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The future's not so rosy for Lady Rose Summer ... Longing for a life of emancipation, Lady Rose Summer has abandoned the comforts of her parent's house to become self supporting. But life as a working woman isn't quite as liberating as Rose has imagined - fortunately for her, though, her drudgery comes to an end when old acquaintance Freddy Pomfret is murdered and her help - and upper class connections - are required by amateur sleuth Captain Harry Cathcart. So as Rose and Harry prepare to take on the usual Edwardian social rounds, little do they expect to uncover a devious blackmail plot and an unexpected killer.
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M.C. Beaton worked as a Fleet Street journalist. She is the author of now 20 Agatha Raisin novels, the Hamish Macbeth series, and an Edwardian murder-mystery series - all published by Constable & Robinson. She divides her time between Paris and the Cotswolds.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I very much enjoyed reading the first book in the series, but this story was just OTT.
If the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers would have made a film out of this book and played the main characters, I would have laughed a lot. As it was, this was not suppose to be a funny comic book. At least, I don't think so.
Too many things happened in a very short time, all of which were rather unbelievable: Lady Rose and Daisy go to work; Lady Rose goes into an asylum; Daisy learns to pick locks in no time; Daisy rescues Lady Rose and they shoot their way out of the asylum. And that's just for starters.
And I can't, for a minute, picture Harry being the kind of person who shoots a man to save a lady in danger, and then wants to hide the body, thinking of putting the dead man into a shallow grave somewhere in the woods. That seemed rather out of character, I thought.
It wasn't a bad book to read, but I did enjoy the first one so much more.
If the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers would have made a film out of this book and played the main characters, I would have laughed a lot. As it was, this was not suppose to be a funny comic book. At least, I don't think so.
Too many things happened in a very short time, all of which were rather unbelievable: Lady Rose and Daisy go to work; Lady Rose goes into an asylum; Daisy learns to pick locks in no time; Daisy rescues Lady Rose and they shoot their way out of the asylum. And that's just for starters.
And I can't, for a minute, picture Harry being the kind of person who shoots a man to save a lady in danger, and then wants to hide the body, thinking of putting the dead man into a shallow grave somewhere in the woods. That seemed rather out of character, I thought.
It wasn't a bad book to read, but I did enjoy the first one so much more.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book to make sure that the series was not the sort I like. My own fault, as I expected it to be as good as her other series, Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin. I have read two in this series and did not like them at all. They were stilted and unreal. Even though fiction, it must be believable. I think perhaps she should stick with modern venues and not venture into the past.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Once again M C Beaton has got it just right with this story. Following on from Snobbery wiith Violence the same main characters appear and I was hooked once again. A lovely relaxing read and I can't wait to read the next in the series. Thoroughly recommend this book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Devoured faster than Mrs Trumpington's meals!!!
I devoured this book as voraciously as Mrs Teddy Trumpington devours meals! After reading the first of MC Beaton's Edwardian Murder Mysteries in just over a day, I finished this... Read more
Published 4 months ago by hmcni
Murder mysteries by MC Beaton
Sequel to Snobbery with Violence where we were first introduced to Lady Rose summer & Cpt. Harry Cathcart. Likeable characters whose exploits you want to follow. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tracey Gasch
Society sleuthing
I loved this book and the others in the series. My only criticism was that you did not publish on the kindle the order in the way the books were to be read. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Owl
Easy Reading
M C Beaton - absolutely on form with this one. Once I started this book I just kept going and read it in one session. Then purchased the rest of the series of four. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Lara D
Great book
I bought this book for my mum she loves Edwardian mysteries and she really enjoyed it would recommend it as a good buy and value for money
Published 17 months ago by Debs
Murder and mayhem
Lady Rose wants to get a job and earn her own living. Accompanied by her maid, Daisy, she gets a job in a bank and lodgings in a hostel. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Damaskcat
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