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One of those books so intensely alive in the past that it makes the world you actually live in feel flimsy and thin. McMahon combines a thriller writer's grip, pace and punch with the true novelist's depth and warmth of feeling. (Hilary Spurling GUARDIAN )
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Evelyn is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her brother in the Great War, and to make her own way in the world - when a woman arrives with her brother's illegitimate child...
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I can only echo the enthusiasm of other Amazon reviewers for this delightful book. Everything about it works - the period setting, the dialogue, and above all the characters, especially Evelyn and her claustrophobic gaggle of female relatives. I have given it four stars rather than five because it's fairly easy to guess who the murderer is, but even so the plot takes some interesting twists and turns. I do hope there will be more books featuring Evelyn as I want to know what happens to her and see her grow in stature as a lawyer.
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Katharine McMahon's novel, "The Crimson Rooms" is a splendid read, set in London in 1924, but harking back to the Great War and the insanity and intense heartbreak - both physical and emotional - that the war wrought on the survivors. Evelyn Gifford is a newly-minted lawyer - a rarity in England at the time - who has lost her much beloved younger brother James in France in 1917. The children of a lawyer, it was James - the son - and not Evelyn - the daughter - who was thought of as the lawyer-to-be. However, Evelyn trains for the law at Cambridge University's Girton College and returns to London to look for work. She lives with her widowed mother and grandmother and great aunt in a large house. It's a household brought low by the sadness of losing both James in battle and Evelyn's father from grief soon after his son's death.
Evelyn finds a job with a "progressive" law firm and is soon launched into two cases. One's a murder case and the other's a child-custody case. And into the saddened ladies-household arrives Meredith - a Canadian nurse - and her six year old son, who's James' illegitimate son by the nurse. In between the cases, a possible new love, and her newly-discovered nephew, Evelyn's life is in turmoil. Author McMahon makes the most of both her story and her characters. It's a wonderful read; totally original. I never knew where the story would lead, and ultimately, end.
I hope this stand-alone novel turns into a series.
Evelyn finds a job with a "progressive" law firm and is soon launched into two cases. One's a murder case and the other's a child-custody case. And into the saddened ladies-household arrives Meredith - a Canadian nurse - and her six year old son, who's James' illegitimate son by the nurse. In between the cases, a possible new love, and her newly-discovered nephew, Evelyn's life is in turmoil. Author McMahon makes the most of both her story and her characters. It's a wonderful read; totally original. I never knew where the story would lead, and ultimately, end.
I hope this stand-alone novel turns into a series.
46 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Katherine McMahon's writing was an absolute pleasure to read, she has a way of describing details so that you really feel you're there in the room. It reminded me of R.J. Ellory's A Quiet Belief in Angels. She is a wonderful storyteller and in Evelyn Gifford she has created a compelling and feisty character, who is so quiet and respectful at home but who can speak confidently when a magistrate treats her with disdain.
I absolutely loved The Crimson Rooms and was sad when it ended, I wanted to know more of Evelyn's life, of how far she can go. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the 1920's, of women solicitors, courtroom dramas, or who just wants to get lost in a really good story.
I absolutely loved The Crimson Rooms and was sad when it ended, I wanted to know more of Evelyn's life, of how far she can go. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the 1920's, of women solicitors, courtroom dramas, or who just wants to get lost in a really good story.
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A Big Fan
Well I have just finished The Crimson Rooms and must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Being a big softie I would have liked a happier ending for at least one of the characters... Read more
Published 1 month ago by The Honey Monster
Crimson Rooms
An excellent read, a page turner with a twist. I keeps you guessing. Thoroughly enjoyed it, the era it was set in and the reminder of how it used to be before women became... Read more
Published 1 month ago by brigitte
One of my top reads in the last 5 years
I am ranking this as one of my top reads in recent history. Its a gripping story and not just your typical murder mystery. The plot line really has a great deal going on. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Book Angel
The Crimson Rooms
This is the first novel by Kathering McMahon I've read and was delighted to find it to be a really wonderful read all round. Read more
Published 2 months ago by joseville
CMR
Once I got past the first 3 or 4 pages which were a little graphic about the war, I really enjoyed this book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by CMR
Absolutely brilliant
As a relative newcomer to reading, I was delighted to have chosen The Crimson Rooms as one of my recent purchases from Amazon. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lynney
A good story with an interesting background o a 1920s female lawyer
I really enjoyed this set in the 1920s it shows Evelyn mourning the death of her brother in WW1 and trying to establish a career in the law. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Miss J
Enjoyable
An intriguing and rather different read, especially as the heroine is one of the first female lawyers in the country.
Published 7 months ago by Flora
Reality check
Interesting read about a woman suffocating and wanting to break-out and do what she really wants, it makes you realise how difficult it was years ago for women to choose their own... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Philip R. Gardner
A historical snippet...
... From the beginning of the story, Evelyn is drowning... In grief for her brother James who died in the trenches, in the hostile male orientated world of Law where she fears her... Read more
Published 11 months ago by LittleReader
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