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Reviewed by Gabriel Santos for Readers' Favorite
In Winter’s Season, R.J. Koreto takes us to early nineteenth-century London. Two years after the legendary Battle of Waterloo, Captain Edmund Winter has ditched the battlefield for his new assignment: special emissary from the Home Office. In practice, he’s a high constable of sorts, doing the best he can with no support from a professional police force (it will take more than a decade for the Metropolitan Police to take shape). After catching a serial killer who targeted prostitutes, Winter finds another dead body in a seedy alley, but this time it’s a high-society lady. Who was she and what was she doing there? These questions are just the beginning of a perplexing case that will pit Winter against a maze of lies.
It’s been a while since I’ve read a good mystery in the style of classic whodunits. The case starts as a fiendish puzzle, but when you figure out the solution, the pieces fit together so neatly that it all feels obvious. R.J. Koreto’s portrayal of the Regency era’s upper class highlights the darkness beneath their wealth and elegance. It’s a world filled with false appearances, secrets, unspoken rules, and feuds. This setting makes for a gripping atmosphere and a challenging mystery, but it also adds to the characterization. Most of the characters struggle with social expectations while trying to find their place in the world (or accept their fate), making them very compelling. Combining a well-crafted plot with solid characters and an authentic setting, Winter's Season is a must-read for fans of murder mysteries and historical dramas.
