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'Cracking. Streets ahead of most historical crime fiction' Andrew Taylor, author of Bleeding Heart Square 'Rich and entertaining' The Observer
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Tobias Campion, rector of Moreton St Jude, is delighted to welcome the widowed Lady Chase as his parishioner. Charming and generous-spirited, she nonetheless harbours a secret sorrow: her son is missing, presumed dead, and her loathsome nephew Sir Marcus is desperate to declare himself heir to the Estate. Much as Tobias dislikes Marcus, his feelings for another member of the family are rather different - the lovely Lady Dorothea enchants him from the very start, not least because of her kindly ways with the enigmatic governess Anne. Then Anne disappears on the very day that the body of a stranger is found in a local river. Surely she has not had a hand in his death. When it transpires that the man might have been bringing news of Lady Chase's missing son, Tobias is forced to quit the village to uncover the truth. Unfortunately, many of those he encounters in his travels are equally determined to keep the past well hidden.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's 1812 or thereabouts: a country parson is involved in a hunt for a murderer, an absconding governess and a missing heir.
As a lover of historical murder mysteries I'm always looking for a new series. This one sounded promising, but somehow it just refused to come to life.
Mostly because I found it hard to believe in or care about the dull and rather pompous Parson Campion and the fuss he makes about hiding the fact that he's really posh Lord Whatever. None of his relationships with his friends, parishioners and servants rings true - his attempted love affair with the beautiful Lady Dorothea is particularly unconvincing. And is he meant to be harbouring a secret passion for his beloved groom, Jem, or is that just me?
It could have been an interesting murder mystery but it's very slow, unfocussed and convoluted. There are too many dull conversations, and too much detail about hackney carriages, dinners and domestic arrangements to show that the author has done her research. The book would have been much better if she'd concentrated on developing some more believable characters and writing some decent dialogue instead.
But what put me off the most was the wholesale lifting of regency slang, cant terms and speech patterns from the novels of Georgette Heyer, which I thought was completely shameless. Or even 'idiotish', as we Heyer fans might say - did she think we wouldn't notice?
Worth a try, but I won't be reading any more of these.
As a lover of historical murder mysteries I'm always looking for a new series. This one sounded promising, but somehow it just refused to come to life.
Mostly because I found it hard to believe in or care about the dull and rather pompous Parson Campion and the fuss he makes about hiding the fact that he's really posh Lord Whatever. None of his relationships with his friends, parishioners and servants rings true - his attempted love affair with the beautiful Lady Dorothea is particularly unconvincing. And is he meant to be harbouring a secret passion for his beloved groom, Jem, or is that just me?
It could have been an interesting murder mystery but it's very slow, unfocussed and convoluted. There are too many dull conversations, and too much detail about hackney carriages, dinners and domestic arrangements to show that the author has done her research. The book would have been much better if she'd concentrated on developing some more believable characters and writing some decent dialogue instead.
But what put me off the most was the wholesale lifting of regency slang, cant terms and speech patterns from the novels of Georgette Heyer, which I thought was completely shameless. Or even 'idiotish', as we Heyer fans might say - did she think we wouldn't notice?
Worth a try, but I won't be reading any more of these.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the second Tobias Campion novel and I preferred it to the first. I felt more involved with the characters, although this may partly be because it was the second time I met them. Also, there wasnt the gratuitous violence that reared its head in the first story - and proved that a story could be just as strong without that if it is well written.
In this book Tobias is settling into his parish when Lady Chase arrives in the area. She is still hoping that her missing son and heir may be alive although all around her have given up hope. We join her in this hope as her odious nephew arrives to start staking his claim to the inheritence which would be his if her son is indeed dead.
As various plots develop and start to come together the book becomes increasingly interesting. Coupled with Judith Culters elegant writing style this was an excellent read and I cant wait for future stories in this series.
In this book Tobias is settling into his parish when Lady Chase arrives in the area. She is still hoping that her missing son and heir may be alive although all around her have given up hope. We join her in this hope as her odious nephew arrives to start staking his claim to the inheritence which would be his if her son is indeed dead.
As various plots develop and start to come together the book becomes increasingly interesting. Coupled with Judith Culters elegant writing style this was an excellent read and I cant wait for future stories in this series.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Excellent work from Judith Cutler, it takes you right back in time and describes the kind of life lived in that era the 1800's as well as being a murder mystery. You can't stop turning the pages, so be warned you will be up most of the night.
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Poor editing spoils the plot
I was really disappointed. The editing deteriorates towards the end of the book and the errors are laughable. Don't know who should be more embarrassed the author or the editor!
Published 4 months ago by wordsmith2301
This is book 2.
For a greater enjoyment of this book, I suggest you read book 1 first, Keeper of Secrets.
I enjoyed book one and two. Read more
I enjoyed book one and two. Read more
Published 6 months ago by StarPlayer
A wonderful story, but poor editing in 2009 paperback.
Judith Cutler's second book in her historical mysteries is every bit as wonderful as the first, The Keeper of Secrets. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. Lesley
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