Who's Sorry Now?

by: Jill Churchill

Published by: Avon Paperback Books

Review by Kathy Perschmann

This is the fifth in the A Grace and Favor Mystery series, and just as charming and fun as the previous titles.

Robert and Lily Brewster have been left the Grace and Favor mansion in rural New York by their Great Uncle Horatio. It is just after the stock market crash, and their privileged childhood has not prepared them for a life of searching for work and poverty.

Uncle Horatio had some odd conditions in his will; so they must live in the mansion with a number of other odd lodgers and their Great Uncle's property manager, Mr. Prinney. Police Chief Howard Walker moves into the mansion in this story, and he must deal a number of problems: a murdered railway clerk, an old skeleton found when some dead bushes are dug up on the mansion's grounds, hate crimes against the new tailor in the town of Voorberg, and some stolen
library books. His new assistant, Deputy Ron Parker, proves to be a gem, with unusual talents.

Armchair Interviews says: The characters in this series are the story here--the relationships, and the way the community solves problems and people pull together.