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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) by Sarah Hawkswood (Sept/Oct 25)
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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) - SPOILER Thread - (Sept/Oct 25)
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Dec 05, 2018
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I listened to this on audio and initially found it hard to fix the main characters in my head so ordered a hardback copy from the library and made a list of all the players. I enjoyed the setting and the build up to the murder.
I didn't really enjoy the last few chapters of the book and felt that Fen did not come out of the whole affair very well. ...more
I didn't really enjoy the last few chapters of the book and felt that Fen did not come out of the whole affair very well. ...more
4 STARS | Crispin's writing is a big reminder of how literate and literary so many of the mystery writers of the Golden Age were. No writing at a third-grade level back then. Though I consider myself well-read, I confess many of the references went "whoosh" over my head, from Shakespeare (the reference to the Gilded Fly) to more esoteric texts. But the mystery at the center is solid and hard to miss. The humor of the opening and closing scenes regarding the train approaching Oxford (and departi
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Not as strong as “The Moving Toyshop”, & certain moral compasses are a little askew, but still its an alright Whodunnit.
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