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Reviewed by Trudi LoPreto for Readers' Favorite
The Lucky Hat Mine is a wonderful mystery that takes place in 1863 during the gold mining heyday. Millie travels from New Orleans to Idaho Springs, Colorado to become the mail order bride of Johannes Drouillard. After an extremely difficult journey, Millie is told that Johannes has died in a mine landslide. Unwilling to travel back to New Orleans, Millie decides to stay in the well built cabin Johannes had waiting for her and take possession of his mine as his will stated. The townspeople welcome her and all of the available men are interested in marrying Millie, mostly to obtain the rights to the mine. When Dominic Drouillard, Johannes' brother, an ill-mannered, coarse man appears on her doorstop one winter morning, Millie is not happy having to share her new home with him. Dom is convinced that someone killed his brother and wants the mine because of the gold that Johannes most surely had found. This quickly becomes apparent when the pair is shot at. They are forced to work together to survive and the results make for some interesting developments.
The Lucky Hat Mine combines murder, mystery, gold mining and life on the early frontier in a perfect blend of fact, fiction and diversion. J.v.L. Bell has certainly done her research of the times and written a story that was hard to put down. Millie and Dominic became my friends whom I really enjoyed being with. The townspeople of Idaho Springs were interesting and added mystery to the story. I recommend this book to young and old, mystery and historical readers, and those who just enjoy a well written book.
