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Robert Fairfax #4
A Distinction of Blood
Asked to investigate the marriage of his employer's beautiful daughter, Charlotte Mortlock, Robert Fairfax discovers evidence of gambling debts, love affairs, and secrets. But suspicion turns to shock when Charlotte's husband is found murdered in his bed with Charlotte holding court in the next room. Now Fairfax must get to the heart of this elegant facade of lies-in order to unmask a killer....
408 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2000
About the author
Hannah March
12 books7 followersHannah March is a pseudonym used by the author who was born and brought up in Peterborough on the edge of the Fens and was a student on the University of East Anglia MA Course in Creative Writing under Malcolm Bradbury and Angela Carter. He is married and lives in Peterborough.
A pseudonym used by Tim Wilson.
Also wrote under the names T.R. Wilson and Jude Morgan.
A pseudonym used by Tim Wilson.
Also wrote under the names T.R. Wilson and Jude Morgan.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
March 23, 2009
Interesting setting. Good mystery element.
Apparently in the middle of a series, but readable as a stand-alone (I have not read anything else in this series, and had no difficulty).
On the other hand, our hero's attitude towards slavery strikes me as being about a generation too early, even for "advanced" thinking. This is also true, to a lesser extent, on his attitude towards the place and rights of women - exceptionally advanced for 1762.
But I'd happily read another book in the series; it was a fun, atmospheric read.
Apparently in the middle of a series, but readable as a stand-alone (I have not read anything else in this series, and had no difficulty).
On the other hand, our hero's attitude towards slavery strikes me as being about a generation too early, even for "advanced" thinking. This is also true, to a lesser extent, on his attitude towards the place and rights of women - exceptionally advanced for 1762.
But I'd happily read another book in the series; it was a fun, atmospheric read.
May 13, 2018
+ 144 "Who, after all, did anything truly out of free will? The sum of all our past actions & influences stood at our backs, impelling us fwds, lifting a foot here & an arm there just like a puppeteer" 174 "He must know perfectly well that the world into which he had sold his daughter observes the moral code of the polecat..."
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June 17, 2011Hannah March = Jude Morgan.
November 30, 2012
I'm honestly not wild about these books, but they're ok. The protagonist is at times a bit slow and I spend my time waiting for him to catch up to me.
February 27, 2012
Couldn't get even 20 pages in.
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