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A review by stagasaurus
Lost Man's Lane: A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Anna Katharine Green
5.0
Why have I never heard of this author before? Truly brilliant! I was fully engaged the whole way through, I was interested in all the characters and their fates.
Oh it's so nice to read a murder mystery from a new author. The twists and turns were great. I did guess the murderer about three quarters of the way through but that didn't spoil it for me because there was plenty more to be revealed. And such well written action and brilliant use of the first person. Amelia Butterworth as the narrator is perfect, her voice is flawless throughout. Oh, the bit where she gets proposed to twice in one day! I also felt like all the characters were nice and three dimensional, which does help a murder mystery to be convincing.
My only tiny qualm is I would have liked a bit more digging by Gryce about Mr Trohm as to his background, Agatha would have shoved a bit of Poirot's psychology in there. As to me, that didn't put me off and I will definitely seek out more books by Anna Katharine Green (including the first in this series).
I listened to this via librivox (thank you to the volunteer reader Mary Bard - superb reading). I find librivox a strong test of a book because you can't skim read any dull bits, they are all read out to you at the same speed. This one passed the test with flying colours.
Oh it's so nice to read a murder mystery from a new author. The twists and turns were great. I did guess the murderer about three quarters of the way through but that didn't spoil it for me because there was plenty more to be revealed. And such well written action and brilliant use of the first person. Amelia Butterworth as the narrator is perfect, her voice is flawless throughout. Oh, the bit where she gets proposed to twice in one day! I also felt like all the characters were nice and three dimensional, which does help a murder mystery to be convincing.
My only tiny qualm is I would have liked a bit more digging by Gryce about Mr Trohm as to his background, Agatha would have shoved a bit of Poirot's psychology in there. As to me, that didn't put me off and I will definitely seek out more books by Anna Katharine Green (including the first in this series).
I listened to this via librivox (thank you to the volunteer reader Mary Bard - superb reading). I find librivox a strong test of a book because you can't skim read any dull bits, they are all read out to you at the same speed. This one passed the test with flying colours.