Monday, May 12, 2025

Whistle While You Lurk by Judith Sterling

 Listen for the whistler . . .

 About the Book: In this time-travel/cozy mystery, PhD student Gwyneth Camm discovers a gothic romance novel on the foyer floor of her centuries old home—and understands immediately her deceased Aunt Ethel is at it again: Gwyn is to enter the story and stand in for its 1970s heroine.

          While traveling abroad, Gwyn tours the historic home of an English baronet and notes her uncanny resemblance to a supposed seventeenth-century witch in a family portrait. Something of an expert in the history of witch trials, she soon becomes the baronet’s guest—as well as the target of the malevolent force known as “the whistler.”

Gwyn must face the danger head-on, for solving the mystery is the only way she’ll get back home.

 Our Review: this vastly entertaining story offers fans of gothic romances, cozy mysteries, a bit of history and—for this reviewer—flashbacks to the 1970s one real treat. This is the perfect beach read—or maybe cozied up in your favorite lounge chair at the edge of a sunny perennial garden. As in previous Gothic Gwyn mysteries, our heroine is not to be deflected in her designated mission: exposing the truth behind the mystery. The secondary characters are especially well drawn, adding color and humor to the mix. An added attraction—again for cozy fans—is the inclusion into what will come in the next Gwen adventure.

 Based on a scale of 1-5, Whistle While You Lurk merits a 5.

 Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

 

 

 

 

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