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You would think I would finish the spurt of a few remaining chapters. I wanted to respect my spouse going to sleep. He indulges my reading exclusively at bedtime, often enough. I am pleased to find Velda Johnston entirely original. There is none of the "stuck in a menacing house" trope in her gothic mystery. The heroine moves as she pleases, is a Mom, is respected, and in fact has now travelled to the Caribbean.
— Oct 17, 2018 10:01AM
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Eek, an incident occurred and I don't like who the author chose. I suppose we are past the comfortable, pleasant part of the novel.
— Oct 16, 2018 09:55AM
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For a change, I was not too tired to read several pages, after slogging through a catch-up of my review queue. Hasty people, not already in love with classic gothic mysteries as a staple, might not appreciate the world-building and time Velda Johnston put in to develop her characters and plot. The result is that before it is spooky or dangerous, I am invested in them all and understand them. I am liking this book!
— Oct 15, 2018 08:31AM
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What I love about the gothic mystery genre all the way up to the 1980s, is that I have read a million of them but will always find many more authors to and stories upon which to get delightedly swept away. Velda Johnston is new to me and after collecting a large handful of her hardcovers, I thought I would get started with one of her earliest mysteries, in my dear birth year! :-) It already differs from the usual.
— Oct 14, 2018 07:43AM
