A Gentleman in Pursuit of Truth

ByGrace Burrowes

Release Date: 2023-10-12
Genre: Historical Mysteries

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 86 Ratings

Description

A dogged investigation... Lord Julian Caldicott is summoned to the country home of a family friend to search for a prize foxhound who’s gone missing. The purloined canine turns out to be only the tail of a series of puzzles involving family secrets, slander, blackmail, and fraud. Matters grow more baffling when Julian is told to drop the investigation, though suspects abound, motives are multiplying, and a large sum of money has come into play. Hounded by lies... Julian survives an attempt on his life, and endures slights to his honor rather than give up on his objective. Before the truth is revealed–and the hound brought safely home–he will have to choose between protecting his only surviving brother from ruin, or allowing a scoundrel to get away with the next thing to murder.

Reviews

Binge worthy characters & unexpected identity of the body
5
By Ghost Plane
Absolutely wonderful characters & the author had me chasing all over following clues, just like the sleuth. I usually solve mysteries long before the end, but not this one. I had to wait until all was revealed, along with the people in the story. And then sheer delight at realizing the clues were there all along, in plain sight, & I let myself be distracted, just like Lord Julian. Wow! While this is a stand alone mystery, be prepared to find yourself buying & binging the rest in the series. I was lucky enough to be given an advance reader copy by the author & now I’m well & truly hooked.
No one is who you think they are, from the villain of the piece to the body. I was completely sucked in by writing so vivid I could almost taste the food, smell the kennel or feel the horse straining under me to take the jumps.
Wonderful!
5
By Momtobj
Lord Julian takes on a search for a missing hunting dog at the request of his brother the Duke’s close friend, Osgood Banter. Just as Julian begins to piece the puzzle together, he is summarily ordered to abandon the case, which only serves to encourage him to pursue it, albeit quietly. When he finds that the dog’s owner is essentially blackmailing the entire village, Julian is determined to expose the scoundrel and return the village to the bucolic hamlet it once was. The writing in Ms. Burrowes latest novel is, as always, beautifully descriptive and period appropriate. The mystery seems to be completely unsolvable, with the permutations of that scandal affecting the entire village, along with Julian’s brother. And yet, by the end of the book, all has come right. The Lord Julian Mysteries are beautifully constructed so the reader is kept in suspense until the last, which makes for wonderful reading. This book was provided by the author without any requirement for a review, positive or otherwise. All opinions are 100% my own.