A Quiet Life in the Country: A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 1
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01LDRPU80 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 235 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pay no attention to Amazon's forced "one word" reviews. Read this review instead! Auntie Reader When led to this page for my review I found a series of leading questions which I found quite offensive. Don't put words in my mouth Amazon. I'm quite capable of giving my own ideas and views! For instance instead of the above four one word clap trap, I give you my review: "Full of surprises" indeed!That being said, I absolutely adored "A Quiet Life In The Country". I take full advantage to read for free lots of book through Prime, but most of it is schlock. This is the gold piece found buried deep, and worth the search. It's fun and frothy reading at the level of P. G. Wodehouse a. Sandra DiMaio-Leach said and other mistakes that arrive with poor edited books. I read a lot. I purchase a lot of cheaper Kindle books and then suffer through grammatical errors, errors in punctuation, and other mistakes that arrive with poor edited books. I was so delighted to realize there were none of these 'halts' to my reading rhythm here.My delight grew as I found the gentle, typically British humor and I was entranced by the glimpses of the history these two women hadshared. I made myself read more slowly than normal, so I could enoy the book longer. And I said to myself "I want more from this author. This person can write!" I recommend this book highly. Cathy G. Cole said What a delight to read!. I'm not quite sure what I expected when I plunked down my money and downloaded A Quiet Life in the Country. A modern variation of the Golden Age country house mystery? If that was it, I didn't get it. What I did wind up getting was a whole lot more. I will warn you ahead of time: if you are a fan of those classic mysteries, T.E. Kinsey's book may not be your cup of tea, and now I'll set about telling you why.Kinsey has written a good, puzzling, multi-layered mystery that gives you a real feel for village life out in the English countryside at the turn of the last century. While the
But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation As Lady Hardcastle and Flo delve deeper into rural rivalries and resentment, they uncover a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the village. Florence Armstrong, her m