Review of Winter's Season

Happy Release Day! Author R.J. Koreto latest book Winter's Season is being released today. Where's the cake, the balloons, the confetti? If this book sounds good to you don't forget to check out the other series he has written. Like me, R.J. is a history lover with series revolving around Historic Homes, Alice Roosevelt and Lady Frances Ffolkes.

More About Winter's Season

In 1817 London, Before the Police, There Was Captain Winter.

London, 1817. A city teeming with life, yet lacking a professional police force. When a wealthy young woman is brutally murdered in an alley frequented by prostitutes, a shadowy government bureau in Whitehall dispatches its "special emissary"―Captain Winter. A veteran of the Napoleonic Wars and a gentleman forged by chance and conflict, Winter is uniquely equipped to navigate the treacherous currents of London society, from aristocratic drawing rooms to the city's grimmest taverns.

Without an army of officers or the aid of forensic science, Winter must rely on his wits and a network of unconventional allies. His childhood friend, a nobleman, opens doors in high society, while a wise Jewish physician uncovers secrets the dead cannot hide.

But Winter's most intriguing, and potentially dangerous, asset is Barbara Lightwood. Shrewd, beautiful, and operating as a discreet intermediary among the elite, Barbara shares a past with Winter from the war years. Their rekindled affair is fraught with wariness; she offers intimate information crucial to his investigation, but guards her own secrets fiercely. Like Winter, she is both cunning and capable of danger.

From grand houses to dimly lit streets, death stalks Captain Winter in Winter's Season. He must tread carefully to unmask a killer, navigate a web of secrets and lies, and perhaps, in the process, save his own soul.

More About R.J. Koreto

R.J. Koreto has been a merchant seaman, book editor, journalist and novelist. He was born and raised in New York City and decided to be a writer after reading “The Naked and the Dead.” He and his wife have two grown daughters and divide their time between Rockland County, N.Y., and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

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Thoughts About Winter's Season

If you love twisty-turny mysteries as well as the mystery of Society Life in the Regency Era (so many rules!), you'll love Winter's Season. This book presents a mysterious event and the feeling that not everyone is telling the whole truth - and that it's all wrapped up in the inexplainable rules of High Society.

Captain Winter is a well developed character with many facets - soldier, cop, lover, friend, thwarted romantic, outsider. It's interesting to see the different aspects of his personality clash. Author R.J. Koreto effectively sets the mood with just a few words. Captain Winter can turn from apologetic investigator to deadly equalizer in just one paragraph.

This book gave just enough hints to his past life that I'm chomping at the bit for a prequel as well as hints at his next case that made me eager for the next book. Winter's Season is the first book in Koreto's new series. Jump aboard now!

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