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Publisher:
Robert Hale |
Release
Date: October 2003 |
ISBN:
0709074689 |
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Format
Reviewed: Hardback |
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Genre:
Historical Romance/Crime [Regency London] |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Rachel A Hyde |
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Copyright
MyShelf.com |
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Late
for The Wedding
By Amanda Quick
If you
like Regency romances and historical whodunits then this is surely
the book for you. You will presumably have also read Slightly
Shady & Don't Look Back (also reviewed on this site) first,
or if you haven't you had better do so before you read this, as
this is very much a series. This time Tobias and Lavinia are enjoying
a weekend away from it all at Beaumont Castle where a house party
- and a fancy dress one at that - is in full swing. Of course, there
has to be a murder, and Lavinia actually sees the victim falling
to his death as she enjoys a stolen kiss with Tobias. Prior to this,
she has stumbled on Tobias getting very friendly with an old flame,
but he says that she has only come to him for help. Are the two
events linked, and who is the murderer-for-hire known as the Memento
Mori Man who leaves antique rings beside his victims? Surely, it
cannot be Tobias' best friend back from the grave
It is true that by this third book
in the series there is perhaps more sleuthing than smooching going
on but then it is also true that there are plenty of other Regency
romances while Regency detective novels are notably thin on the
ground. There is the obligatory battling couples plus a teasing
plot that I didn't entirely guess and the whole thing is a lot of
fun. By now, the unsatisfying references to the fictitious lost
civilization are long gone, but instead there is the wonderfully
gothic idea of the Memento Mori Man. It would be nice if Ms Quick
could write a historical romance or two before the next book, but
maybe this series has taken the place of this type of fiction. I
won't say that these are the best books she has written, and I am
sure that a little more romance might make all the difference but
I can't say that I didn't enjoy it.
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