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To Kill The Past
Felicity Frear does not know who she is, cannot remember how she came to be lying in a hospital bed, burned and blinded. The news of her closest relatives' death in the car crash that nearly killed her does not bring grief, though she knows it should. Her inheritance of Kingsleigh, an opulent country estate, means nothing to her.
Felicity Frear has lost her past.
Old acquaintances are hostile and she cannot understand why, for she does not recognize them. Even living in a house she's apparently known since childhood does nothing to push back the gray cloud of her amnesia until the phone rings, and a cold, detached voice says, "Now that you're back, I want what's mine."
Felicity Frear has lost her past.
Old acquaintances are hostile and she cannot understand why, for she does not recognize them. Even living in a house she's apparently known since childhood does nothing to push back the gray cloud of her amnesia until the phone rings, and a cold, detached voice says, "Now that you're back, I want what's mine."
- Genres20th Century
215 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
8 people want to read
About the author
Janet Laurence
61 books16 followersJanet Laurence also writes cookery books and one of her creations in the detective genre is Darina Lisle, a cook and caterer.
She has written 10 novels featuring Darina Lisle between 1989 and 2001. The first was 'A Deepe Coffyn (1989) and the last to date was 'The Mermaid's Feast (2001).
She is also the creator of the Canaletto series of mysteries, set in 18th century London. There are three in the series, which began with 'Canaletto and the Case of Westminster Bridge' (1997).
Gerry Wolstenholme
September 2010
She has written 10 novels featuring Darina Lisle between 1989 and 2001. The first was 'A Deepe Coffyn (1989) and the last to date was 'The Mermaid's Feast (2001).
She is also the creator of the Canaletto series of mysteries, set in 18th century London. There are three in the series, which began with 'Canaletto and the Case of Westminster Bridge' (1997).
Gerry Wolstenholme
September 2010
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November 3, 2016
I am of two minds. Was To Kill The Past a modern gothic or a murder-mystery? Felicity Frear was pulled from the wreckage of a burning vehicle. Sadly, her cousin Fran with her husband Mark, had perished. After weeks-or was it months?- of therapy, she was released from the hospital and returned home to Kingsleigh. She was its new owner and with it, a wealth of problems. People were dying.
Felicity had to overcome her zaps of strength, the pain of healing scars, vision problems and her hair slowly growing in. And not to mention, but complete amnesia; she depended on others to bring her up-to-date. What she learned about herself was not pleasant.
The interesting plot rolled along. As I finished each chapter, I learned more about Felicity's character but I was not sure how much the accident affected her personality or was her consciousness slowly coming to the surface? There was a fair amount of secondary characters and, like Felicity, I had no idea whom to trust. There was one minor incident towards the end that was disturbing and it shocked me; I thought I had a decent grip on the clues but I was wrong.
Janet Laurence is known for her mystery series and numerous cookbooks. I believe this is her only stand-alone story. With a vacant room that caused Felicity to have anxiety issues, the large menacing estate with the sea nearby, a crusty housekeeper and a mysterious groom but no horses to care for, To Kill The Past was a baffling notch of detection.
And no, everyone, it was not a romance. ;-)
Felicity had to overcome her zaps of strength, the pain of healing scars, vision problems and her hair slowly growing in. And not to mention, but complete amnesia; she depended on others to bring her up-to-date. What she learned about herself was not pleasant.
The interesting plot rolled along. As I finished each chapter, I learned more about Felicity's character but I was not sure how much the accident affected her personality or was her consciousness slowly coming to the surface? There was a fair amount of secondary characters and, like Felicity, I had no idea whom to trust. There was one minor incident towards the end that was disturbing and it shocked me; I thought I had a decent grip on the clues but I was wrong.
Janet Laurence is known for her mystery series and numerous cookbooks. I believe this is her only stand-alone story. With a vacant room that caused Felicity to have anxiety issues, the large menacing estate with the sea nearby, a crusty housekeeper and a mysterious groom but no horses to care for, To Kill The Past was a baffling notch of detection.
And no, everyone, it was not a romance. ;-)
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