Ink and Intrigue at Ivy Tree Inn (Ariadne Winter Mystery Series) by Ellen Butler – Review by Francis O’Sullivan

Ink and Intrigue at Ivy Tree Inn by Ellen Butler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ink and Intrigue at the Ivy Tree Inn is an Ariadne Winter Mystery. Ariadne is a young reporter who aspires to investigative journalism but is working her way up at a women’s magazine. She gets an opportunity for a big interview, then finds an even bigger opportunity when she discovers a body.

I like the 1950s setting of this story and there’s a great cast of supporting characters. It’s fun learning how everyone’s connected and what dirt they have on each other. If you’re a fan of gossip, you’ll enjoy discovering what history different characters have with each other and how that’s motivating them now.

The perspective shifts from Ariadne’s first person to a third person that gives the perspectives of different characters, including some of what they’re thinking. This is interesting as it means we have some information Ariadne does not as we try to work out what really happened.

This book gets four stars from me. I have enjoyed other books by this author and would recommend this to fans of her work, as well as readers looking for another historical mystery to solve!

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