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Silent in the Sanctuary
by Deanna Raybourn
Nice follow up book to the first in the Lady Julia Grey series, but not quite as intriguing or exciting as the first. After the events in the first book Lady Julia has taken herself off on a vacation to Italy, meeting up with her two brothers there. After one of her brothers unexpectedly marries, the three March family members are ordered back home by their father to spend Christmas at the family estate. The three head home with Alessandro in tow, a young Italian count the two brothers first met, who is now smitten with Julia.
When they arrive they find some unexpected guests have also been invited for the holidays, including the attractive Nicholas Brisbane and his fiancé. Lady Julia promptly introduces them to Alessandro, and the party (and tension) is on. But then a murder is committed and the estate is hit with a huge snowstorm, making it impossible to leave. Julia's father asks Brisbane to begin an investigation, but orders him to work with Julia as his partner.
The interactions between Lady Julia and Brisbane were as entertaining as ever. The new characters introduced were very intriguing. I found it unfortunate that one was killed off early and the way the storyline went it is doubtful they'll be included in future stories. I always hate for a well written and interesting character to be wasted. Although there were a lot of new characters thrown in at the beginning of the book, the author did extremely well with familiarizing this reader and helping keeping them straight in my head. My only real complaint about this book is the mystery itself wasn't very interesting, the eventual resolution was unexciting and the eventual motive was weak. Still, I already have the next book in the series and look forward to continuing reading about Julia and Brisbane. Three and a half stars.
When they arrive they find some unexpected guests have also been invited for the holidays, including the attractive Nicholas Brisbane and his fiancé. Lady Julia promptly introduces them to Alessandro, and the party (and tension) is on. But then a murder is committed and the estate is hit with a huge snowstorm, making it impossible to leave. Julia's father asks Brisbane to begin an investigation, but orders him to work with Julia as his partner.
The interactions between Lady Julia and Brisbane were as entertaining as ever. The new characters introduced were very intriguing. I found it unfortunate that one was killed off early and the way the storyline went it is doubtful they'll be included in future stories. I always hate for a well written and interesting character to be wasted. Although there were a lot of new characters thrown in at the beginning of the book, the author did extremely well with familiarizing this reader and helping keeping them straight in my head. My only real complaint about this book is the mystery itself wasn't very interesting, the eventual resolution was unexciting and the eventual motive was weak. Still, I already have the next book in the series and look forward to continuing reading about Julia and Brisbane. Three and a half stars.