No Life for a Lady by Hannah Dolby
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
No Life For A Lady is a fun historical mystery with a romantic sub-theme.
Violet Hamilton has spent ten years hoping that her missing mother would return. In the end, she turns to a detective to help her find out if her mother is still alive. Violet’s homelife is lonely, she doesn’t enjoy domesticity and would prefer to be out in the working world. Spurred on by the role of a detective she has ambitions to become a Lady Detective herself.
This story is set in Edwardian England, in and around the seaside town of Hastings. I liked Violet’s character and her chaotic life, especially her persistence with an early Remington typewriter. There are several other likeable ladies that added to the enjoyment of the story. The narrative was entertaining, not in a laugh-out-loud way, but it did leave me smiling when I had finished reading.
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Book Description:
It’s remarkable how men react when women break the rules… but the people of Hastings are about to discover, women can be remarkable too…
1896. At 28, Violet’s father is beginning to fear she will never marry. But every suitor he puts forward, she finds an increasingly creative way of rebuffing.
Because Violet is a woman who knows her own mind – and her mind is on her mother, who went missing 10 years earlier, vanishing from Hastings Pier without a trace.
Looking for the missing is not a suitable pastime for a lady. But when Violet hires a seaside detective to help, she sets off an unexpected chain of events that will throw her life into chaos.
Can Violet solve the mystery of Lily Hamilton’s vanishing? Or will trying cost her more than she can afford to lose?
Rosie Amber 
Sounds like a pretty good cozy mystery!
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Spot on, I think there is a bit of a new trend to take cosy to historical.
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Love the cover. Sounds like a good read. Sherry
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Something light to spend a few hours with.
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