Title: Callous, selfish amateur sleuth
Product review: Cicely, owner of the Pennyfoot Hotel has 3 new teenage maids (1 as young as 13). One might think she would feel some responsibility for their well-being and safety. But no, as they are murdered one by one, her reaction is callous and selfish. Oh dear, what a shame, but the important thing is for her business to be unharmed by these unfortunate deaths. She conceals information from the police, doesn't inform her guests that they are in danger and makes no effort to keep the maids safe. They are sent alone to dark, lonely areas of the hotel and out-buildings - and when one of the maids says she's afraid - the housekeeper yells at her and sends her off to her death. Cicely feels no responsibility for this even though she is in charge and the staff is following her orders. Appalling! I'll never read another book by Kate Kingsbury.
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