The Bear at Midnight (Orkneyinga Murders Book 4) by Lexie Conyngham – Review by Desiree Ottinger

The Bear at Midnight by Lexie Conyngham
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The book begins after the death of the leader of the hall of Buckquoy. Naturally, there has to be a replacement but there isn’t an heir to take over. The earl has to choose between a nephew, an illegitimate son, and a local boy to take over the hall. As the selection process begins, the widow’s daughter is seemingly enamored by first two options. However, doubts arise about who she really favors, as her mother is known to be a schemer. When the daughter is found murdered and no one claims the death, everything comes to a halt as insinuations abound as to who did it. It falls on the shoulders of Ketil and Sigrid to find out the truth of who killed the daughter before the wrong person takes over the hall. Can they find the murderer before they kill again? Who has the most to gain from her death? Or was it a crime of passion?

I enjoyed this story! It is a very well written historical mystery. I feel like the author did a wonderful job of getting inside Ketil and Sigrid’s minds as they tried to puzzle out the murder to find the murderer. All of the characters were well developed and personable. There was just enough information given about each to keep you guessing as to who exactly the murderer was until the very end. It wasn’t an obvious choice right off the bat, and I appreciated that!

All in all, a very good read! It is in a series, but you can pick this up without reading the first part of the series.

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