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The Garden Of Secrets Past (2011)

by Anthony Eglin(Favorite Author)

3.35 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0312648367 (ISBN13: 9780312648367)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

English Garden Mystery

review 1: I LOVE Old English stories, or stories about Old English places, which is why I gave this an extra star. It's hardcover, with a photo on the cover of the monument in Sturminister, a garden in England. On page 31 Anthony Eglin gives the letters on the monument incorrectly. However, this doesn't matter, as he invents another monument, and a complicated code (and a very believable friend named Andrew) and goes about solving who killed whom and why. Never mind he never solves the first killing, tho he has an abundance of theories. FINALLY, on page 238 things move along at a fast clip until the end. Recent, 2011.I was intrigued with the actual Sturminister monument, and spent some time trying to solve the 300-year old mystery, never mind possibly Darwin and Dickens coul... moredn't!
review 2: What happens is, I walk past the "Readers' Choice" book selection at the library and I throw a bunch in my bag, and then up reading stuff I'd never choose on my own. Needless to say, I did enjoy this book, which I would describe as a less controversial da Vinci Code/Sherlock Holmes set in the English countryside. Sometimes I grew weary of the little name-dropping the author throws in, such as Mac, BMW, various and specific wines, etc. etc. It sort of dates the novel and I like a novel which keeps itself somewhat vague in the real time arena. Instead of Mac: laptop? Instead of BMW: really nice, fast car? Instead of Veuve Clicquot: delicious, expensive wine? Things like that. It almost seemed like a branding novel at times. There were times I was quite enthralled and wanted to skip to the end to find out whodunnit. Aside from the attention to unnecessary details, it was a fun read. less

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