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December 2025 group read - Winner!
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I love trying new Golden Age books that have come back into print. Although this was first published in 1961, so a little beyond the GA period, it does have a nostalgic feel. That is partly due to the fact that Sara Woods (Sara Hutton Bowen-Judd) moved from Britain to Canada after the war and based her main character, Antony Maitland, after her brother, who died during WWII. I thought that was very sweet and so, having read the introduction, perhaps I was predisposed to enjoy this, but enjoy it
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Three stars for the mystery but a fourth for the excellent characters. Plot a bit convoluted with lots of interaction within the British system of lawyers.
I very much enjoyed this first mystery featuring the young barrister Antony Maitland and his short-tempered, somewhat curmudgeonly uncle (and boss, and landlord) Sir Nicholas Maitland. The legal aspects of the book appealed to me, of course, but I also very much enjoyed the characters. It also provides interesting insight into post-WWII England - for example, the ubiquity of the black market in the face of rationing.
A bit tedious but engaging enough to compel me to read the next one.
Nov 16, 2024
Susan
marked it as to-read
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Mar 11, 2025
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
