Grab Your Edition Death And The Courtesan (An Arabella Beaumont Mystery #1) Assembled By Pamela Christie Published As Digital Edition

witty, fun, intelligent, irreverent, Loved it! Hope there are more Arabella Beaumont mysteries! Delightful, Delicious. Loved it. A romp of a Regency mystery, as told from the perspective of Arabella Beaumont, the eponymous courtesan of the title, Think Harriette Wilson meets The Thin Mansociety murder of the sophisticated, screwball variety, This book was buckets of fun and frivolity and I loved every page of it!

So long as you approach this story with the understanding that absolutely everything in it is tongueincheek and intended to be completely over the top, you will be fine.
The book is hilarious with people saying, and doing totally inappropriate things with blase panache all over the place, Nobody in this book worries at any point about whether what they are doing is wise so long as it suits their "of the moment" purposes.
And that makes for a cracking good read!

Arabella is one of the best, most amusing and entertaining characters I've met in some time.
She's immoral, selfabsorbed, sarcastic, stubborn and mercenary, and yet she comes across as delightfully witty, charming and lovable, The kudos for that go to the wonderful writing of the author, who deftly balances the excesses of the characters with a quirky light sense of the ridiculous that makes everything funny, rather than shocking or unpleasant.


This was a superfast, easy read filled with cleverness and snappy repartee, and I was charmed by every page of it, I would definitely read other books about Arabella, She is a unique and fun character and her life is a ton of riotous fun to visit!,

Book source Many thanks to Kensington for providing a review copy in exchange for an honest review,

Arabella Beaumont is Londons most infamous courtesan, When an old friend turned enemy ends up dead by Arabellas monogrammed paper knife letter opener the law is ready to arrest her as a murderess.
However, her rich and highly titled patron, the Duke of Glendeen, declares that Arabella will be remanded to his custody and therefore free to help with the investigation of her innocence of the murder, that is and she does just that.
With help from two Bow Street Runners, her sister Belinda, a family friend and many others, Arabella has onlyweeks to find the real killer or she will be hanged for a murder she didnt commit.


The writing for this story is a bit different than Im used to, but its not a bad different, Its told mostly from Arabellas POV, but there is a narrator at times, The plot is twisty, the characters are wonderful and there is humor aplenty, I quite enjoyed myself while I tried to figure out who killed poor Euphemia Ramsey, I would definitely read more about Arabella and her entourage,
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Love the author's ability to be funny as well as witty which is definitely not the same!, The mystery was interesting enough to carry me along, and the characters were typically British, which was quite fun to read! Throw in a few naughty bits, and it all comes out as a recipe for success! Highly recommended! Belinda Bunny, Signorina Beaumont amp Arabella Beaumont Bell courtesan, Signorina had received an unpleasant letter from John Sonne architect Lincoln inn fieldstelling the sisters the proprietor who was to sell them their ancient Phan bronze statue Herculaneum double phallus from Italy had been killed amp the statue was now missing or stolen.

Thegirls, Charles Beaumont brother Toby, amp Reverend John Kendrick Rector of Effing Vicar, were off across the ocean to Resina Italy to meet with Professor Teofilo Bergamini PhD history university of Naples.


The entourage also later meet Father Terranova priest landlord amp his family,

Arabella was quite the Sherlock Holmes amp kept her own CIN Crime Investigation inquiry Notebook,

Arabella began to writesuspect clues amp sketched the crime scene, At bedtime she wrote what words of wisdom the Professor Teofilo Bergamini had related to her,

Will Belinda amp Arabella ever recover the Phan bronze statue

A very awesome book cover, great font amp writing style.
A very well written mysterious suspenseful crime filled book, It was very easy to read/follow from start/finish amp never a dull moment, No grammar errors, repetitive or out of line sequence sentences, Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns amp a great set of unique characters to keep track of, This could also make great turn of the century crime spoof movie Sherlock Holmes, or mini TV series, There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating ofstars,

Thank you for the free Goodreads Kensington ARC book
Tony Parsons MSW Washburn
Found this series by accident and I like it.
I like that it's not a romance even though it's set in the regency period, This is a light mystery nothing scary I suppose I could have figured out the villain before the protag did but I didn't care enough to try.
I just chose to enjoy the ride instead and I'm looking forward to the next book sitelinkDeath Among the Ruins Very cute! GENRE: Historical Mystery
SETTING: England, earlys
MY GRADE: C

MY THOUGHTS: Arabella is in her midtwenties.
We got no backstory on her at all which is a big mistake for an author to omit that information, I learned nothing about how she came to be a courtesan, Why someone set her up to be accused of murder is a mystery too, The story was silly and dull, PGrated and just too plain and simple, I felt Arabella didn't take the murder accusation too seriously, Yes, she, with the help of a few people, tried to solve the mystery on her own and did solve it, That part was just not believable, How the real murderer came to be arrested was not believable either,

This seems like a short story that was written by a thirteen year old and I can't recommend it to anyone,

I received this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review,
sitelink It was cute, a nice quick light read, I liked it, I know many of you said this was a good book, Maybe I would have liked it better in another frame of mind although I must admit this novel left me bored and skipping to the end was probably the best and fastest way to end my reading of this book.
A comedy and a thriller

This is a fun book based on British characters, The summaries at the beginning of each chapter made it exciting as I progressed, There are certain amounts of sexual innuendos but wittingly used, I enjoyed it ! A tasty little confection about Arabella Beaumont, Regency courtesan, head of a peculiar and diverting household, and murder suspect with but a month to find the real killer before being hanged.
She's independent, better read than most of her clients, and well nigh irresistible, Quick read, and a fun one, too, Pamela Christies sparkling historical mystery goes beyond the modest drawing rooms of Regency London in the company of the citys most esteemed and scandalous courtesan

Since the age of sixteen, Arabella Beaumont has been happily employed as a highly paid woman of pleasure.
True, respectable ladies of the ton would never deign to call at Lustings, her delightful home, Then again, Arabella has no desire to make dreary small talk and sip tea when she could be enjoying the company of amusing, intelligent, and extremely generous gentlemen.


But while Arabellas admirers are legion, she also has enemies, A paper knife stolen during one of her salons was discovered near the body of a former rival, Arabella was entertaining her wealthy benefactor on the night of the murder, but the engaged duke cant provide the alibi she desperately needs, It falls to Arabella and her resourceful sister, Belinda, to clear her goodor at least innocentname, Utilizing all the talents in her arsenal, the irrepressible Miss Beaumont will endeavor to catch the real culprit, before the hangman catches up to her This was a delight! I assumed it would be a parody of sorts of regency romance, but I did not expect it to be so laugh out loud funny.
Looking forward to the rest of the series! Be forewarned the humor is downright Benny Hill crude at times, don't expect Jane Austen here, but it totally works.
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