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Sick of Shadows by Marion Chesney

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cmx's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

3rd of 4th in series, free to me in Audible, again slightly more complex than other beaton books, enjoyable

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3.0

I thought I needed another talking book to carry me over my travels, so I grabbed this one off the library shelf. It is the third in the series, as usual I don't manage to begin at the beginning. Not having read the first two were not a hardship - it was easy to catch up.

I found the characters, setting and time period to be interesting and well portrayed. I wasn't sure I was going to care about Lady Rose and Captain Cathcart, but I was wrong. Chesney made the whole book a good read. The best part for me was that the Edwardian period was a time of major change in Great Britain and Chesney educated me on all of that. There wasn't much mystery, but I didn't mind.

All in all, a good read. I would recommend this to cozy mystery readers; to people with some interest in British historical fiction, especially if they want to know about Edwardian England.

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3.0

Edwardian murder mystery

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4.0

4 Stars

"Captain Harry Cathcart and Lady Rose Summer have entered into an engagement of convenience-convenient for Rose, who wants to avoid being sent to India with all the other failed debutantes. Despite her considerable good looks, Rose's sharp intellect and radical ideas have served to repel her would be suitors. Rose's parents, unaware of the deception, are hardly thrilled that their only child is marrying a man in trade, but Harry comes from a good family, and at the very least, they hope he will keep their troublesome daughter out of mischief.

Unfortunately, even a pretend engagement cannot save Rose from trouble. Bored with endless parties, teas, and balls, she befriends Dolly Tremaine, a beautiful young girl newly arrived from the country and overwhelmed by the demands of the Season. Rose is delighted to have a protégée but their friendship is cut tragically short when Dolly is found floating in a river. Harry is summoned immediately to help solve the mystery of Dolly's death, and to keep Rose from being the murderer's next victim." (From Amazon)

I like Marion Chesney's humour and romance in this cozy mystery.