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and Robert have been married three years already, Lucy has had two miscarriages in the last six months and is wondering what that bodes for her marriage,especially when she receives some poison pen letters indicating she is to blame.
Her sister Anna is still unwed and stuck caring for their father and little brothers, Lucy and Robert have endowed a village school to educate the children and adults on their estate, When Lucy finally gets around to meeting the teacher, Miss Broomfield, she does not like the woman, Lucy feels Miss Broomfield should not be teaching impressionable young children and vows to find a new teacher ASAP.
When Robert discovers Miss Broomfield dead at her desk, he knows it wasn't a natural death and as magistrate, needs to investigate.
He would prefer Lucy to NOT get involved given her fragile state of health, Lucy takes Robert's suggestion as a guideline and promises only to supervise the children as they learn Christmas carols, but she can't help wondering whether Miss Broomfield sent the nasty notes and was killed for it.


It's been awhile since we last saw Lucy and Robert and the village of Kurland St.
Mary's. This mystery shows the reality of life after marriage for the couple, The mystery was complicated and very hard to figure out, It was nearly impossible with so many suspects and so many twists and turns, I did suspect that person of something else but I was shocked at the reveal,

The writing is sharp and flows well, I did catch one slight anachronism but it apparently dates toso close enough to be used orally without formal documentation.
There may be others I didn't catch, The historical details are really good though there's nothing specific to set this story in the yearbut the year is a natural progression of the series and the other books have more details.
I really liked how issues about class and reform came up, Robert, as a land owner, would not be so whiggish but his arguments seem plausible for his character.


The new characters here include a variety of people in the village of Kurland St, Mary. The Greenwells, a gentry family, have moved in nearby, Mr. Greenwell seems kind and progressive but the women are not likeable at all, Mrs. Greenwell and her daughters are gossips of the worst sort, I expected Mrs. Greenwell to be a Mrs, Bennet type but she's not quite that bad! The Greenwells have a ward, Josephine Blake, who lives with them as sort of a companion to the ladies.
Sixteenyearold Josephine seems beaten down by her situation and a nervous type, I felt really bad for her, She is a student at the school and helps out the younger children, Josephine seems to have been affected by Miss Broomfield's dour manner, Miss Broomfield is a fan of the switch and preaches hellfire and brimstone to the children, She labels most of them sinners and scares the poor children half to death, This woman was a nasty person but didn't deserve to die like that, Josephine's fellow student/student teacher is Rebecca, the daughter of the local smithy, I really liked Rebecca's intelligence and cheerful manner, She should go far in life,

Other suspects include a mysterious man who may or may not be who he claims to be.
His story was intriguing but I didn't like him, Grace Turner, the village wise woman, also has reason to be angry with Miss Broomfield, Did she do something to cause the other woman's death Lucy trusts Grace but given her family history, I'm not sure I would.
Given the nature of the death, I don't think it's likely Grace was involved, There's also Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis of the local inn, Mrs. Jarvis is an overly friendly sort who claims to have known Robert in London in his younger days.
Could one of them have killed Miss Broomfield

The recurring characters make up a lot of drama and comic relief.
Lucy and Robert's relationship hits a bumpy patch, Writing about infertility is a tricky subject, especially for this time period, but I think the author does an admirable job of dealing with Lucy's thoughts and feelings.
I really didn't like the angst and wished Lucy would just talk to Robert, She never had problems talking to him before and never doubted his love, I understand she is grieving and she sounds depressed, but it was little too grim for me, Anna's fears and doubts about marriage and motherhood are very valid and I can easily see myself having the same doubts at that time.
The secondary romance was brief but sweet, There's another pairing that was obvious though the couple does not seem suited for one another, Penelope Fletcher nee Chingford is still snippy but I kind of like her, She reminds me of Caroline from the Poldark series, Her sister Dorothea is more kind and deserves a happy ending of her own, Dr. Fletcher is an intelligent, good doctor who obviously loves his wife and the village, Again, much like Dr. Enys in the Poldark saga, Sophia, Lucy's best friend, appears in and out of the story to support Lucy but she's a little too happy and cheerful to understand what Lucy is going through.
I didn't find her insensitive, but just a bit too perky,

Aunt Rose comes to stay and she adds some cheer to the story with her good humor.
I feel sorry for her that her children are so awful, Foley, the aged butler is the best secondary character, He is very devoted to the family, especially Lucy and his kindness is touching as well as a bit funny.


Another great Kurland St, Mary mystery! It needs an epilogue so we know what happens to everyone, I hope the author will continue writing the sequels, this is such an enjoyable cozy mystery series,
RTC I normally am not a fan of when a series takes a significant leap in time, but I thought the three year gap was handled well.
This wasn't her absolute best but it was still very enjoyable, The author does a great job when there's an atmosphere to work with, In Death Comes to the Fair it was the spookiness that comes with fall and Halloween, In Death Comes to the School it was the bustle of a village in the weeks leading up to Christmas, while working in the sense of wrongness and secrets.
The tension between Robert and Lucy was done well so it felt like a natural stumbling block to their relationship, as opposed to something thrown in for drama's sake.


