Another twisty mystery for Lady Emily to solve, this one closer to home than the last several books. There were many suspects, including one familiar face. Though the killer had a strong motive, I did not figure out who it was before the big reveal.

I found the other story, set in 60 AD, interesting too. Vatta, the main character of that timeline, was caught between two worlds, not fitting well in either. It felt more modern to me than the setting, though. I wonder if it would have felt more authentic to the time if that section had been in third person?

Overall, I enjoyed this read. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the early read.

“The Sisterhood” was a good addition to the series. In hindsight, the killer and motive are not surprising. However, I would never have guessed the killer’s identity before it was revealed. The author does a great job of setting forth plausible suspects and motives, keeping the reader guessing. Especially with the side plots and the rather colorful characters. The historical story weaved into the overall narrative was interesting and fitting.

The Sisterhood, my first Lady Emily mystery, vividly captures 1907 London’s elite, blending complex mysteries with rich characters. A rogue keeps Lady Emily and her husband sharp. However, the dual narrative—alternating historical and modern timelines—feels disjointed until late, hindering engagement. The suffragette emphasis felt overdone, and the murder resolution contrived. Still, the immersive period setting captivates.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, all opinions are my own.

Tasha Alexander once again delivers a spellbinding historical mystery in The Sisterhood, the 19th installment of her acclaimed Lady Emily series. This entry not only keeps readers riveted with a high-society whodunit in Edwardian London, but also boldly expands the series’ scope with a parallel storyline set during the Roman conquest of Britain, featuring none other than the formidable Celtic queen, Boudica.
The novel opens with the shocking death of Victoria Goldsborough, a debutante who collapses at her own engagement ball to the seemingly respectable Marquess of Harrington. When another young woman meets a similar end soon after, Lady Emily and her husband Colin, ever the sleuthing duo, dig into the glittering facade of London’s upper crust to uncover a sinister undercurrent of secrets, betrayals, and abuses of power.
Alternating chapters transport the reader to ancient Britannia, where Queen Boudica rises as a symbol of feminine strength and rebellion in the face of Roman oppression. At first, the connection to Lady Emily's murder investigation seems remote. But Alexander skillfully draws thematic and symbolic parallels between the Celtic queen’s defiance and the stifled lives of debutantes, bound by rigid expectations and the tyranny of scandal.
As Lady Emily and Colin delve deeper, they uncover a dark story involving a ladies’ maid, ruined by a man of rank and driven to suicide—a tragic thread linking the present crimes to a pattern of exploitation. The suspects are well drawn: a gambling fiancé with motive and desperation, a jealous best friend with ambitions of her own, and a slew of peers and parents all too willing to maintain silence to protect reputations.
The titular “sisterhood” becomes both a literal and symbolic network of women refusing to be silenced.
The prose is elegant, the pacing brisk, and the mystery satisfyingly layered. Fans of the series will find Lady Emily as clever and courageous as ever, but even new readers can easily step into this volume and be swept away.

The Sisterhood was the first book I've read by Tasha Alexander and of the Lady Emily mysteries.
I enjoyed the elaborateness of London’s elite in 1907 and the complexity of the various mysteries in the story. It took me to a different time and place. This is the beginning of the women's suffrage movement.
The characters were well developed, and a delightful rogue character kept Lady Emily and her husband on their toes.
*(There are two references to abuse against two maids and one suicide.
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The Sisterhood by Tasha Alexander is the nineteenth book in the Lady Emily Mysteries series, set in London during the summer of 1907. It follows Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, as they delve into the suspicious death of debutante Victoria Goldsborough.

I really enjoyed the blend of rich historical detail and an engaging mystery. Even though I hadn’t read the earlier books in the series, this one worked well as a standalone. It's a thoroughly enjoyable read, especially for fans of historical fiction.

