Death Below Stairs, Jennifer Ashley
Death Below Stairs, Jennifer Ashley
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Death Below Stairs

Author: Jennifer Ashley

Narrator: Anne-Marie Piazza

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/02/2018


Synopsis

Highly sought-after cook Kat Holloway takes a position in a Mayfair mansion and soon finds herself immersed in the odd household of Lord Rankin. Kat is fine with the family's eccentricities as long as they stay away from her kitchen, but trouble finds its way below stairs when her assistant is murdered. Afraid for her life, Kat turns to the mysterious Daniel McAdam for help. Daniel takes a position in the house as a footman and stand-in valet so that he can investigate covertly, but Kat cooks up a suspect list of her own. Together, they uncover crime in places low and highincluding a plot that may threaten even Queen Victoria herself.

About Jennifer Ashley

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Ashley writes historical, paranormal, and contemporary romance. She also writes mysteries under the pseudonym Ashley Gardner and paranormal romance and urban fantasy as Allyson James. Jennifer has received many awards, including the Golden Quill, the RITA Award, the Prism Award, and the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award. Her books include the Shifters Unbound series and the Mackenzies series. Jennifer lives in the Southwest.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lindsay L on December 19, 2017

2.5 stars. This book started off much stronger than it finished. I had an instant connection to this novel. I immediately loved the characters and found myself captivated by the Victorian mansion household and how it was run. It had such a “Downton Abbey” feel to it that I couldn’t help but love it.......more

Goodreads review by Anne on October 30, 2021

This was a good start to what I'm assuming will be a pretty good mystery series. I liked Kat. She was cool under pressure but not in a superhuman way. She was just...competent. Kat Holloway is a cook. An excellent cook. But when she discovers her young assistant dead, she sets about trying to solve he......more

Goodreads review by Holly on December 19, 2017

2.5 This book didn't work for me. It is a cozy/mystery with a Victorian setting with a mansion fully staffed with cooks, servants, footman, butlers, etc. I liked learning about them as well as Lord Rankin and his family that owned the house. I liked the cook, Kat Holloway and found her character inte......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on January 27, 2018

Kat Holloway is employed as the head cook for Lord Rankin in London. She finds the family members to be a bit odd with Lord Rankin spending his time involved in secretive financial matters. His wife rarely leaves her bed and appears to be depressed. His eccentric unmarried sister in law also lives w......more

Goodreads review by Julie on January 25, 2018

I really miss Downton Abbey. So when I saw the description of this book, I jumped right on it! I loved all the descriptions of the workings of Lord Rankin's household....the meals, the running of a large house, the different servants and the family members, and all the Victorian trappings. Add a mur......more