The Lost Empress by Steve RobinsonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
If you enjoy historical fiction and mystery novels, this is a series to check out. "The Lost Empress" is the fourth in the Jefferson Tayte series by Steve Robinson. Tayte, an American genealogist who dabbles in crime solving, is drawn to England to see if a client's grandmother and a woman supposedly lost when the ocean liner, "The Empress of Ireland" sank in 1914 were the same woman.
The ship really existed and sank in the St. Lawrence River on its way from Quebec City to Liverpool on May 29, 1914. More than 1,000 people were killed in the accident, the largest maritime loss in Canada during peacetime.
Against this historical background, the fictional story emerges with plenty of history, manor houses and plot twists to keep the reader engrossed. I'll be seeking out the rest of the books in this series.
(Disclosure: I received a complimentary ARC via NetGalley.)
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