LJ's review
The Tomb of Zeus
by Barbara Cleverly
LJ's review
The Tomb of Zeus by Barbara Cleverly
LJ's review
rating:
bookshelves:
amateur_sleuth,
crete,
female_author,
golden_age_1918-1939
THE TOMB OF ZEUS (Amateur Sleuth-Laetitia Talbot-Crete-1928) – VG
Cleverly, Barbara – Standalone
Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2007, US Trade paperback, ISBN: 9780385339902
First Sentence: The big gates were in sight and were standing open.
*** Laetitia Talbot is an aspiring archaeologist who has come to Crete. There she finds a man she’s known before, her host, Theodore Russell who is looking for the Tomb of Zeus and has assigned Laetitla a site for her dig, and his charismatic wife, Phoebe. Laetitia finds Phoebe hanged, doesn’t believe it to be a suicide and joins forces with the local police to find the killer.
*** I really enjoyed this book on many levels. The character isn’t flamboyant, such as Kate Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher, whom I enjoy, and isn’t egotistically irritating, such as Elizabeth Peter’s Amelia Peabody. In fact, the book and protagonist reminded me a bit of Mary Stewart’s suspense novels in that the protagonist is smart, independent and r...more
Cleverly, Barbara – Standalone
Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2007, US Trade paperback, ISBN: 9780385339902
First Sentence: The big gates were in sight and were standing open.
*** Laetitia Talbot is an aspiring archaeologist who has come to Crete. There she finds a man she’s known before, her host, Theodore Russell who is looking for the Tomb of Zeus and has assigned Laetitla a site for her dig, and his charismatic wife, Phoebe. Laetitia finds Phoebe hanged, doesn’t believe it to be a suicide and joins forces with the local police to find the killer.
*** I really enjoyed this book on many levels. The character isn’t flamboyant, such as Kate Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher, whom I enjoy, and isn’t egotistically irritating, such as Elizabeth Peter’s Amelia Peabody. In fact, the book and protagonist reminded me a bit of Mary Stewart’s suspense novels in that the protagonist is smart, independent and r...more
