Death and Sensibility

Death and Sensibility is the second book in a cozy mystery series set in Yorkshire, England. Erin Coleridge, a descendant of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, owns a used bookstore and participates in the Jane Austen Society in her small town on the moors. In this book she travels with some of her fellow society members to the city of York for an Austen conference, where the keynote speaker dies suddenly. Erin suspects foul play and begins investigating, butting heads with the detective she befriended in the first book.

I enjoyed this cozy mystery well enough, but I didn't love it. I am familiar enough with England to have recognized that this story was a little heavy on the stereotypes and some Americanisms slipped through the cracks. I got a little annoyed by Erin at times, and there wasn't much character development. That said, if you just want to escape into a breezy cozy mystery, you might enjoy it!

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This is one of those books that is really hard for me to review. I enjoyed the story. Loved the setting. Loved the bits of history. Enjoyed the Jane Austen tie in. It also kept me guessing until the end, which is always a bonus. All good things...

However, I could not stand Erin in the least. She was a rude, snotty, know it all. Not to mention 90% of the descriptors of people were rude or negative. From “her yellow tinged skin” or “she wears ratty old clothes” or the best one “most of the people in this room look like they've never seen the inside of a gym” Not to mention the amount of people who were described as being “hefty” And there were her FRIENDS she was talking about.