Unfortunately I'm disappointed in this book. I had great expectations when I read the synopsis, but it didn't keep my interest.

The book was dull with too much unecessary descriptions. I guessed the murderer in the first couple chapters.

The book jacket is awesome though and great synopsis well written to pick your curiosity.

A Schooling in Murder had a storyline that drew me in initially, but was slow to start. The book picked up about half way as the story focuses in more on the mystery and clues surrounding the murder of Annabel Warnock, a teacher at Monkshill school, who seemingly disappeared while on holiday. While there were a few twists along the way, the storyline left more to be desired as I was searching for the suspense. Overall, an okay read as it's told from Annabel's point of view.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins Canada for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you Netgalley and HarperCollins Canada for the advance ebook.

England, May 1945

Monkshill Park School for Girls seems a world away from the violence that engulfed Europe during World War II. Yet its lonely, decaying grounds have witnessed a murder.

Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, left for the holidays and never came back. Both teachers and girls assume she simply walked out, but the truth is quite different. Her body tumbled from the Maiden’s Leap, a viewpoint on the clifftop Gothic Walk, and was washed out to sea.

But Annabel herself is still trapped at Monkshill, unable to move on. As she haunts the grounds and school, she discovers a hidden world – students, staff and servants are riven with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions.

And one of them is her killer…

I found this book slow to start. I had a hard time getting in to it. Overall just an OK read for me. I much preferred the author's previous books.

Kindle Copy for Review from NetGalley, Killer Crme Club, HarperCollins Canada and Hemlock Press.

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

A female teacher with secrets at all girl boarding school goes missing on holiday break. They all thunk she just left and just walked away. But things quickly change when t appears that she had fallen off the cliff and her body washed into the sea. The truth is that she still trapped in the school unable to move as she discovers dangerous secrets and people there including someone willing to dspose of her for good. Will she able to get free before she ends up dead?