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A review by saareman
Sick of Shadows by M.C. Beaton, Marion Chesney
3.0
Into the Shadows
Review of the Blackstone Audio Inc. audiobook edition (August 2008) of the original Minotaur hardcover (April 2005)
Sick of Shadows continues with the story of Lady Rose Summer and Captain Harry Cathcart in the 3rd of 4 Edwardian Murder Mysteries. I'm finding that the mystery elements are mostly secondary to these plots and are more like MacGuffins. The main story arc is the 'will they or won't they' indirect courtship of the 2 principles, with their companions Daisy and Beckett already planning themselves to tie the knot and hoping to push Rose and Harry in the same direction. It is fairly light and the background setting of the Edwardian era with occasional social commentary is well done.
I've completed my pandemic reading splurge of cozy mysteries by M.C. Beaton, the penname used by [a:Marion Chesney|50258|Marion Chesney|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1226562598p2/50258.jpg] (1936-2019) for her popular Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin series. Chesney first became a writer with various historical romances from 1977 onwards, before branching out into the crime genre with her first Hamish Macbeth in 1985 and first Agatha Raisin in 1992. Romances are not my genre, but Chesney's mini-series of 4 Edwardian Murder Mysteries sounded like enough of a crossover between her historical fiction and her cozy mysteries to follow up on.
The narration by veteran [a:Davina Porter|500666|Davina Porter|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1276540528p2/500666.jpg] (approx. 230 book narrations to her credit) was excellent throughout. Porter is especially good with her range of voices that is able to effectively mimic male as well as female tones.
All of the Edwardian Murder Mysteries series are available free to Audible Plus members.
Trivia and Link
The somewhat similarly titled [b:I Am Half-Sick of Shadows|33215762|I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4)|Alan Bradley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480603459l/33215762._SY75_.jpg|8586623] (2011) is the 4th book in Alan Bradley's popular Flavia de Luce series.
Review of the Blackstone Audio Inc. audiobook edition (August 2008) of the original Minotaur hardcover (April 2005)
'I am half sick of shadows,' said
The Lady of Shalott
- excerpt from the poem The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson, used as the epigram for Chapter 1 of Sick of Shadows
Sick of Shadows continues with the story of Lady Rose Summer and Captain Harry Cathcart in the 3rd of 4 Edwardian Murder Mysteries. I'm finding that the mystery elements are mostly secondary to these plots and are more like MacGuffins. The main story arc is the 'will they or won't they' indirect courtship of the 2 principles, with their companions Daisy and Beckett already planning themselves to tie the knot and hoping to push Rose and Harry in the same direction. It is fairly light and the background setting of the Edwardian era with occasional social commentary is well done.
I've completed my pandemic reading splurge of cozy mysteries by M.C. Beaton, the penname used by [a:Marion Chesney|50258|Marion Chesney|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1226562598p2/50258.jpg] (1936-2019) for her popular Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin series. Chesney first became a writer with various historical romances from 1977 onwards, before branching out into the crime genre with her first Hamish Macbeth in 1985 and first Agatha Raisin in 1992. Romances are not my genre, but Chesney's mini-series of 4 Edwardian Murder Mysteries sounded like enough of a crossover between her historical fiction and her cozy mysteries to follow up on.
The narration by veteran [a:Davina Porter|500666|Davina Porter|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1276540528p2/500666.jpg] (approx. 230 book narrations to her credit) was excellent throughout. Porter is especially good with her range of voices that is able to effectively mimic male as well as female tones.
All of the Edwardian Murder Mysteries series are available free to Audible Plus members.
Trivia and Link
The somewhat similarly titled [b:I Am Half-Sick of Shadows|33215762|I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4)|Alan Bradley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480603459l/33215762._SY75_.jpg|8586623] (2011) is the 4th book in Alan Bradley's popular Flavia de Luce series.