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The Counterfeit Guest (2009)

by Rose Melikan(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1416560874 (ISBN13: 9781416560876)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Touchstone

series

Mary Finch

review 1: Rose Melikan’s heroine, Mary Finch, stands on the gold-embossed cover of “The Counterfeit Guest”, looking stoic, hand clutching bosom, dragging a voluminous cloak, like a cross between Scarlett O’Hara of “Gone with the Wind” and Jo of “Little Women”. The illustration is a foretaste of the writing:-slickly executed but not quite convincing and occasionally too formulaic. At times it does not know what it wants to be – parody, romance or thriller, and the lead character dithers between being an early Suffragette and succumbing to wilting wantonness. But this novel, and Melikan’s previous one, The Blackstone Key, seem to have been a hit with historical mystery fans – and they should know how many blushes, fisticuffs and dramatic gallops are too ... moremuch.
review 2: Let's say 3 1/2 stars.I now understand why the one I was reading made no sense - it assumed I'd read this one. Ooops. 1797, Napoleonic Wars (again), spy / mystery. The writing is a little cumbersome, but maybe it was because I read it over too long a period of time. One flaw - the relationship thing here is going too slowly, it's just not working for me. In any case, I enjoyed it and can now move onto the next one! less

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