My only complaint and this has come up before with these books is that there is the occasional moment that doesn't make a lot of sense, timelinewise.
At one point Lucy is talking to the new wife of the innkeeper and thinks that Mrs, Jarvis seems to be about her age, or maybe a little younger, At this point in the timeline, Lucy is about, Not long after, Mrs. Jarvis states that she knew Robertyears ago, and that she has ayear old son, That would make her having a son at! Not to mention being a "dancer" at the age of at MOST! I know it wasn't uncommon for girls to start young, but that seems to be pushing it.
The age discrepancy is never mentioned so I can assume it was a mistake and not a character choice, but it seems like something a good editor should have noticed.
I kept thinking there was some importance to that fact, like that she wasn't who she said she was or something, but unfortunately I was looking at clues where there weren't any.
I am a big fan of this little gem of a historical cozy, so I was anxious to read the latest installment, set three years after the marriage of Lady Lucy the Rector's daughter and Sir Robert Kurland local gentry and injured war hero.
Part of the charm of the series has been the evolving relationship of the pair, each of whom in the past has had no trouble expressing an opinion.


This entry finds them mourning significant loss that had led to uncertainty and misunderstandings in their marriage.
Despite health issues and against her husband's wishes, Lucy begins investigating the death of the new schoolmistress, who had no fans among the village children or their parents.
It also appears that Miss Broomfield possessed a fabulous jewel collection, So why was she working as a teacher Who disliked her enough to kill her And was she responsible for writing poison pen letters to the residents of Kurland St.
Mary, including Lucy

While I enjoyed my Christmastime visit with this now familiar cast of characters and found the mystery to be multilayered and well done, I was disappointed regarding the depiction of the relationship between Lucy and Sir Robert.
Their misunderstandings, which threaten the very essence of their marriage, could have been cleared up in a couple of pages of dialogue at the beginning of the book instead the process drags on until Death Comes to the School's end.
Given the frankness of both characters in previous books, this plot point did not ring true and felt forced.
Hence, four instead of five,

Nevertheless, I will be looking forward to seeing more of one of my favorite cozy couples in future books, hoping they will return a bit more true to form.


Full DisclosureNet Gallery and the publisher provided me with a digital ARC of this book, This is my honest review, Evil school teachers. A very good story for Halloween, I almost missed this one, Luckily when I started Death Comes to Bath, I figured out pretty quickly that I had missed an installment.
I thought the mystery was okay, Didn't love it, but it was a necessary book for the evolution of the characters, " Series: Kurland St. Mary Mystery
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Another outstanding new book in the Kurland St, Mary Mystery series. As always, the mystery is outstanding, full of twists and suspects and keeps you guessing right up until the end.
It is a wellwritten, wellpaced and very well executed book both romance and mystery,

Robert and Lucy have been married for three years and they are going through a bit of a rough patch.
It is not that they dont love each other, it is that Lucy is horribly depressed and Robert doesnt know how to help her.
He tends to order her around, demands that she take care of herself, etc, Frankly, Im not sure what else he could actually do because she is inconsolable after going through two miscarriages within six months.
Robert is afraid

of losing her in childbirth and while hed love children, he wants her more, He just isnt good at actually making her understand that, She feels inadequate as a wife because she doesnt think she can give him the heir he needs and wants.
Most of the problems, as usual, fester because two people just dont actually talk with each other,

What does it take to perk Lucy up Well, a murder will do it nicely, Lucy has just met the new school teacher and did not like her at all, Normally, she would have been heavily involved in the selection of the new teacher, but she was ill and since Robert was concerned with Lucys health, both of them basically left it to Lucys father.
After doing some checking, they have discovered that the teacher was dismissed without reference from her last position.
When Robert goes to confront the teacher and to dismiss her, he finds her dead with a quill lodged in her eye.


Robert does his best to keep Lucy out of the investigation, but shell have none of that.
As she gets more involved in the investigation we see more and more of her old spark come back.
That delights Robert, but he still worries about her overdoing, Even with the spark of health coming back, something is still bothering Lucy a lot, Youll have to read the book to see what it is and if the relationship survives it,

Who murdered Miss Broomfield Who is sending the incendiary notes to people in the community Are they also being blackmailed Do we have one perpetrator Two More Ill not tell and you wont guess.
Youll just have to wait until you get to the end of the story!

We get a couple of lovely new romances in this story as well so they get their HEAs.
They are lovely romances and one of them will probably surprise you because weve known those two characters through all of the books.


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