

On her second morning, she enters the pantry to discover that her young assistant has been bludgeoned to death. None of this phases Kat, so long as they stay out of her kitchen. The household is quite odd, from the fragile Lady Rankin to her sister garbed in men’s attire and the quirky help. In Death Below Stairs, she takes a position in the Mayfair district in the home of Lord Rankin. Kat Holloway is one of the youngest cooks in London and comes highly recommended. You will quickly learn that Kat has a habit of stumbling over dead bodies.

A Soupçon of Poison and while it isn’t necessary to read it, it does offer an intro to principal characters and is one I recommend. How could I resist? Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley is the first in the Kat Holloway Mysteries series and offered a delightful, murder mystery with unexpected twists and a bright young heroine.įirst I must tell you there is a prequel to this story.

A Victorian-era cozy mystery involving a cook.
