An Independent Woman

Tabitha & Wolf Historical Mystery Series, Book 3

De: Sarah F. Noel

Narrado por: Vicki-Jo Eva

Step into 1897 Victorian London: Unravel love and intrigue with the Tabitha & Wolf historical mystery series.

Summoned to Edinburgh by the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, Tabitha and Wolf reluctantly board a train and head north to Scotland. The dowager's granddaughter, Lily, refuses to participate in the preparations for her first season unless Tabitha and Wolf investigate the disappearance of her friend, Peter. Initially skeptical of the need to investigate, Tabitha and Wolf quickly realize that the idealistic Peter may have stumbled upon dark secrets. How far would someone go to cover their tracks?

Tabitha is drawn into Edinburgh's seedy underbelly as she and Wolf try to solve the case while attempting to keep the dowager in the dark about Peter's true identity.

©2023 Sarah F. Noel (P)2024 Sarah F. Noel

Hmmm...

Well, I've now listened to the first three books in the series, and with each successive one, I have begun to be less and less entertained. Tabitha is smart and independent, except that her interactions with the dowager make me think not so much. I'm okay with the slow development of the romance between Tabitha and Wolf -- after all, Tabitha's marriage was a disaster, so it's natural that she would be cautious. The dowager, however, is a bully -- especially toward Tabitha -- and I find her completely unlikeable. In the first novel, her behavior was sort of humorous, but the way that Tabitha and Wolf are always bowing to her demands is now rather annoying. I realize it is so that they can keep her out of their way, but really?! Is she that necessary to the plot? I'd like to see less of her in the future, but in looking at the next few books I see that she figures pretty strongly. Ugh. Vicki-Jo Eva does a fine job with the narration, but listening to the voice for the Dowager Countess of Pembroke makes her even more unlikeable for me. I'd really like to read the rest of the books (they aren't yet on Audible) so that I can see how things work out for the two main characters, but I'm pretty sure that I will put them on the bottom of my TBR pile.

Overall Too Whiny…

This series started out well but has quickly become a disappointment. Why no one hasn’t put the Dowager in her place is beyond me. Of particular disappointment is Tabitha and Wolf’s inability to stand up to this shrew. I suppose the author thought it was a good contrivance in the first book in the series, but now her nasty condescension is just annoying. Doubt I will continue listening as the narrator has also gotten whiny in her narration.

This was my least favorite.

I hate the dowager and I hate how everyone cowers to her. I hate how wimpy her daughter is and I hate how every female has turned pathetic in this story. In the other books the countess was independent and strong.In this one she is so wimpy. Don't think I will finish the series.