Review: Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite

Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was provided an ALC of this book via Netgalley, all opinions are my own.

This is the 2nd book in the Dorothy Gentleman novella series and while I feel it would be beneficial for you to start with the first novella, it appears that the mysteries are all independent and can be read as standalones.  

This series takes place aboard the HMS Fairweather, where passengers are crossing space to eventually inhabit and populate a new planet.  Dorothy is a member of what you could equate to the ship's police squad and investigates whatever crimes come up during the ship's passage.  In this installment she has to figure out how a baby, who's existence shouldn't be possible as all the ship's inhabitants have been temporarily made infertile for the journey, came to land on her nephew's doorstep.  

This is a delightful story, solving a mystery in just under 4 hours.  The author does a great job with world-building and character development in the short time we have.  We get to see different sides of Dorothy as she is detective mode, when she is with her nephew Ruthie, and when she is flirting with her crush Violet.  We also get to see more of ship life as we see the different jobs people have and how the baby came to be.  Overall the cozy nature of the mystery stayed interesting while remining low stakes and low action.  This series is fun and has a nice balance of all the things I'm looking for.  I can't wait to see what Dorothy tackles next.

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