A little cozy historical mystery. Claire is an antiques dealer tasked with the job of spending time with reclusive heiress Hannah Reeves while she works on cataloguing her collections. Hannah is a prickly no nonsense character, but it seems she holds a multitude of secrets, Claire just needs to get to the bottom of it!

This was nice enough. A cozy Sunday sort of story, it was a little slow for my personal taste but I still enjoyed it.

Nice narration.

Thanks to Brilliance Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this ALC 🎧

This was a much a sweet fun book. First of all I'm a huge sucker for any book that revolves around books it's the reader in me. I also love when we have two characters that seem like they won't get along bur secretly have more in common then what meets the eye. I loved the flashback scenes and the changes in perspective. I also felt this was a cozy read in many ways and it felt like I was wrapped up in a warm hug when I was reading this story. I loved that it took place in the 1970s witch I felt really added to the ambiance and the character backround of one older generation to a newer more liberated one from the previous. The writing was fun and witty and I loved the dialogue and the banter. I found myself smiling laughing and also tearing up more then once. This was such a great read I definitely recommend you check it out.

There are people who will like this book. I am not those people.

It's well enough written, emphasis on 'enough'. The flashbacks should have only in Hanna's POV (not the guy she fell for, unless we actively see her being told by him what he was thinking. The boy from the boat should have been able to tell her how the guy she fell for was behaving but not his emotions). The way they were presented made it feel like we were being pulled somewhere inexplicable, especially in light of the first person POV of the rest of the book. Also there were things the protagonist would have known about if she was actually living in the 60s & 70s (her whole 'well obviously the department and youth and family services!' about life in the early 1900s was incredibly out of touch. Especially if she grew up raised by her grandfather who was relatively poor.) I wasn't even alive in the 70s and I knew she was too out of touch for a character in her circumstances.

Basically, it's a neat concept, the characters are consistent, and the descriptions are good. But it's not for anybody who wants intelligent, likable, or period-appropriate characters. (One good quality and no other depth or likable qualities does not likable characters make, sorry.) I think it will find it's audience.