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A Study In Revenge (2013)

by Kieran Shields(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0307985768 (ISBN13: 9780307985767)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Crown

series

Archie Lean

review 1: Shields follows up on his strong debut, The Truth of All Things, with another novel featuring the intrepid Detective Archie Lean and private investigator Perceval Grey. Although the murders again bear a strong resemblance to the occult, Shields has managed to parlay this into a whole new plot twist. The badly burned body of a career thief turns up in an abandoned building days after it was buried in Portland’s Evergreen Cemetery. How and why was it disinterred? And what does this have to do with an artifact stolen from a Boston scholar? The truth will elude you til the very end! Featuring impossible crime elements and obvious references to Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Revenge will appeal to many different types of mystery fans. - Ian
review 2: This is a ... morefairly interesting, but way too complicated, buddy novel featuring a "Sherlock Holmes" style investigator and a police detective investigating a strange occult killing in Portland, Maine. This was the 2nd book by Kieran Shields and the author's frequent references to characters and plot lines in the first book, "The Truth of All Things", was a bit annoying and unnecessarily confusing. But a fun and fast read. I especially liked the historical references and the author did a great job in character development. less

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