Calamity Under the Chandelier by Camilla Blythe

[crimsoncorundum]

I just read this book. Normally, I get my freebies from Amazon (or Smashwords or Gutenberg or from the author newsletters I subscribe to. This time it wasn’t available from any of those sites. It was Google Play. I have never used that before so I had no idea what to expect. Since I don’t own an e-book reader like Kobo, that reads epub, and my phone isn’t working, I ended up having to read it on my computer. It was - different. Not nearly as good as reading on something handheld, but since I wasn’t in a position to complain, it was great to be able to read at all.

I must mention a few words about the actual book. At first I didn’t know what to expect, but after a while I got into it and it was quite good. I liked the main character, Cora. There were a number of other interesting characters. Unfortunately, one of the ones I liked, didn’t make it to the end. All in all, it was a good read.

This is what Google Play had to say about the plot:

Hollywood starlets are supposed to be happily on set in sunny California, and not trapped in drafty manor houses during ferocious snowstorms.

But after Cora Clarke's best friend and fellow actress elopes with an English earl, Cora visits England to help her friend brave the aristocratic disapproval of her new husband's family.

Unfortunately, the holiday turns nightmarish when a chandelier crashes down and kills somebody. When suspicion falls on her friend, Cora vows to figure out the identity of the murderer. After all, blizzards have a habit of preventing the police from arriving, and body counts have a dreadful habit of growing.