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Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

Ashley Weaver

Start date: November 1, 2016

Finish date: November 30, 2016

Discussion: Group reads

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Apr 17, 2017 Adrian rated it really liked it

Shelves: zz-paper-books, detectives-mystery-general, z-goodreads-authors

You know, this may be a modern American writing about about times gone by in the SW of England but nonetheless it is still a good book. The writing is excellent and it is a great detective story. I will certainly read more in this series.
It is not an Agatha Christie, but believe me, it is not far short.

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Nov 06, 2016 Leslie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries, historical-fiction, kindle

The mystery was pretty good but I was not so thrilled with the protagonist and her mixed up relationship with her husband. I also think that the author's portrayal of 1932 England did not come across as very believable -- perhaps I have read too many mysteries that were actually written in the 1930s to enjoy the faux experience! ...more

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Oct 26, 2014 Sandy rated it it was ok

Shelves: mystery-historical, rread-2014, series-dropped

Okay but nothing special and my time could have been better spent.

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Jul 13, 2016 Francine rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery

I like Amory and Milo. New series will search for book 2

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Aug 18, 2016 Ellen rated it really liked it

Shelves: summer-holiday-2016

Good holiday read. Great fun and a happy ending!

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Jun 16, 2016 Adrienne rated it it was amazing

I quite liked this book, though I wish the main characters had a bit more complexity. I was really interested in the marriage subplot, but I thought the players' motivations could have been explained more thoroughly. Excited for the series though! ...more

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