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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A welcome continuation to a wonderful series of historical novels mostly set on the unquiet 16c Border between England and Scotland where violent crime was the custom of the country and honesty eccentric. It follows an immediate predecessor in moving the action to London, where local sharpies prove no match for Cumbrian expertise. London would be a wonderful place to loot if you could only get enough pack horses to get it away...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought the Robert Carey books when they first came out and enjoyed them immensely, and waited eagerly for the fifth in the series. At (very) long last, it's here! It picks up the story seamlessly and carries it on very well. I only hope that the author doesn't keep us waiting as long for the next one! The only comment I'd make, is that like any series-based novels, it really does help to read the earlier books first, but then the same can be said of Lindsey Davies' Falco books for example.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A great addition to a wonderful series!
4 Jun 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love historical mysteries, and this series is among my absolute favorites. P.F. Chisholm, who's published Elizabethan novels under her real name of Patricia Finney, knows the time period thoroughly, and is able to make it seem real in a way that very few other writers can. Or do. Thus, Dodd realizes someone has been "cooped up indoors for too long" because "the jordan under the bed badly needed emptying;" Shakespeare envies Cecil's "very best, most expensive paper, smoothed with pumice so that his pen nib never caught nor spattered;" and Dodd appreciates a "pen not even catching a little, it was so well cut, just sliding smoothly across the paper." Her books are full of these little snippets that immerse the reader in the different time period, vividly bringing it to life, while at the same time reminding us of the differences.
Two other things distinguish this series from others in the genre. First, as in her earlier books, the mystery in this one is well constructed (although the plot was perhaps excessively complex) and the characters' motivations make sense. Also, the various plotlines are tied up - or set up for the next book. Second, it's genuinely funny. My personal favorite laugh-out-loud line was:
"'You're not a lawyer, surely?' said the judge, his brow wrinkling. Crushing his immediate impulse to challenge the man to a duel over the insult, Dodd coughed again."
I can't say it was worth the wait - it's been 12 years, after all, and I don't want to give the author *any* idea that it's okay to wait another 12 years for the next one! - but it was definitely worth the purchase price. Even in hardcover.
Two other things distinguish this series from others in the genre. First, as in her earlier books, the mystery in this one is well constructed (although the plot was perhaps excessively complex) and the characters' motivations make sense. Also, the various plotlines are tied up - or set up for the next book. Second, it's genuinely funny. My personal favorite laugh-out-loud line was:
"'You're not a lawyer, surely?' said the judge, his brow wrinkling. Crushing his immediate impulse to challenge the man to a duel over the insult, Dodd coughed again."
I can't say it was worth the wait - it's been 12 years, after all, and I don't want to give the author *any* idea that it's okay to wait another 12 years for the next one! - but it was definitely worth the purchase price. Even in hardcover.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
as good as usual
6 Aug 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Always enjoy these mysteries so I was happy to have a new one to read. A bit more emphasis on Dodd in this one, but his reactions to London life were fun. Robert Carey is an interesting character and was a very real person. Looked him up and found that in real life he does get to marry his true love Elizabeth eventually. Liked the underworld characters and Carey's country mother who indulges in piracy but makes Carey nervous. As an English major, I also appreciated the roles of Marlowe and Shakespeare in the book. Hope we don't have to wait so long for another Carey and Dodd adventure.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
putting the buckle into swash
29 May 2010
Format:Paperback
I've been a huge fan of Chisholm's Sir Robert Carey series from A Famine of Horses (Sir Robert Carey Mysteries (Paperback)). I was lucky enough to score an advance reading copy of this book and was moved to do a thing I hardly ever do: I blurbed it, thusly:
Sir Robert Carey is back at last in this fifth novel in PF Chisholm's Sir Robert Carey series, with the redoubtable Sergeant Henry Dodd matching wits with Sir Robert's mother, the darling and deadly Lady Hunsdon. Well worth the wait.
Sir Robert Carey is back at last in this fifth novel in PF Chisholm's Sir Robert Carey series, with the redoubtable Sergeant Henry Dodd matching wits with Sir Robert's mother, the darling and deadly Lady Hunsdon. Well worth the wait.
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