4.5 rounded up to 5 stars. I found this book the most engaging yet for this series. I also liked that the heroine’s personal relationships played such a major role, (having the mystery focused on her own past helped with this.) ( )

It's really nice to finally learn more about both Kat's and Daniel's pasts... And even nicer that they can finally look to their future together in earnest! ( )

I like this series. Kat is approached by her “husband’s” first wife and told of a missing fortune that supposedly he had stolen before he died 12 years earlier. Charlotte wants Kat’s help in locating the treasure and they will share it. Kat enlists her friends in finding out information about what Joe was doing at that time and we learn more about Daniel’s past and the hold that Monaghan has on him, and Kat’s own past. Times were difficult, especially for women. Sadly, Kat's dream is to have her own tea shop but she makes little money and she has a daughter who lives with a friend that she supports so it seems unlikely to happen.

Kat’s daughter, Grace, is now eleven and brings her to Bow Lane, where she grew up and spent her time married to Joe to introduce her to some of the people she knew.

Lot’s of dogged inquiries before the solution and peace with the past. ( )

The Secret Of Bow Street is the sixth book in the A Below Stairs Mystery series by Jennifer Ashley.

Kat is surprised by the woman who has come to see her. It is Charlotte Bristow. Mrs. Joseph Bristow. The wife who’d been married to the man and who Kat had thought she was married to. Twelve years ago, Kat was informed that Bristow had died at sea and that he had been married when he married Kat. Charlotte knows of Kat’s reputation for solving crimes and working with the police. Charlotte informs Kat that Bristow did not die at sea but was murdered, had a lot of money, and was killed for it. Charlotte is willing to share the money with Kat if she can find the murderer and the money. Kat isn’t interested in the funds but would be interested in learning more about him and how he met his fatal end.

Kat will enlist her gentleman friend Daniel, Tess, Lady Cynthia, and Elgin Thanos to help in her investigation. Their searching will take them to the docks of London and some of the seedier parts of London.

The reader will also learn more about Kat's life after Bristow's death until she arrives at her present employment. Another subplot deals with Daniel McAdam. The reader will know why he still owes Monaghan at Scotland Yard. Daniel assumes their relationship is farther along than it is and wants them to be a couple. Kat is not at this point yet; will they be able to resolve the differences?
The story is well-written, plotted, and historically accurate. The author does a beautiful job of describing the cooking aspects of the 1880s. Most of the characters from previous books are back again; they are fascinating and believable. There were plenty of twists and turns in the book that I was kept guessing until the end when the murderer was revealed.

I’m looking forward to the next book in this exciting series. ( )

Talk about a slow burn, and a mystery—rather close to home!

Kat Holloway is confronted by Charlotte Bristol, wife of Joe Bristol, the man Kat thought she was married to, with a wild tale of treasure he’d left behind. What follows is a mad and dangerous chase to places Kat should never go with devastating revelations.
Daniel of course is dragged into this and tales of lost coins from the mint are doing the rounds. Only these aren’t mad tales and Kat’s in it up to her eyeballs before she can blink.
So we have Charlotte wanting Kat to investigate, Inspector McGregor on the case, and Grace wanting to know more about where she and her mother lived.
And the relationship between Kat and Daniel? Well that’s in there too. Burning right or out?
All I can say is, Oh My. I’m so in love with Daniel McBride.

A Berkley Group ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher. ( )