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Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers: Book 1

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Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers: Book 1 by Janine Beacham

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By Janine Beacham

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37 reviews

The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton Abbey

When Rose Raventhorpe’s beloved butler is found (gasp!) murdered in the hallway of her own house, she’s determined to uncover the culprit. Especially since he’s the third butler to die in a week!

Rose’s investigation leads her on a journey into a hidden world of grave robbers and duelling butlers, flamboyant magicians and the city’s ancient feline guardians.

Knives aren’t just for cutting cucumber sandwiches, you know . . .

Reviews

10 Aug 2023

It was really good I enjoyed the suspense and drama. Along with the baddies and the twists and turns

10 Aug 2023

I enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries or if you have read robin stevens book series murder most unlaydilike

09 Aug 2023

I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone

01 Sep 2022

I thought that this was a really mysterious murder book.
My thoughts on what I have read are that I didn't expect Arundel to be the murderer.
My favourite character was Rose because she was determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of all the murders.
I would recommend this book to other who like murder mysteries.

22 Aug 2022

I really liked the book. It's a fantasy mystery book. My favourite character is Rose Raventhorpe, a young girl who lives in the victorian area in York.
I would recommend this book for people who like reading mysteries and solving crimes.

29 Jun 2022

A fantastic read for fans of a classic 'who-dun-it', Rose raventhorpe is a brilliant character, follow her through this action packed, murder mystery that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Just when you think you have figured out who the murderer is you will hit another twist in the tale. a definite page turner that will keep you hooked right to the end. Recommened read.

27 Dec 2021

If murder happens in a posh household it’s a big deal. Especially when it actually happens in the Raventhorpe family home.

25 Aug 2021

This book had me on the edge of my seat. It was really good but it was impossible to guess the murderer!

15 Aug 2021

I really liked the mystery

29 Jun 2021

For fans of Robin Stevens. Butlers are being murder in Yorke.After Roses butler was murdered she started to investigate. Be ready for some plot twists.So good.

13 Jan 2021

A gripping murder mystery

30 Aug 2020

I love this book is so heartwarming and sad at the same time. I’d recommend it to anybody who likes A feline frenzy and murders

19 Aug 2020

This book was very funny and it was a murder mystery but Rose investigated and found out why and who did this because her own butler died. I recommend this book.

01 Aug 2020

I recommend it to people who like mysteries.

29 Jul 2020

I really liked this book. It was very surprising because all of the butlers were trained in combat.

27 Jul 2020

I loved this book because it was excitingly scary and I liked characters too. I would recommend it to all young readers!

23 Jul 2020

I really enjoyed this book - it was gripping from the start. I liked Argle, who was a really nice person with an air of mystery about him.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good murder mystery (although it is very descriptive of the deaths).

16 Jul 2020

I really enjoyed this book as I loved the magic in this when the cat statues come to life! My favorite character is Charlie Malone as he was really funny! I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure and mystery books!

28 Jun 2020

I really enjoyed this book because of how I was always guessing who the murder was

31 Jul 2019

A good page turner.

29 Jul 2019

It's fiction and full of adventure. I would recommend it to people who love murder and mystery.

21 Jul 2019

For me, I think this book had some advanced words that I didn't understand. There was some stabbings going on and Miss Rose Raventhorpe was determined to solve who the Black Glove Muderer was. The person in the book I liked best was Heddsworth because he is a protecter and he is willing to do anything for his friends. Not only that he is a very loyal man. I think this particular book was intresting because it was a bit like a horror movie squashed into a book and it was very mysterious. I would definitely recommend this book but maybe to a teenager so that no one quite young would get scared.
This was my book review of Black Cats and Butlers and I hope you enjoyed it.

13 Jun 2019

Amazing book with lots of friendly characters.Among them Rose is my favourite.I also like Heddsworth so much.

20 Aug 2018

This book was great! Today I got the next two books because I loved this one so much. I recommend this to people who love a murder mystery and cats!

This is one of the Best Books I've Ever Read! And that's saying something.
I've read LOADS and LOADS of books in my life!

This is amazing and you should read it!

18 Aug 2018

It was a veryoung good book and interesting it made you want to read more to to find out what happens

It was fiction and my favourite person was the Butler hensworth

I would most Definitely recommend this book to someone else

19 Nov 2017

This is a story about a girl, Rose Raventhrope whose beloved butler Argyle is found brutally murdered at the doorway of her own hall. This murder is one in the series of three in the week.She then goes on an adventure with her friend Emily Proops and Argyle's butler friends to find the murderer, the Black Glove. At the end, the Archbishop's butler, Arundel is found to be
guilty. He wanted to take the place of Argyle as Rose's butler. Finally , the story ended with the house getting a new bulter, Heedsworth who was Argyle's best friend.

I liked the book as at the end of the adventure , though it started with a brutal murder, it ended on a happy note. By reading this book, we can understand that even a kid of our age can turn out to be brave. I would like to recommend this book to my friends because of the adventure and story of bravery.

16 Oct 2017

Absolutely thrilling!
Couldn't wait till the end.
Dashing for lovers of murder and mystery.

04 Sep 2017

I rate this book 5 out of five, because of all the magic Harry finds. I recommend this book to people if you are a fan of any kind of magic books.

26 Aug 2017

I't so good it's like the best book I've ever red! I won't give much away but it is about black cats and butlers!

26 Aug 2017

I love this book so much!It's full of butlers and black cats of coarse . hope you enjoy if you do read it!

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