I found this to be quite a quick and engaging read. It's an entertaining cozy mystery set in Edwardian high society, with alternating chapters set in ancient Roman Britain.
Although the ancient storyline is not nearly as compelling and tended to slow the pace of the main mystery, it still taught me a little something about a historical period I wasn't familiar with, and (for me) that's always a win regardless.
There are some welcome flashes of humor, provided by the Arsene Lupin-like antihero that Lady Emily has been blessed/cursed to know for many years now. It did make me chuckle from time to time.

The two narrative structure did not work for me as you are more than halfway through the book before there is a hint of connection. And the format does not allow you to be fully engaged with either story. Why not combine the historical narrative within the more modern story? Did not work for me but might for others.

Two books in one. They complement each other well, giving historical reference and explaining an underlying theme for the more recently set tale. These intertwining of the two-story lines was done in an interesting manner- even chapters were historical and odd chapters were in the more recent time frame. Some readers will follow this easily; others will have to pause at the end of each chapter to reset themselves.
Worth the time and read.

The Sisterhood by Tasha Alexander is another entry in her Lady Emily series. There are two stories that seem unrelated for a while. One takes place in 1907 and involves Lady Emma and her husband trying to solve a couple of murders. This thread has all the feels of an Edwardian novel…stuffy aristocrats, class differences, the subjugation of women in society, even as some women are working toward getting voting rights. The second story is about the Iceni, Queen Boudica and their revolt against the Roman Empire. While Ms. Alexander eventually ties the two together, the switching between stories was distracting. The murder mystery was what kept this reader turning pages. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book from NetGalley. Highly recommend.

Lady Emily never disappoints! In THE SISTERHOOD, she is back and better than ever.

In the latest installment, Lady Emily and her husband are charged with solving the murder of the debutante of the season. The young lady in question, engaged to the Most Eligible Bachelor, drops dead in the middle of a ball! As always, Tasha Alexander does a wonderful job weaving historical details and events into the story. This book is no exception. The story and charactes are engaging and likeable and the story was interesting and well-told. As always, Colin and Emily have great chemistry!

The dual timeline doesn't bother me, but this particular one featuring Boudica rather took me out of the story a bit. The timelines related but were not interwoven, so it was sometimes jarring to switch back and forth. Honestly, I preferred the 1907 murder to the Iceni/Roman conflict.

If you have not read this series from the beginning, start now! You won't be disappointed! I am already anticipating the next installment.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for this ARC!

I didn't enjoy this book as much as I've enjoyed earlier books in the series. I found the emphasis on the suffragettes overdone, and I was not interested in the parallel story linking with the history of the fearsome queen, Boudica. I thought the solution revealing who had committed the murder in the main plot contrived. I'm sorry that I didn't find it more interesting.

Kindle Copy for Review from NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Minotaur Books.

I received a free, advance copy of this book and this is my unbiased and voluntary review.

In book 19 Lady Emily tackles the murder of a debutante at her engagement ball. Who wanted this young lady dead? Did jealously lead to her demise or perhaps her own fiancé? Can she catch a killer before they strike again.

I’m a big fan of this series and am always excited to read the latest installment, but I have to agree with another reviewer that these books have suffered somewhat since Tasha Alexander introduced dual timelines/characters. I always love Emily and Colin, but often don’t care for the secondary ‘main’ character and find the juxtaposition more irritating than anything.

While The Sisterhood grabbed my interest initially with the mid-party poisoning of debutante (and newly engaged) Victoria Goldsborough, it just as quickly lost my interest when switching abruptly to the perspective of Vatta, Iceni maiden and contemporary of warrior queen Boudica. I didn’t like her in the beginning of her story and liked her even less by the end.

While the threads of the suffragette movement and the titular sisterhood who named themselves after Boudica did weave together somewhat with the ancient story, it still added nothing of interest and detracted from the mystery Emily and Colin are given to solve. My other issue with this book is the rather abrupt ending, in both timelines, and without any spoilers, I also felt the reveal wasn’t explained thoroughly enough and the murderer had a rather weak motive.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I really enjoyed the historical references in this book. As a reader who learns their history through novels, this introduction to Bodacia was fascinating.

Early in the novel, I was a bit put off by the alternating chapters, but as the story unfolded I was intrigued by the way the author constructed her novel to let the past illuminate the plot.

