A Most Agreeable Murder

3.5 stars
Beatrice Steele is a lady. However, if anyone knew how she spent her free time, her reputation would be ruined.
Beatrice loves murder. Well, not murder, but justice and solving murders. She dreams of being an Inspector like the ones she reads about.
Little does she know, her skills might just be put to the test in real life.

I had a fun time with this one. The characters all have their weird and humorous little quirks.
It's very hard to solve a murder when everyone is guilty of something.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an e-arc.

Mostly enjoyable, with some fairly large exceptions. As others have noted, an odd and unexpected tale, which left me feeling befuddled at times. I'm not a huge satire fan, so that may have been part of my feeling lost occasionally. There is one giant glaring plot hole that drove me nuts and was never resolved, but overall the twists were fun. I saw the culprit coming a mile away, though not the motive and backstory. All in all, a story characterized by contradictions.

3.5
This book tried too hard to be funny sometimes, but otherwise, it was a cosy enough mystery. Don't expect any huge plot twists, it's all quite easily decipherable yet also a fun read. I guess it's sort of satire on the Regency era?
If you're one to get irked by the discrepancies of an NA writer writing Regency, perhaps don't read this. It might frustrate you.