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A Downton Abbey Murder Mystery

Cardington Crescent by Anne Perry

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Cardington Crescent is the 8th novel in Anne Perry’s Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series. Perry does a fabulous job of capturing the details of a Victorian detective mystery- the class restrictions, social mores, interior design, etc. of the 1880s.  Cardington Crescent follows the Pitts as they investigate two murders- an unknown housemaid whose body appears chopped up in pieces in Bloomsbury, and Charlotte’s brother-in-law, Lord George Ashworth, at his uncle’s townhouse in Cardington Close.  The mystery spends most of its time in the stuffy drawing […]

This book felt like forever

Bones are Forever by Kathy Reichs

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Oh Kathy Reichs, I so used to love your books and your no nonsense forensic pathologist, Temperance Brennan. Set in the winter in Montreal, Edmonton and Yellowknife, I had high hopes for this pairing nicely with my winter trip to Montreal.  I was disappointed. Bones are Forever begins in Montreal with Brennan being asked to assist when infant bones are discovered in slum housing.  Multiple sets of bones are eventually discovered and Tempe and her off-again love interest, Quebec police detective Andrew Ryan, are off […]

Just how little were these women?

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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Somehow I missed reading Little Women as a girl, although I do remember the 90’s film version with Winona Ryder and Christian Bale, so I had a general idea on the plot before coming to the book for the first time this year. This classic novel follows the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as well as their mother and several family friends, for a period of about 15 years as they grow up.  Set somewhere in New England, the novel opens in […]

Bring back the old Bridget

Bridget Jones' Baby by Helen Fielding

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The first Bridget Jones book is one of my favourites- Bridget is flawed and funny but also still realistic enough to be relatable.  With each successive Bridget book, the realistic part fades a little more, meaning that Bridget’s Baby is a light, frothy read untethered to story lines that might actually happen. The plot here is exactly what you would expect if you’ve read the earlier Bridget installments or even just watched the movies, and then extrapolated from the title- within a short span of […]

Murder becomes him

The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz

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The second in the Horowitz and Hawthorne detective series, this installment sees Horowitz’s namesake writer following ex-police private detective, Hawthorne, as he investigates the murder of a divorce lawyer in a tony London neighbourhood.  As you might suspect for a lawyer, in particular a divorce lawyer, the victim had many enemies and the detecting team have quite a task in front of them. This was a quick and fun romp through London, with a side trip to the Yorkshire dales.  Horowitz the author has a […]

Interesting idea, short on plot

The Walworth Beauty by Michele Roberts

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A south London neighbourhood forms the nexus for this split narrative novel, with half the story set in the 1850s and the other half in 2011.  The 1850s portion follows Joseph, a middle class man who lives in the respectful north half of the river but researches the lives of the poor living in the rougher southern parts.  Joseph is writing reports for his boss, Mayhew, who is a real historical figure.  Madeleine is recently laid off lecturer who moves from central London to south […]



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