⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars!

Murder on North Terrace is a really interesting and enjoyable historical mystery. The series is a fictionalised account of the career of Australia’s first female police officer.

What I loved in particular:
- It was so clear that Lainie Anderson has extensively studied Kate’s life. There was so much care and detail put into her character and the attention to detail about the workings of the South Australian women’s police branch made Adelaide during the First World War come alive for me.
- I liked the mentor/mentee dynamic between Kate and Ethel.
- I liked that the story did not shy away from highlighting how much women like Ethel stood to lose by pursuing a career. Although I was glad that in the end she did not need to choose between her career and Alistair.

While the murder case and the other case that Kate and Ethel were working on did resolve nicely in this book, I did sometimes feel that the plot became a little lost under the historical police procedural details. However, I did immediately buy a copy of the death of Dora Black (the first in this series) as I absolutely want to read more about Kate.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Hachette Australia and New Zealand for the opportunity to read this ARC.