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A review by metta
The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess
3.0
2-3 stars because it didn't ring true* to me although I appreciate the effort. Also, I just didn't feel that same joie de vivre or the verve (for lack of better words) that was present in the other books in this series.
*Although it's been seven long years since I last read a Peabody mystery, my beloved characters didn't seem like themselves ... and there were a few times where I had to re-read some sentences as they just didn't seem to flow.
Another thing: no explanation of the name "Flitworthy" was given....
*Although it's been seven long years since I last read a Peabody mystery, my beloved characters didn't seem like themselves ... and there were a few times where I had to re-read some sentences as they just didn't seem to flow.