A Lesson in Love and Murder (Herringford and Watts #2) - Rachel McMillan

This is the second book in the series.  The series itself is a little different as there are a lot more novellas attached to it than I'm used to.  Before the first book is a novella called A Singular and Whimsical Problem.  Then there's the first book,  The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder.  Then we have another novella, Of Dubious and Questionable Memory, followed by this book.  Next year, there's a novella (which is free for pre-order right now), Conductor of Light, that comes out the end of January, leading up to the third book, called The White Feather Murders, out in May 2017.

Jemima and Merinda are still detecting, even though things have changed somewhat.  Ray and Jemima are trudging along, poor as they can be with Ray sending his sister in Chicago money and a new addition on the way.  Merinda doesn't know about this at first and is anxious to get Jem to help her with a new case.  This time, they're dealing with explosions, anarchists and a handsome Mountie searching for his wayward cousin.

Their pursuit of truth will cause them to cross the border and infiltrate the group of anarchists to discover what they're planning.  The whole gang ends up down there, one way or another, and even Ray's good-for-nothing brother-in-law is involved in the criminal activity.

I really like McMillan's writing style and love the little footnotes, even though they don't always work correctly.  I've taken to bookmarking the page I'm on in case the footnote at the end of the chapter doesn't lead me right back where I was.  Besides that, I love the characters and was especially rooting for Jasper this time.  I'll be anxiously awaiting the next story   Good Book!