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Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own (2012)

by Emily Brightwell(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0425248054 (ISBN13: 9780425248058)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Berkley

series

Mrs Jeffries

review 1: My first read in this series. Probably won't be reading any more. I'm not fond of Victoriana in any case, and I thought the premise of the series only mildly interesting. The dialogue anachronisms annoyed me. And very early on, Mrs. Jeffries said "'Fifty-two isn't old,' she said archly." I ask you, would a woman in her position say anything "archly," especially when talking to another woman? I think not.
review 2: In this 30th (!) Mrs. Jeffries mystery, Mrs. Jeffries is asked to help clear the name of her sister-in-law who is suspected of a murder - a sister-in-law to whom we have not been introduced before. But, Inspector Witherspoon, whom Mrs. Jeffries works for, is not assigned to the case, instead, their household's nemesis, Inspector Niven, is given the ca... morese. But, of course, everything turns out alright. Even though these mysteries are not written in a style that would win them the Pulitzer Prize, I always enjoy them, and am glad that a couple of new ones come out each year! less

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