- Paperback: 5 pages
- Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd (31 Dec 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0413162508
- ISBN-13: 978-0413162502
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,437,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Paperback
Jemima Shaw works best in a metropolitan setting. In this episode of Lady Antonia's crime-soap-series, our heroine finds herself in a Scotland of Nationalism and Heritage that has more than a few echoes of American popular portrayals of Scotland and Ireland in shows such as Murder She Wrote. Nonetheless, despite the winceable romanticism, this somehow works, probably because it marries Fraser the crime writer with Fraser the popular historian. To be read whilst wearing tartan and eating oats, thistles and shortbread.
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Format:Paperback
At the time this book first appeared, Scottish nationalism was very much news, as it seems to be again now. The story here gains from being set against such a background and including a number of interesting characters to interact with the heroine. Unfortunately, she herself seems to exist solely for the purpose of providing a centre around which events take place. She initiates nothing and contributes little to the situation's eventual resolution. Worth reading nevertheless, especially as the writing has a seamless quality you don't often find in detective stories.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Pretty disappointing
29 Oct 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read the first Jemima Shore novel and found it pretty mediocre. Still, they made a television series based on the books so I figured there must be something right about the series. Having just finished the second book in the series, I'm baffled.
In The Wild Island, Jemima heads to a remote Scottish island for a quiet vacation. When she gets there, her host is dead and his odd family is virtually at each other's throats. Turns out the dead host thought he was the legitmate heir to Bonnie Prince Charlie. More deaths follow. Of course, things are sorted out in the end with Jemima in the middle of it - though I'm not sure if she made much of a difference.
Fundamentally, my problem with this series is that I just don't care for Jemima. She isn't a warm character. There is no humor and she takes herself very seriously. I am particularly troubled by her habit of falling into bed with married men (not a bright idea even in these liberated times) and her total lack of remorse. This make two men in two books. I'm hardly a prude but this plot device leaves me cold.
Bottom-line: There's probably a reason why this series faded into the sunset after six or seven books.
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