Mostly Murders

Book 1 in the Christopher Redmayne series.

Christopher Redmayne, the talented, handsome, younger Redmayne son, has yet to find his calling in life, but after the Great Fire of London ravages the city, he decides to embark on a career as an architect. Helped along by his older brother Henry, an incurable hedonist with many contacts throughout the higher echelons of London, Redmayne secures a commision for Sir Ambrose Northcott, an influential man of both wealth and title and a Member of Parliament.

But as Redmayne begins working on Sir Ambrose’s house, he is hindered first by a string of thefts of building materials, and then, even more catastrophically, by the murder of Sir Ambrose. Determined to track down the killer, Christopher teams up with Jonathan Bale, a puritan constable who is wholly dedicated to his work and instantly dislikes and distrusts Christopher.

A historical mystery with an amateur sleuth/official police constable duo set in London in 1666. The unlikely pairing of the suave, modern thinking Christopher Redmayne and the strict and traditional Jonathan Bale is interesting and entertaining, and the depiction of London and its resident in both upper and lower society is descriptive and engaging.

Historical mystery – Historical fiction