SYNOPSIS
1937. War with Germany is dawning, and a civil war already raging in Spain. Split across political lines, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever. Meanwhile their former maid Louisa Cannon is now a private detective, working with her ex-policeman husband Guy Sullivan.
Louisa and Guy are surprised when a call comes in from novelist Nancy Mitford requesting that they look into the disappearance of her Communist sister Jessica, nicknamed Decca. It quickly becomes clear that Decca may have made for the war in Spain - and not alone.
As a second, separate missing person case is opened, Louisa and Guy discover that every marriage has its secrets - but some are more deadly than others.
Title: The Mitford vanishing
Author: Jessica Fellowes
Series: The Mitford Murders #5
Publisher: Sphere
Publication date: November 4, 2021
REVIEW
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
If you like your historical mysteries with a mix of fact and fiction, the Mitford Murders Series is the one for you. Taking the lives of the Mitford Sisters, a family of socialites in the early 20th century, as a starting point, Ms Fellowes delivers another intriguing mystery in which we travel to France and Spain, with the Spanish Civil War as background.
It is 1937, Louisa and Guy are now parents of a little girl and have founded a private detectives agency. One of their first cases will be trying to locate Jessica, the fifth of the Mitford sisters, whose communist ideas don’t sit well with her family and who seems to have left for the war in Spain. Soon, another disappearance engages Louisa’s attention. Could solving one case help solve the other?
Louisa and Guy are adorable characters. It has been such a pleasure seeing them grow throughout the series. We first met Louisa when she was a teen and now she’s a woman in her thirties, married with a kid. I like how, with putting the focus in a different sister each time, the author manages to move forward Louisa’s story. The sisters are all very different and have completely opposite ideas. You can agree more or less with them, but they all make really interesting characters. Each time I finish one of these books I immediately go to Google to learn more about their fascinating lives.
I loved how this time the background was the Spanish Civil War. I’ve read tons of books about it but always from Spanish authors so it was nice reading about it from another perspective.
The mystery itself was really entertaining and although at the end it turned out a little far fetched I liked how it presented a final dilemma for Louisa and Guy.
One thing I love about this series is the perfect blend of fact and fiction, so seamlessly you can’t really know which is which until you’ve read the author’s notes.
Another great installment in the series, now I can’t wait to read Deborah’s (the youngest sister) story.
Thanks to NetGalley and Sphere for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
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