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jo_bookworm's review against another edition
5.0
I have been with Mirabelle from the beginning and here I am with her in her seventh book. I have to say it is good to be back, but this is not a book to start the series with, go back and start from the beginning, you will understand the characters, their past and their current dynamics far more that plunging straight in halfway through.
It is 1957, and the heat of the summer has yet to dissipate in Brighton.
Mirabelle is intrigued by a little girl sat on a bench just near her apartment, this girl is from London but she is recovering at a convalescent home for children so they can benefit from the sea air. The little girl keeps running away from this home and it appears she may be being bullied.
Returning her, Mirabelle discovers Uma, a nurse with a past and who seems rather distracted by what is going on in the home. Mirabelle’s intrigue is further piqued when the local priest ends up dead she is found with the body.
Mirabelle appears to be very vulnerable in this novel, she is still coming to terms with the end of her relationship with McGregor, Vesta her assistant is caught up with family life and her new baby and even fellow colleague Bill seems distracted. Mirabelle feels she is very much on her own and when Dr Chris Williams pays her some attention, he seems the perfect escape – but what is he hiding and is he too good to be true.
Mirabelle is still pulled back to the home and the nurses, and when a nurse disappears she cannot leave well alone. Trouble is Mirabelle likes a mystery but she appears to be hindering other operations going on in Brighton, both legal and illegal.
Can Mirabelle survive or will everyone she knows betray her and she will be left to face the consequences alone.
This is an excellent novel and is as strong as the first in the series. I was hooked from the beginning, my mind making all sorts of conclusions to what was going on in that home and what a dead priest and a missing nurse had to do it will all. As the book reached its claustrophobic denouement, I was right not to have trusted some of the characters but was completely way off on what was really going on.
I heartily recommend this book and the series as a whole. If you want to read some great fiction which knocks holes in the glass ceiling of equality in all its diverse forms then this is an author and series for you.
It is 1957, and the heat of the summer has yet to dissipate in Brighton.
Mirabelle is intrigued by a little girl sat on a bench just near her apartment, this girl is from London but she is recovering at a convalescent home for children so they can benefit from the sea air. The little girl keeps running away from this home and it appears she may be being bullied.
Returning her, Mirabelle discovers Uma, a nurse with a past and who seems rather distracted by what is going on in the home. Mirabelle’s intrigue is further piqued when the local priest ends up dead she is found with the body.
Mirabelle appears to be very vulnerable in this novel, she is still coming to terms with the end of her relationship with McGregor, Vesta her assistant is caught up with family life and her new baby and even fellow colleague Bill seems distracted. Mirabelle feels she is very much on her own and when Dr Chris Williams pays her some attention, he seems the perfect escape – but what is he hiding and is he too good to be true.
Mirabelle is still pulled back to the home and the nurses, and when a nurse disappears she cannot leave well alone. Trouble is Mirabelle likes a mystery but she appears to be hindering other operations going on in Brighton, both legal and illegal.
Can Mirabelle survive or will everyone she knows betray her and she will be left to face the consequences alone.
This is an excellent novel and is as strong as the first in the series. I was hooked from the beginning, my mind making all sorts of conclusions to what was going on in that home and what a dead priest and a missing nurse had to do it will all. As the book reached its claustrophobic denouement, I was right not to have trusted some of the characters but was completely way off on what was really going on.
I heartily recommend this book and the series as a whole. If you want to read some great fiction which knocks holes in the glass ceiling of equality in all its diverse forms then this is an author and series for you.
jmatkinson1's review
4.0
For Mirabelle Bevan the attentions of a handsome police doctor are welcome after her heartbreak at the betrayal by Inspector McGregor. The fact that she comes into contact with this doctor after she discovers a dead body are nothing. the body is that of a local priest and Mirabelle becomes suspicious at the actions of the nurses at a local convalescent home. When one nurse disappears and another kills herself Mirabelle has to find the links between organised crime, an upmarket brothel and the home for Tb sufferers.
Set in Brighton in the 1950s this is another in an excellent series by Sheridan. I like the fact that Mirabelle is middle-aged woman with a bit of a past and Sheridan uses this to help explore taboo areas. In this the subjects of abortion and racial discrimination come to the fore as well as police corruption and the plot is tight and clever.
Set in Brighton in the 1950s this is another in an excellent series by Sheridan. I like the fact that Mirabelle is middle-aged woman with a bit of a past and Sheridan uses this to help explore taboo areas. In this the subjects of abortion and racial discrimination come to the fore as well as police corruption and the plot is tight and clever.
annarella's review against another edition
4.0
It's the first book i read in this series and I'm happy I requested it because it's engaging and entertaining.
I liked the plot, the well written characters and the setting.
The cast of characters is interesting even if they're not always likable, the setting is lovely and I liked the descriptions.
The mystery was ok, no plot hole, and it kept me guessing till the end.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
I liked the plot, the well written characters and the setting.
The cast of characters is interesting even if they're not always likable, the setting is lovely and I liked the descriptions.
The mystery was ok, no plot hole, and it kept me guessing till the end.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
annarella's review
4.0
It's the first book i read in this series and I'm happy I requested it because it's engaging and entertaining.
I liked the plot, the well written characters and the setting.
The cast of characters is interesting even if they're not always likable, the setting is lovely and I liked the descriptions.
The mystery was ok, no plot hole, and it kept me guessing till the end.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
I liked the plot, the well written characters and the setting.
The cast of characters is interesting even if they're not always likable, the setting is lovely and I liked the descriptions.
The mystery was ok, no plot hole, and it kept me guessing till the end.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
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