A gifted new writer offers a heady mix of stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murder in this stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England.
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A gifted new writer offers a heady mix of stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murder in this stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England.
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This is a smart & entertaining late-Victorian mystery. The author went to great lengths to ensure that her lead, Lady Emily, was not anachronistically feminist, but also relatable and admirable for modern readers. It wasn't too difficult to pinpoint the bad guy (pretty standard fare), but it was fun to follow Emily's charachter development as the story unfolded. And the mystery itself was unique enough and well-written enough to hold my attention for the entire novel.
The back says that fans of Elizabeth Peters and Anne Perry will enjoy this book. I agree with that -- there are clear parallels between the Peabody and Pitt mystery series. I'd place Tasha Alexander right between those two eminent authors on the scale of light-heartedness (Perry is definitely the most serious of the 3, and Peters can be downright silly at times, in a good way).
I'm looking forward to the next installment.
KimberlyWrites
Nov 1, 2007
I Really enjoyed it
Although not an intellectual read, and not even an unpredictable mystery, I still found myself enjoying it and liking her characters. I bought her next book, A Poisoned Season and will be starting it soon. I just found her lead sort of endearing in spite of there not appearing to be anything endearing about her - a sort of character who knows her own faults, struggles with them, but refuses to let others see her sweat.
Shireen
Jul 11, 2007
Embroiled in Scandal...
This historical fiction/mystery book tells the story of Emily Bromley in the Victorian era, after her husband (a hunting enthusiast as well as a collector of ancient artifacts) of a few months dies on a safari in Africa. Although Emily socially grieves her husband, her real response is at best sympathetic towards her husband's untimely demise, as Emily's real reason for marrying Philip only concerned getting out of her mother's house. The mystery aspects of this book come into play when the real reasons for Philip's death become obscure, to the point where Emily is convinced that Philip is alive. Relying on two male, influential members of society, Emily conducts her search. Discovering false artifacts and black-market activities, Emily realizes that there was more to her late husband than met the eye. Or was there? Unfortunately, though the plot is interesting, Emily's feminist independance seems unlnikely in such a staid age, taking into account the fact that Emily drank port and smoked cigars in public, while still retaining her good reputation. Although some might support such a gutsy heroine, my opinion is that her seeming indifference to society's norms did little to contribute to the authenticity of the book.
