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This is a difficult book to review without giving too much away. It wasn't what I expected from the blurb, but is much more. The writing struck me as rather quaint at first, but it suits the setting of the big old house and grounds where the story unfolds. I had trouble keeping up with who the main character was today and what was going on quite frequently, although which day it is appears at the beginning of each chapter. Who is an enemy and who an ally on any given day- because this changes, c
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This is a very clever page-turner. It's a crime mystery in the style of Agatha Christie: country house, intrigue, cast of characters all of whom are suspect for a time until exonerated -- or are they? And there's a twist. Or: several twists. They just keep coming, so twisty and hot on one another's heels that I had to keep my wits about me.
I read the kindle version. Disadvantage: the map at the front is very useful and, on my kindle, difficult to see. Advantage: the search function was essentia ...more
I read the kindle version. Disadvantage: the map at the front is very useful and, on my kindle, difficult to see. Advantage: the search function was essentia ...more
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