Flora Hyde-Clare’s exploits are delightful!
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Flora Hyde-Clare (cousin to the Bea, the Duchess of Kesgrave) and her family have travelled to Sebastian’s (Holcroft the Holy) home in Bedfordshire to meet his family. Flora thinks that this is to be sure of his family’s approval of her before proposing. To that end she’s learned all she can about the patriarch Holcroft’s latest passion—cabbages. As Flora so eloquently murmurs in a ramble to herself, hopefully Sebastian’s family will think she’s not just a piece a lovely piece of fluff after all, but a woman of substance. What she quickly learns is that the family are intolerant snobs who deliver cutting insults with glee.
It turns out Sebastian’s arranged it all so that Flora can determine as to whether or not she still wants to marry him after meeting his family. It also turns out that Holcroft senior’s new agriculture love is clover! Ah well!
Of course everyone’s beastly to Flora and condescending to her and her parents.
That is until the estate manager is strangled—with a silk shawl, and not just any orange silk shawl, but a Madame Valenaire creation, a very fashionable modiste in Bond Street.
Flora and Sebastian are on the trail of the murderer, hampered by Sebastian’s sister and father because they believe Flora is a spy!
Whimsical, frustrating and clever, this story grew on me with every turn of the page!
A Book Whisperer ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher.
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