The Man of Gold is the second book featuring Harriet Unwin. I really enjoy these books. It's a good crime book, that you can lose yourself trying to find what went on. It has a well built plot. I like the writing style. It takes me in the story and I can read it in a very short time to see what happened. I also like the length and pace of the book. It doesn't linger on to the point that you get bored. I like Miss Unwin and Vilkins, they are charming to read about.
All in all, if you're looking for a light, nice crime mystery, this is a very good option.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for granting a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a well written period book. It is just not my type of book. I expected more from it. I did not like the ending and I prefer more drama. I will however be recommending it to some of my friends as I know it is a book they would enjoy.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

This is a very well written and interesting book. The characters are interesting and the storyline is fun and easy to follow. I highly recommend.

Against her better judgment, Harriet Unwin hesitantly accepts a woefully underpaid position in the home of a miserly industrialist as governess to his two young granddaughters. Everyone is shocked when the old man suddenly dies a few months later, apparently of the illness that had been plaguing him over the past months and for which he had refused to seek medical attention. A post mortem examination reveals the cause of death as poisoning, and the police's suspicion naturally falls on his long-suffering son Richard.

Harriet's growing feelings for Richard, who has remained so kind and cheerful despite many years of hardship under his father's iron rule, impel her to launch her own investigation. With housemaid Mary Vilkins (an old friend from her early days in the workhouse) as her streetwise sidekick, she sets out to prove Inspector Redderman wrong.

While "The Man of Gold" offers no deep study of motive or grand philosophical discussion as to criminality or evil, it's a very satisfying crime novel, with an intriguing mystery, a good plot, solid writing, a well-paced narrative, and interesting characters — especially our amateur detectives Miss Unwin and Vilkins. It's the second of 3 books featuring Harriet Unwin, and I fully intend to seek out the others.