I wasn’t entirely satisfied by the “reveal” of the killer, but the other elements of the story more than compensated for any “ stretch” needed to accept the book’s conclusion.

I have been wanting to read a good mystery and this fit the bill, the historical aspect was a bonus. I enjoyed this story, Emily and Colin make quite the team. Thank you St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley for the arc.

In this exciting Lady Emily mystery novel we see not only Lady Emily who is hard at work but also we are transported to another time era and that Boudicca storyline as well. Although that story is provided as a distraction.This novel will surely keep you in suspense. Tasha Alexander does not disappoint.
On the eve of her engagement a young debutant keels over in pain and sadly passes away. Emily and her husband are quickly called to the scene. As they are investigating they believe the cause of death is poisoning. They both go searching the streets to see if they can locate the killer. However, along the way another high society lady is killed.
Overall this was a very lovely story and historical fiction mysteries are usually the best route to go.
I received an arc copy from Netgalley and all opinions are of my own.

If Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones had a daughter it would be Lady Emily.

Herrings are placed front, side and center, in Tasha Alexander's flippingly good new entry in her iconic mystery series. The main timeline features 1907 England debutante season, another covers the Iceni revolt in south east England in 60AD. Never heard of the Iceni? Strap in for some gripping edutainment as a brilliant writer connects the past and present.

Somewhere between violent and cozy, The Sisterhood strikes solid middle ground for mystery lovers. Scenes move at a fast clip as we learn about Boudica, Queen of an ancient British tribe, and a movement she inspired 1850 years later. Themes include suffrage, social positions, poison and Ovid's greatness. These books are a genre of their own.

Fans of Pride and Prejudice, Lupin and innovative murder mysteries will thoroughly enjoy The Sisterhood.

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for a review copy.

This is the 19th book in the Lady Emily series by Tasha Alexander. I am new to the series, so some of Lady Emily's and her husband Colin's backgrounds and stories are still a mystery to me.

The story evolves around the mysterious murder of a young debutante during her society engagement party. Lady Emily (an amateur sleuth ) and her detective husband, Colon are tasked with finding the murderer. As their investigation leads them from the halls of the tons elite to the squalor of the city's poor, the stakes to find the murderer increases as yet another young society woman is killed in the same way. Woven into the story is the women's suffrage movement , the reappearance of a charismatic thief, and the parallel story of Britain's warrior queen , Boudica.

I enjoyed the murder mystery and the reveal of the unexpected murder. But, I wish Tasha had provided a little more physical and psychological description of her two main characters since it was difficult for me to "picture" and connect with them. The ending was a little abrupt and left some unanswered questions as to how the murderer's reveal impacted their family.

Additionally, I did not feel the parallel story taking place during the time of Queen Boudica and her battle with the Roman Empire added anything to the main story. The transfer between the two stories was jarring and confusing. In fact, I initially thought the "Roman" story was a separate story line that had been added by mistake. It was more of a distraction to me than an interesting addition to the main storyline.

Even with these issues, I liked Lady Emily. I am going to try some of the earlier books in the series to try and get a better understanding of her and her backstory. The dialogue between the characters was enjoyable and funny at times. I enjoyed the long suffering relationship with her mother. The historical references regarding the suffrage movement and Queen Boudica were interesting and satisfied my love of historical facts. Overall, it was an enjoyable murder mystery with a sprinkling of historical facts. Thank you Tasha Alexander, NetGalley and Minotaur Books for the opportunity to review this ARC.

The Sisterhood is the latest entry in the Lady Emily series by Tasha Alexander. Lady Emily and her husband, Colin, investigate the murder of a debutante, set against upheaval in England in the early years of the twentieth century: suffragettes, workers rights, questions about the true role of England’s royalty and upper crust. The mystery is engaging and pulled me along.

Alexander weaves this story around another, set in Roman times. It all makes sense in the end, but it was a distraction early in the book, when I just wanted Emily and Colin to solve the murder.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.