#riddle of the prairie bride

Riddle of the Prairie Bride, by Kathryn Reiss. First of all, I think that “riddle” wasn’t the best word to use for the title. It sounds more like they were just trying to come up with synonyms for “mystery,” but there weren’t really any riddles involved.

There’s a lot of talk about Henry Clay that did not sound accurate to me.

Spoiler that I’m not sure is also a TW: there’s catfishing but it’s not entirely, as the communications were from the genuine person. The end result was pretending to be that person. But at the same time, the two women were supposedly good friends, but the pretend one couldn’t remember important information that she should have known.

Ida Kate blames her friend for filling her head with outrageous accusations, but it was really Ida Kate who came up with them in the first place.

Goodreads star rating: 3/5