Murder in the East End 

(Kat Holloway Mysteries #4)
Jennifer Ashley
published by Berkley Press, August 2020

What? Kat Holloway dismissed from her position? To be homeless and unable to support her daughter?

The Kat Holloway Mysteries make up an excellent series, with a structure that is unique in my experience: The action, suspense, and mysteries are experienced through the viewpoint of a unique character, a young, single and highly-competent female cook for the upper levels of British society. These books are not a comfortable "cozy," but offer genuine suspense and threat. A realistic look at the lives of the un-rich and famous of these times.

In this fourth release in the series, Kat again finds herself working with Daniel McAdam and her network of friends and supporters. She is called on to locate missing orphans, and in doing so, she comes up against murder, threats against herself and her family, and the secrets of strangers, including her own and those of her friends. And for some come-uppity minor aristocrat to fire Kat? Yes, it happens!

Whenever there is a new release in this series, I try to immediately read it. So far, each book merits this focus! Murder in the East End releases August 4, 2020, and you'll want to pre-order or be on your local library's wait list. Another cxcellent read.

Thanks to Berkley and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview.