Third in the March and Lake series, this time the duo find themselves looking for a professional killer, working as the Memento-Mori Man, and a part of Tobias' past intrudes into his present. Lavinia and Tobias are trying to settle into a weekend party in the country, when in walks Lady Aspasia Gray, frightened former lover of a late colleague of March 's during the late war. The colleague had committed suicide after being exposed as afore-mentioned contract killer, three years before. Anothe...

Third in the March and Lake series, this time the duo find themselves looking for a professional killer, working as the Memento-Mori Man, and a part of Tobias' past intrudes into his present. Lavinia and Tobias are trying to settle into a weekend party in the country, when in walks Lady Aspasia Gray, frightened former lover of a late colleague of March 's during the late war. The colleague had committed suicide after being exposed as afore-mentioned contract killer, three years before. Another guest is murdered and the dead killer's calling card is found near the body, rattling both Lady Gray and Tobias March. Lavinia is put on guard, and again, the chase is on.

A bit slower than her previous books, this still offers a fast-paced read with plenty of surprises, including contact with a fabled assassin, the Memento-Mori man, professional killer with a code of ethics, who undertook commissions only on those who deserved to die. None who met him had lived to tell the tale. Until Lake and March, in the end. This is one of the fun little twists to the story that saves the plot from being dull and banal. Wish I could share more. But - spoilers.

It almost seems as if the author were tired sometimes, but the book is still worthy of a read. Get a cup of your favorite beverage and settle in a comfy chair to enjoy. I loved the twists at the end.

I've seen complaints that blame the book's 'faults' on the story having too much mystery and not enough romance, but I disagree; it may be that what seems to be a slower paced story is due to development of the mystery, and to the authors' fans' expectations of a regency romance writer. This is the book in the Lake and March series that is mostly mystery, alright, but it's a good one. It took me longer to read this one, but I enjoyed every second. I also feel the romance was thoroughly developed in the first two novels, right up the point of proposal, so I don't think there was anywhere else to go, and Ms. Quick, wisely, didn't try to go there.

I love Amanda Quick's characters. While it is true that there is a very obvious story formula (as every story follows a similar pattern) I can't help but still love to read them!. The women are often quirky but fun, strong and endearing and the men are dark and brooding and just need a quirky, fun, strong woman in their life. I think it's fun that the hero most often falls instantly and unexplainably in love with the female heroine. It makes the game sweeter and shows a bewildered, sheepish a...

I love Amanda Quick's characters. While it is true that there is a very obvious story formula (as every story follows a similar pattern) I can't help but still love to read them!. The women are often quirky but fun, strong and endearing and the men are dark and brooding and just need a quirky, fun, strong woman in their life. I think it's fun that the hero most often falls instantly and unexplainably in love with the female heroine. It makes the game sweeter and shows a bewildered, sheepish and at a loss of control side to the brooding hero.

I love Amanda Quick's characters. While it is true that there is a very obvious story formula (as every story follows a similar pattern) I can't help but still love to read them!. The women are often quirky but fun, strong and endearing and the men are dark and brooding and just need a quirky, fun, strong woman in their life. I think it's fun that the hero most often falls instantly and unexplainably in love with the female heroine. It makes the game sweeter and shows a bewildered, sheepish a...

I love Amanda Quick's characters. While it is true that there is a very obvious story formula (as every story follows a similar pattern) I can't help but still love to read them!. The women are often quirky but fun, strong and endearing and the men are dark and brooding and just need a quirky, fun, strong woman in their life. I think it's fun that the hero most often falls instantly and unexplainably in love with the female heroine. It makes the game sweeter and shows a bewildered, sheepish and at a loss of control side to the brooding hero.