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"Mesmerizing and atmospheric, Silent in the Sanctuary is a beautifully written period piece mystery." - www.mysterybooks.com "A delightfully odd collection of characters and deft period details produce a rich and funny read." - Publisher's Weekly
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This is the marvellous sequel to the evocative "Silent in the Grave".Fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father's estate crowded with family and friends - but dark deeds are afoot at the deconsecrated abbey, and a murderer roams the ancient cloisters. Much to her surprise, the one man she had hoped to forget - the enigmatic and compelling Nicholas Brisbane - is among her father's houseguests...But the homecoming celebrations quickly take a ghastly turn when one of the guests is found brutally murdered in the chapel, and a member of Lady Julia's own family confesses to the crime. Certain of her cousin's innocence, Lady Julia resumes her unlikely and deliciously intriguing partnership with Nicholas Brisbane, setting out to unravel a tangle of deceit before the killer can strike again.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Having read the brilliant `Silent in the Grave' and seeing that `Silent in the Sanctuary' isn't due out in the UK until January 2009, I decided to order the American edition. I wasn't disappointed! This novel is just as good as the first, if not even better. Lady Julia Grey has returns the England for Christmas having spent several months in Italy with her brothers. Julia is expecting to spend a quiet month with her family, at her childhood home, for Christmas. However, a dead body and a confession from a member of her own family mean she doesn't get what she is expecting! Nicolas Brisbane is also present for the celebrations and there is a great amount of sexual tension between him and Julia.
As with the first book, this is a fantastic novel; the characters are interesting and three dimensional; the pace never wavers; and the murder has a real motive that is worth discovering. Unlike many similar novels, this one doesn't peter out towards the end. You can read this without having read the first novel, but it might be better to start at the beginning.
The whole novel looks at polite Victorian society and the scandal that is bubbling just below the surface, and it manages to do it with a feisty heroine and a sense of humour!
Highly recommended
As with the first book, this is a fantastic novel; the characters are interesting and three dimensional; the pace never wavers; and the murder has a real motive that is worth discovering. Unlike many similar novels, this one doesn't peter out towards the end. You can read this without having read the first novel, but it might be better to start at the beginning.
The whole novel looks at polite Victorian society and the scandal that is bubbling just below the surface, and it manages to do it with a feisty heroine and a sense of humour!
Highly recommended
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I have to confess I am a terrible person to review second books in series that I like. I find them hard to review because inevitably I am obsessed with the first and have been biting my nails in anticipation of the second for long enough that I am expecting to open the pages to the sound of angels singing and a blinding light of glory. So I waited for a couple of days to review this so that I would do a fair job.
This second book has the cast of Julia's family fleshed out further and various odd connections and relationships explored. There are romantic shenanigans, there are jewel thieves and ghosts and a body in the game larder. There are family disputes and conflict between Julia, Brisbane and his new fiancee.
I confess that in places I found the pace a little slow, a couple of the loose ends were tied up a little too neatly and I did find myself hoping that Julia would suddenly reveal she had solved an intrigue while in Italy... but these are criticisms from someone who unfairly expects perfection. I got a great kick out of the way the staff of the house remained valid characters (I really need a butler like Aquinas but I can do without a Morag), I really got a feel for the Abbey and loved it as a setting and I am now especially in love with Julia's father who is just *fabulous*. Oh yes, and I still want a pet raven. :)
I'll give this an 8/10 as a Bloody Good Read and I happily recommend this book to anyone who likes a quirky, character based mystery. I can't wait for the third book, which is I believe set in Yorkshire - which happens to be where I live... :) Deanna, I know you commented on my review of your first book so I am hoping you don't think I am a snark for my minor criticisms of your second - please keep writing these fabulous people into my life, you talented darlin', you!
This second book has the cast of Julia's family fleshed out further and various odd connections and relationships explored. There are romantic shenanigans, there are jewel thieves and ghosts and a body in the game larder. There are family disputes and conflict between Julia, Brisbane and his new fiancee.
I confess that in places I found the pace a little slow, a couple of the loose ends were tied up a little too neatly and I did find myself hoping that Julia would suddenly reveal she had solved an intrigue while in Italy... but these are criticisms from someone who unfairly expects perfection. I got a great kick out of the way the staff of the house remained valid characters (I really need a butler like Aquinas but I can do without a Morag), I really got a feel for the Abbey and loved it as a setting and I am now especially in love with Julia's father who is just *fabulous*. Oh yes, and I still want a pet raven. :)
I'll give this an 8/10 as a Bloody Good Read and I happily recommend this book to anyone who likes a quirky, character based mystery. I can't wait for the third book, which is I believe set in Yorkshire - which happens to be where I live... :) Deanna, I know you commented on my review of your first book so I am hoping you don't think I am a snark for my minor criticisms of your second - please keep writing these fabulous people into my life, you talented darlin', you!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I actually preferred this to the first book. In this one, Lady Julia Grey seems a lot more at home (literally) and a bit more "sorted". Obviously in the first book she has to contend with the death of her husband (not really a spoiler as that occurs - and is described brilliantly - right at the start). That death is resolved (ahem) satisfactorily by the end of the first novel and she has clearly moved on since. In this novel she is growing into herself and that gives her a more confident voice. It also leads to some extremely funny asides, especially on the subject of the virtues of a good servant. Overall it is an excellent story with an unforgettable heroine and an equally distinguished hero - or anti-hero, depending on how you look at it. The third novel in the series is out next year and I am certainly looking forward to it.
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The most English book written by an American I have ever read
Well, the title isn't quite true. I have now read the first three books in the series and i think all three would qualify for this title. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Xue Baochai
Silent in the Sanctuary
A great book from Deanna Raybourn, with the Lady Julia Grey series, the love interest between Brisbane and Lady Julia keeps you guessing. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ronnie
Not quite silent enough
Murder mystery set at a Victorian house party, the second in a series featuring Lady Julia Grey and her `wildly eccentric' family. Read more
Published 10 months ago by phoebes_mum
Worthy sequel
I did enjoyed this sequel, #2 in the Lady Grey series, but, although good, it wasn't as capitvating as the first book. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Anne Brear
Great Book to Read
This is the next book in the series after 'Silent in the Grave'. Lady Julia Grey has been in Italy for a few months with her two brothers and is ordered home for Christmas by her... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2010 by Cassie
more of the same, thank goodness
I think this is my favourite of the series, all the main characters are now known to us and relationships established. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2009 by Poodlehorse
A medley of Agatha Christie, Amelia Peabody and the Mitfords
This is the second of the series but the first that I have read and is a fun mixture of vintage Agatha Christie (family house party in large country house complete with jewel... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2009 by Roman Clodia
Sanctuary, Sanctuary
This is the second Lady Julia Grey and Nicholas Brisbane novel by Deanna Raybourn, if you have not read the first then do so, though this book will fill in some of the background... Read more
Published on 25 April 2009 by Joanne D'Arcy
The Dazzling Duo Return
"There's a dead man stinking in the game larder. I hardly think a few missing pearls will be the ruin of this house party"
Once more Deanna Raybourn has given us another... Read more
Once more Deanna Raybourn has given us another... Read more
Published on 13 April 2009 by R. E. Quinn
Disappointing
I was very disappointed in this book, I had taken it with me on holiday in order to relax when I had time to myself, instead I found myself extremely irritated. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by Joyce Holmes
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