Crowther And Westerman (7 books in series)
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review 1: The first book in a mystery series from a new author, Instruments of Darkness combines two historical fiction trends I've been enjoying lately, the educated Victorian woman who solves mysteries and the anatomist/doctor who also solves mysteries. In this case it is Georgian Englan...
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review 1: A well plotted mystery that encompasses the Opera and the Navy. Once again Crowther and Westerman are obliged to investigate a murder- this time in 18th century London. Robertson's depictions of the metropolis- its sights, its smells, its sounds and most importantly its people i...
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review 1: So dang glad I picked up the first book in this series out of curiosity while I was at the library. Now, I'm 3 books into it and they get better and better. I love that we learn more about Crowther and his family history in this story, and how some of the characters in previous ...
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review 1: When Harriet's new brother-in-law and family attorney, Daniel Clode, is accused of murdering a courtesan while on his honeymoon trip, Harriet and Crowther set off for the continent in a flurry. Michaels, a staunch friend and owner of their local pub, accompanied them, and being h...
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review 1: What a delight to meet a new author of English mysteries. This is Imogen Robertson's debut novel, full of Dickinsonian type characters. Harriet Westerman is a most decidedly uncommon woman for 1780 England; actually, she would be uncommon even today. While her husband is sailin...
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review 1: Well-paced and compelling, this was a good read. Not as good as the first in the series, but I'm still on board. I love Robertson's characters and her choice to give them true emotional depth. I'm not a huge fan of the way this story jumped so often between points of view; thi...
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review 1: This mystery is the third of a series by Ms Robertson. This books takes the reader to the Lake Country of England as, for the first time, readers learn more of the past of one main character, Gabriel Crowder, a dedicated anatomist in the late 1700's. This time he works with M...