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The Young Widow (Phillip Bethancourt And Jack Gibbons Mysteries #1) (2005)

by Cassandra Chan(Favorite Author)

3.26 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0312337485 (ISBN13: 9780312337483)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Minotaur Books

review 1: In this classic English country house mystery, Scotland Yard detective Jack Gibbons investigates the poisoning of rich businessman. He his helped by his aristocratic friend, Phillip Bethancourt. The prime suspect is the young widow, who has previously lost two other husbands, both wealthy and elderly. The book has little to add to this well worn genre and the involvement of Bethancourt, supposedly a homage to Dorothy Sayers, simply stretches incredulity.
review 2: I wasn't overly impressed. The characters were somewhat wanly drawn, and I couldn't bring myself to invest any emotions into their fates. I'm fine with an omniscient narrator (I actually prefer it, in most cases) but there was something curiously off about the tone. I think it was a bit too Amer... moreican for the setting (English aristocratic country house murder). I finished the book, but won't be getting any more. less

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