Författare: Alys Clare
Serie: AWorld´s End Bureau Mystery #4
Antal sidor: 256
Kommer ut: 6 februari 2024
Förlag: Severn House
Format: PDF Kindle (okorrigerad kopia)
Utläst: 18 oktober 2023
Mitt omdöme: ★★☆☆☆
Netgalley ARC
Beskrivning:
London, April 1882. When cool-headed Phyllida visits the World's End Investigation Bureau to offer a curious case concerning her fiancé, proprietor Lily Raynor is intrigued - and privately excited. For accepting the case means taking an unexpected trip abroad, to France.
Phyllida's fiancée, Wilberforce, is currently in an asylum in Brittany, after a tragic incident which resulted in the death of his father. Did he kill him on purpose - or was it an accident?
Wilberforce's innocence looks increasingly in doubt when another murder happens at the asylum - and the evidence points to Wilberforce being the culprit. Phyllida fears for Wilberforce's wellbeing, but she can't marry a murderer! With the engagement hanging in the balance, Phyllida wants to know the truth before it's too late.
Lily and her assistant, Felix Wilbraham, journey to rural France to uncover the truth, but the case takes an unexpected turn when they discover that the accused man has escaped the asylum and is nowhere to be found. Soon the intrepid investigators are in over their heads with much greater and unexpected powers at play . . .
Phyllida's fiancée, Wilberforce, is currently in an asylum in Brittany, after a tragic incident which resulted in the death of his father. Did he kill him on purpose - or was it an accident?
Wilberforce's innocence looks increasingly in doubt when another murder happens at the asylum - and the evidence points to Wilberforce being the culprit. Phyllida fears for Wilberforce's wellbeing, but she can't marry a murderer! With the engagement hanging in the balance, Phyllida wants to know the truth before it's too late.
Lily and her assistant, Felix Wilbraham, journey to rural France to uncover the truth, but the case takes an unexpected turn when they discover that the accused man has escaped the asylum and is nowhere to be found. Soon the intrepid investigators are in over their heads with much greater and unexpected powers at play . . .
Mina tankar:
Lily Raynor och hennes assistent Felix Wilbraham får i uppdrag att bevisa att en mordanklagad man är oskyldig. Utredningen leder dem genom en lång resa kors och tvärs genom Frankrike i jakt på sanningen.
Jag tycker om samspelet mellan Lily och Felix, samt mysteriet och vägen fram till upplösningen. Det som tar ner boken för mig personligen är allt resande som gör att boken verkar längre än den är. De reser och reser och ibland skjuter någon på dem. Det blev riktigt spännande först i slutet av boken. De alternativa historiska inslagen är rätt intressanta och ger upplösningen en bra tvist.
Tyvärr är inte den här boken något för mig. Delvis beror det på att jag inte läst de tre första böckerna. Hade jag vetat att detta är del fyra i en serie hade jag inte läst den alls. Jag fick uppfattningen av Netgalleys beskrivning att det är första boken i en ny serie.
Jag har läst en okorrigerad version av boken, så detta är alltså inte den färdiga boken som jag hänvisar till.
In english:
Lily Raynor and her assistant Felix Wilbraham´s mission is to prove the innocence of a man accused of murder. The investigation leads them through a long journey criss-crossing France in search of the truth.
I like the interaction between Lily and Felix, as well as the mystery. What brings the book down for me personally is all the traveling that makes the book feel longer than it is. It only got really exciting at the end of the book.
Unfortunately, this book is not for me. Partly that's because I haven't read the first three books. Had I known this was part four of a series, I wouldn't have read it at all. From Netgalley's description I thought that it was the first book in a new series.
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