Murder on Mulberry Bend
Victoria Thompson
4/5
I want to say that this one was super predictable, and I feel like the actual mystery was, but that end had me shocked. This is the fifth book in Victoria Thompson's Gaslight Mystery series, following the crime-solving skills of midwife Sarah Brandt along with her reluctant partner, Sergeant Detective Frank Malloy.
The relationship in this series develops so slowly, I feel as though they have to get together but also it's moving at a snail's pace. Which is fine, relationships in this time period tend to just jump straight into it and that can be disconcerting. I loved the scene at the beginning of this book though, when Frank found a murder victim in the park and had a moment of confusion. I live for moments like that and am perfectly satisfied reading 22 books just for those kinds of scenes.
These mysteries are tending to follow a very similar progression, which is making them so predictable as they go along. They investigate the murder, they arrest the wrong person, the right person tries to kill Sarah. It's the same in all five of the books so far, so I'm looking forward to more of a twist later on in the series.
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