Viola Hewitt has proven to be a kind benefactress, despite her tragic past – a bout with polio that left her in a wheelchair, and the loss of two of her sons at horrific conditions of Andersonville in the Civil War. Life is good in Boston Nell loves her tiny charge and has settled into life at the Hewitt mansion. Leaving her kind physician protector is difficult, but her only chance to ever care for a child and further escape her past, proves to be an irresistible lure. Unexpectedly, she is offered a post as a newborn girl’s nursemaid, to live with an affluent family in a beautiful Boston mansion. The author has a skillful way of implying more than you are initially told Nell has escaped from a shady past, and is desperately determined to escape into a better life. I was immediately captured by the character of Nell Sweeney, who was under the wing of a physician and acting as his nurse. Adding to my anticipation was the historical flavor – the novel is set in the post-Civil War era of the 1868, in the affluent society circles of Boston. I love mysteries, so it was no problem (and actually a welcome break) to go from the emotional pull of romance to the tension of a murder mystery. Still Life with Murderis a couple of firsts for me – first time for the author and first time listening to the narrator.
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