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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Murder Stone: A Novel of Suspense (originale 2003; edizione 2004)di Charles Todd (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. heiriess must discover why her grandfather is accused of murder I had really enjoyed the Inspector Rutledge mysteries by Charles Todd, and checked this book out accidentally. It is not in the Rutledge series - and while it SAYS Charles Todd is the author, it feels as if someone else wrote it. A little research revealed that Charles Todd is a mother/son writing team. One of them seems to be missing here. The story is shallow, implausible and overstated, reading rather like a script for daytime soap opera. The ending is particularly disappointing (yes, I plowed through to the end) and just is not in line with the understanding of violence in the other books. Francesca who is helping the Red Cross in London during the First World War is summoned home to Rivers End because her grandfather is dying. After his death she discovers numerous things about the man she thought was her grandfather that she didn't know. Richard Leighton claims that her grandfather killed his mother, a man named Walsham claims her grandfather cheated his father out of his house, a lady claiming to be her former governess shows up and turns out to be looking for her son who was placed in an orphanage her grandfather established, an orphan turns up who is surprised that Francesca's grandfather left her nothing in his will. Francesca and Richard travel to the 2 places in Somerset and Essex that her grandfather talked about in his will to try to find his mother and solve other mysteries. This was a very good and enthralling book. I was expecting an Ian Crawford book but was surprised how good this book was. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:??A stunner, exquisitely plotted and characterized, with Todd??s trademark meticulous backdrop of World War I-era England.???Strand Magazine The Great War is still raging when Francesca Hatton??s adored grandfather dies on the family estate in England??s isolated Exe Valley. Among his effects, Francesca is stunned to find an unsigned letter cursing the Hattons and their descendants. Then a stranger appears, accusing her grandfather of murder. Was the loving protector Francesca remembers really a vindictive man who cultivated dangerous enemies? At the center of the intrigue is an unusual white stone hidden in a garden where Francesca once played with her five male cousins??all dead now on France??s battlefields. According to Hatton??s will, the Murder Stone must be dug up, transported to Scotland, and buried forever. But before Francesca can begin the journey, a series of ominous ??accidents? occur. As Francesca sets out to pursue the truth, she also sets herself in the sights of someone determined to exact a revenge too long overdue. Praise for The Murder Stone ??Todd??s mysteries are among the most intelligent and affecting being written these days.???Washington Post Book World ??Seamless . . . a compelling insight into the home front during 1916.???Chicago Tribune ??A gripping novel of family secrets set against the tragedy of World War I.???Mystery Lovers Bookshop News ??Many twists and turns, angst-ridden characters, and an evocative histor Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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