From the Bookshelf of Clean Reads…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
Georgette Heyer's mystery novels were recommended to me by a group of D.E. Stevenson fans who have a yahoo group to discuss her novels and good fiction in general.
I was excited to discover a new author who wrote around the same time (20's-50's) as Stevenson but I have to say I was a bit disappointed in Heyer's writing style. Plot is king and the character development seemed secondary. The mystery was a good one--about a family who inherits a home that is "haunted" by a monk. A murder ensues and ...more
I was excited to discover a new author who wrote around the same time (20's-50's) as Stevenson but I have to say I was a bit disappointed in Heyer's writing style. Plot is king and the character development seemed secondary. The mystery was a good one--about a family who inherits a home that is "haunted" by a monk. A murder ensues and ...more
I haven't read one of Georgette Heyers' mystery novels and to I decided to try one out. There were parts that got a little slow (mostly having to do with the French artist), but for the most part I liked it. I did figure out who the Monk was and why he was haunting the priory, but it was still interesting enough to hold my interest.
...more
A good cozy mystery.
Fun, quick read
3 1/2 stars. Not enough character development. It was cute and funny at times but too many characters that were hard to keep track of.
Celia, the fearful wife, proved most annoying this time around. I guessed the i.d. of the Monk.
Oct 12, 2015
Shannan
marked it as to-read
Jun 18, 2016
Andi
marked it as to-read
Dec 02, 2021
Jamie
marked it as to-read
Jul 05, 2023
Melanie
added it
