Death in D Minor (A Gethsemane Brown Mystery Book 2)
By: Alexia Gordon
Rating: 5 of 5
“Death in D Minor” is the second book in the Gethsemane Brown mystery series. Gethsemane is a concert violinist who, for reasons detailed in the first book in this series, is now residing in Ireland and teaching music at an all-boys school. When she finds out that she is about to be evicted from her cottage, she sets about trying to summon the ghost who so ably assisted her in the first book. Problem is, she doesn’t quite know what she is doing and the results of her plot are not quite what she was expecting.
In addition to trying to protect the roof over her head, Gethsemane’s brother-in-law, Jackson, shows up with little notice. He is a curator of a museum back home and is in town for an auction of antique schoolgirl needlework textile. Things go haywire and Gethsemane is propelled into working with the police on an art-fraud scheme. When a murder occurs, she is at the scene and becomes a suspect.
The paranormal touch in this book is fairly light and helps move the plot along. The mystery is solvable and I did so shortly before it was revealed in the book. As I am a needlework artist myself and have a small collection of textiles, I loved reading about their history in this book.
I’ve read both books and while I think it best to read them in order, I found this book could be read fairly easily as a stand-alone novel. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to more adventures with Gethsemane as she settles into the Irish landscape.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.
“Death in D Minor” is the second book in the Gethsemane Brown mystery series. Gethsemane is a concert violinist who, for reasons detailed in the first book in this series, is now residing in Ireland and teaching music at an all-boys school. When she finds out that she is about to be evicted from her cottage, she sets about trying to summon the ghost who so ably assisted her in the first book. Problem is, she doesn’t quite know what she is doing and the results of her plot are not quite what she was expecting.