Honeymoon with Canals…and Murder
In addition to being a trip back in time, the Jane Wunderly Mysteries are also a travelogue of sorts. Each book in the series has taken place in a new part of the world. For book seven, we are settling into Venice for what turns out to be an eventful honeymoon in Vengeance in Venice.
If you haven’t been following this series, when we first met Jane, it was 1926, and the war widow had traveled to Egypt with her aunt. But that trip turned out to be life changing for both of the women. Along with solving a mystery, Jane met Redvers, a man with a mysterious job who has now become Jane’s husband.
While the pair got married several months ago, they are now taking the time for a proper honeymoon in September of 1927. They are looking forward to relaxing days exploring the city and eating the delicious cuisine. Which is when Aunt Millie and her new husband crash the trip. Millie has gotten the two couples an invitation to a party hosted by her friend Clara Morton, who turns out to be quite the eccentric. Jane and Redvers are hoping to slip away early, but their plans are scrapped when a dead body is found in the garden. When a friend that Jane has just reunited with becomes the prime suspect, honeymoon plans get put on hold to solve this latest murder. Can Jane free her friend?
I would love to visit Venice, so the setting grabbed me right away. I loved that aspect of this book, feeling like I was right there with Jane as she traveled all over the city questioning her suspects and tracking down pieces of the puzzle.
And what a fun puzzle it was. The suspects were quite a bunch, and I they kept me quite entertained when they were on the page. They might have been slightly over the top, but they worked for this book. There were lots of secrets, which made for a few surprises on the way to the logical solution. I felt like a couple of things weren’t wrapped up quite as neatly as I would have liked, but that was a minor point for me.
Because Jane and Redvers are traveling so much, there are very few other recurring characters. Aunt Millie and her husband, Lord Hughes, are in this book. Millie is fun in small doses, and that’s what we get here. Lord Hughes has a couple of minutes to shine. And yes, we do see a couple of characters from the first book again, although it had been so long I must confess I had forgotten most of what we learned about them early on.
But the lack of recurring characters just gives Jane and Redvers that much more time to shine. They make a great team, and I loved watching them in action. It’s fantastic to see them so happy together. And yes, I had to laugh at some of their reactions and lines over the course of the story.
Vengeance in Venice left me with a smile on my face. Anyone looking for a light historical mystery will be glad they picked this one up.
Enjoy the rest of the Jane Wunderly Mysteries.
NOTE: I received a copy of this book.
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