A locked room.A secret letter. A weekend to solve a murder.Christmas, 1934.The snow lies heavy around Pauncefort Hall.Fashion-spy-amateur sleuth heroes Ruby and Fina are on a mission to avenge Ruby’s family and bring down an empire.After a murderer strikes, an aristocratic family, a princess, a left-wing professor, and a West End starlet are among the top suspects.Ruby and Fina must find the … aristocratic family, a princess, a left-wing professor, and a West End starlet are among the top suspects.
Ruby and Fina must find the culprit and still carry out their secret plans—all before the law arrives.
But Pauncefort Hall can remain snowbound for only so long.
If you like Barbara Neely, Rhys Bowen, and G.M. Malliet, then you’ll want to pour yourself a warm beverage and nestle down with The Mystery of Ruby’s Sugar.
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I enjoyed it as it was a mystery with twists and turns.
Loved it,very fun
This was a good book with an interesting plot!
A good read. A who done it keeps you guessing till the end.
This is the first novel in the Ruby Dove Mystery
series. The main characters, Ruby Dove and Fina
Aubrey-Havelock, are dress designers studying
at Oxford. They are invited to spend Christmas at
Pauncefort Hall for the purpose of helping Lady
Charlotte freshen up her wardrobe.
After all the guests, family plus Ruby and Fina
arrive, a high snowstorm snows everyone into
the Hall. Then two murders occur, two people get
clobbered on their heads, all the guests become
suspects. Secrets abound.
A complex, uniquely plotted historical fiction mystery
during the 1934 Christmas event at Pauncefort
Hall.
The cast features cleverly crafted, well described
interesting characters.
There is danger, intrigue, politics of the era and
suspense all mixed together for a thought provoking
historical fiction read.
A Highly Recommended Historical Cozy Read!!!
Interesting mystery with a political and historical overlay.
struggled to complete this book. premise was okay, just hard to continue reading. put it down many times before finishing it. characters were dull.
I enjoyed the book but found having so many characters to remember all at once a bit difficult, but I did finish it and would recommend it for those that like to read.
There are some excellent aspects to this story, but unfortunately there are also several things that I found quite disappointing.
So the positives, there is some excellent dialogue, the sense of era is great and I even enjoyed the descriptions of the clothes. On the other hand, I found it rather ‘preachy’ and naive about prison and the police, I also found it completely impossible to visualise the characters as there are almost no physical descriptions of the characters, and finally I found the storyline rather implausible, especially the conclusion.
I am aware that this review has come out significantly on the negative side, but I did actually enjoy it, and it certainly laid the groundwork for the subsequent stories in the series, which are significantly better than this first offering.
Lovely book to read while sitting in front of the fire place and listen to good music. Truly enjoyable.
Story rambled too much about the family and the solution to the murder rambled too long and was far fetched.
Too boring. Couldn’t hold my attention for more half hour at a ime. But I’m no quitter had to read all boring words.
Very enjoyable story with a very satisfying conclusion.
Slow moving story slow to materialize.
Ok. Interesting characters, good plot, some nice twists. But I was lost or confused for a good part of the book. Maybe I missed an earlier book in the series, but even so, this seemed to have an unduly complicated background, too many characters who just didn’t fit believably together, and a number of “forced” events. I just kept thinking it needed at least one more edit to smooth things out and tie everything together better. However, I’d read another in the series.