)
Unbeknownst to most, Cox hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also, marmalade.
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