The first book of an intended trilogy, Nora Roberts‘ Inheritance is an urban fantasy mystery/romance with occasional horror/suspense elements which starts off quite good and stays that way for the most part. The main issue being the fantasy elements, which become more pronounced as the novel progresses up the point of complete saturation at the (cliffhanger) ending. They work best here when used subtly rather than boldly out in the open.
Honor Raconteur‘s tenth Henri Davenforth novel is basically more of the same as far as character interactions go. What’s different is the 3-part open-ended structure. You basically have three separate cases that all end up both related and incomplete, which in turn makes the book itself feel incomplete. I think it would’ve been better if the vacation segment stayed a simple vacation instead of trying to squeeze in a criminal element.