I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. Good mystery thriller novel. Recommend

Not my usual read, but the blurb looked promising.

Sydney is a PI in the 1950's; a female in a male dominated, sometimes dangerous profession. while away on a case, she winds up losing her memory after being attacked... and has to make sure she doesn't get arrested for a crime she didn't commit. I've never been big on the who-done-it story lines, but I did enjoy the mystery, action, and plot twists. I may wind up revisiting Sydney again sometime.

As an Austin area resident I enjoy this series very much and as a mystery lover I highly recommend it! Murder at the Menger finds Sydney, our favorite 1950s PI, in San Antonio when a bookie is killed at the hotel. Of course she is a suspect so now she is on the case to avoid being locked up. Unfortunately, both her partners are back in Austin, making it really difficult when she is thrown off a bridge, left for dead and wakes up with amnesia.

As in all of her books, there is lots of action, humor, twists - how many times can cousin Ruth get kidnapped? - and the characters are funny, sarcastic and compelling.. I am very much looking forward to the next one!

Thank you to #NetGalley for the the opportunity to read an advance copy of #MurderattheMenger.

Entertaining. Sydney is not your goody-two-shoes that often shows up in sitcoms from the 1950s but she isn't a gun moll either. She's a plucky young woman who had decided to make an unusual profession her career and she is determined to be as good at it as any man. (But she's no man hater.)

Her latest case has her in San Antonio with a lot of unique characters and plenty of danger. I loved her cousin who shows up to help her. She is a hoot. This is the first book I've read in this series and Sydney has partial amnesia and a concussion though a lot of the book so I don't know how much of her behavior and personality is true to the other books. I don't expect her to be retiring but she is a bit rash. I hope she is a little better at taking calculated risks at other times than being just reckless.

It's a good mystery with plenty of action, humor and twists. The author has done a good job of giving this a 1950s feel.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in return for an honest opinion.

Murder ~ San Antonio ~ New Orleans ~ Austin ~ 1950s ~ Mystery ~ Menger Hotel ~ Crazy cousin/sidekick ~ Sydney Lockhart Mystery series

Good mystery story but there were too many little errors that should have been cleaned up prior to release (examples: it is the Austin American Statesman not Statesmen; they are rearview mirrors not review mirrors, etc.). These errors just left a bad impression. This book doesn’t even show up in Goodreads?!?

I was gifted this advance copy by NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, Anamcara Press and by #NetGalley. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

A throwback mystery that’s throughly enjoyable. Charming characters with thrills abound. It’ll keep you guessing throughout.

Murder at the Menger

Main points for me:
✨ cozy mystery series set in 1950s
✨ classic sitcom humor twisted with Hitchcock movie vibes
✨ classic whodunit
✨ FMC (yes, Lockhart!) who kicks butt
✨ entertaining twists + fast paced

I am always happy to read a new cozy mystery series. I was not familiar with the previous books, but the premise seemed interesting. I wasn’t sure if I would like or hate the set in 1950s, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. I started the book and ended up finishing it in a few hours.

It is a wonderful choice to curl up with before bed or to help you get out of a reading slump. I plan on going back through and reading the series now. Care to join me?

Thank you to NetGalley and Anamcara Press for access to this ARC. 💖

I’m not a big fan of period pieces and had no clue this was set in an earlier time, but was pleasantly surprised. I always get a kick out of a woman in what was typical a man’s job at one time and this one knocked that out of the ballpark on that front. A solid whodunit full of red herrings and suspects.

While this was the first I have read in this series, I quickly knew why there was some awkwardness going on. Not sure if that’s because it was following the logical line of my thought or I’ve just read too many mysteries and knew it was coming. Either way, it was a good read and I would read another in this series.