While the residing family is in the country, cook, Kat Holloway and staff maintain the London residence. When Lord Clifford, Lady Cynthia’s confidence-trickster father arrives in London and asks for Kat’s help because he might be charged with murder, Kat and her beau, Daniel McAdam, will do all that’s possible to solve the murder and keep Lord Clifford out of jail and spare Lady Cynthia’s reputation from ruin.

This short novella told a full length mystery in just 112 pages. As a fan of this series I didn’t have any trouble understanding the intricacies of Lord Clifford’s shady character, or what it would mean to his daughter and wife if he were to be arrested. I loved how the author quickly gave the reader a number of suspects other than Lord Clifford, and took us through Kat’s thinking process as she solved the mystery.

Kat Holloway and her close friend Daniel are such great characters whom this author has spent multiple books creating backstories, emotional conflict and resolutions, and telling the various comings and goings that involved with running a kitchen in Victorian London. I love jumping into these mysteries and seeing what these characters will learn, find out, and in some way advance their multi- novel story arc’s. Jennifer Ashley has done a great job creating this small universe in London and as a fan, I eagerly read each and every new novel she releases. A Measure of Menace, even at only 112 pages, was no different, and just as great as her full length novels.

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