The Socialite's Guide to Murder is the first Pinnacle Hotel murder mystery by S.K. Golden. Released 11th Oct 2022 by Crooked Lane Books, it's 320 pages and is available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. Paperback format due out in late second quarter 2023 from the same publisher. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.
This is a refined and engaging cozy mystery with a young wealthy girl/woman who lives her life within the confines of her father's very posh hotel due to her agoraphobia. It's all lace curtains and silk stockings, social calendars and art exhibition openings, until circumstances thrust her into the middle of an investigation.
The writing style is simple and direct. The characters are well rendered, albeit often fairly superficial. Main character Evelyn is a spoiled little rich girl, but nevertheless stands by her friend when he's accused of theft. She does develop over the course of the book, and the second volume in the series is due out in 4th quarter 2023.
This will likely appeal to fans of Ashley Weaver and Anna Lee Huber, although this series is set in America in the late 1950s and not Victorian England.
Three and a half stars. Escapist comfort reading.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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