A Whisper of Death
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley July 31, 2024
Author Darcy Burke
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 78-1648396748
Publisher: Oliver-Heber Books
Release Date: July 2024
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Left for dead on the streets of London Hadrian Becket, Earl of Ravenshurst wonders in the days of his long recovery, why he was stabbed and why, even more worryingly, he now appears to be having visions, which terrify him and leave him with a blistering headache.
Matilda Wren is not of the usual style for a well bought up young lady, as she does not want to marry, but wants to be a Detective, following in her beloved father’s footsteps; that of a London Policeman.
When the household funds are stretched to the absolute limit Tilda decides to go and see her cousin Sir Henry, in regard to advancing her Grandmother some more funds, but when she arrives at his home there is a funeral wreath hanging on the door. Sir Henry has succumbed to a heart attack.
Leaving the bereaved household, she sees a well-dressed man standing starring at the house; a most arresting man, obviously a man of wealth, possibly nobility who is also looking for Sir Henry and is equally surprised to discover he is dead.
They discuss such matters as why, how and when this happened and realise that maybe they can be of assistance to each other, as there is definitely something not quite right about the situation. And so the unlikely partnership of Raven and Wren is formed to try and discover what is behind a series of stabbings, leaving the Earl still alive, but two other men dead.
As the body count rises, with more murders committed, along with a devastating fire, the pressure is on them to find out who is behind the deadly plot and where the money has gone that Sir Henry was supposed to have been managing for Tilda’s grandmother. The more they discover about Sir Henry’s affairs, it seems that the deaths, the money and the fire are all laced tightly together.
Danger levels rise as they dig into the past of the deceased men, taking them both down pathways neither of them ever expected to travel, with both Hadrian and Tilda having to face some truly shocking truths about their families.
Darcy Burke has written a captivating novel in A Whisper of Death with an unlikely pair of detectives that charm their way across the page’s, both of whom have vowed never to marry, both of whom love to solve a mystery and both of whom accept each other for who they are, not their standing in society.
A Whisper of Death is Book one in what is going to be a series of incredible charm and murder mystery as Raven and Wren come back together again in A Whisper at Midnight due out in February 2025. I for one can’t wait!