BLOG TOUR: Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare

I'm excited to be a part of the Blog Tour for Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare! I received a free electronic copy for honest review from the publisher. Thanks so much to Berkley Books and Louise Hare for letting me be a part of the tour!

 

 

Title: Miss Aldridge Regrets

Author: Louise Hare

Published by: Berkley Books

Released: July 5, 2022

Source: Electronic Review Copy Provided by Publisher

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Synopsis: The glittering RMS Queen Mary. A nightclub singer on the run. An aristocratic family with secrets worth killing for.

London, 1936. Lena Aldridge wonders if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn't worked out. Instead, she's stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in Soho, and her married lover has just left her. But Lena has always had a complicated life, one shrouded in mystery as a mixed-race girl passing for white in a city unforgiving of her true racial heritage.

She's feeling utterly hopeless until a stranger offers her the chance of a lifetime: a starring role on Broadway and a first-class ticket on the Queen Mary bound for New York. After a murder at the club, the timing couldn't be better, and Lena jumps at the chance to escape England. But death follows her onboard when an obscenely wealthy family draws her into their fold just as one among them is killed in a chillingly familiar way. As Lena navigates the Abernathy's increasingly bizarre family dynamic, she realizes that her greatest performance won't be for an audience, but for her life.

With seductive glamor, simmering family drama, and dizzying twists, Louise Hare makes her beguiling US debut. (Synopsis from Goodreads)

 

My Thoughts: I liked this. As soon as I read the synopsis, I knew it was something that I wanted to read. The idea of the story just really called to me. I found this to be a really solid read. I liked how it was set on the RMS Queen Mary. I liked our main character of Lena. I also liked the mystery of it all. It kept me turning pages and wanting to know more.

This book has a locked room mystery vibe to it, with our cast being confined to the Queen Mary. I love books with the locked room mystery angle.

I don't know if I was blown away by the mystery element, but I was intrigued by it, and really enjoyed trying to figure everything out.

I'd definitely recommend this one. It's a good time.

 

Louise Hare is a London-based author. Her debut novel, This Lovely City, was published in the UK to wide acclaim, and was a Between the Covers Book Club Pick on BBC Two. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of London.

Thanks so much for checking out my Blog Tour Stop for Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare. Thank you to Berkley Books and Louise Hare for letting me be a part of the tour. This should be added to your TBR pile.