Murder by Death

I put off reading this book as long as I could because this is my favorite series and I was practicing my delayed gratification skills.  I think I made it 6 weeks, and then devoured the entire book in an afternoon.

Peril in Paperback is a fabulous, fun book and a really fun homage to the English House Mysteries. Derek wasn't much in this book at all, and I was prepared to sulk about that, but was very happily distracted by lots of Gabriel!  Ms. Carlisle does a wonderful job of juggling the two men in a way that I find perfectly satisfying.  It's not a love triangle, but more of just an extra hint of spark.  

Brooklyn is the one character in all my books, I'd most like to be friends with - a brilliant sense of humour and snark, a fabulously eccentric family and possibly the best job in the universe. All the characters in this book are excellent and honestly I'm not afraid to admit that the fifth star in this book came purely from the absence of Minka (the resident idiot). Really such a fun read.

The mystery itself was not only great fun, but included lots of suspects, lots of 'happenings', clues, secret passages and red herrings. While I had my guesses whittled down to one or two choices, I had no idea until the end. And the end! Such a great throwback to the classics! Loved it!!!!

Now I have to wait until stinking June of next year for the next book.