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A review by toni_nb
Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
4.0
Another soundly good read.
Julia, Brisbane, Portia and Plum travel to India to reunite with Jane, Portia’s lover, who is recently widowed and pregnant by her deceased husband. It’s a long story, but Jane wanted to desperately have a child and therefore decided to marry and leave Portia.
It appears that Jane’s husband was murdered and it’s up to Brisbane and Julia to find out who, why and how.
We meet an interesting cast of characters, least of all Brisbane’s own estranged father, Black Jack. He is not a very nice man at all. Poor Brisbane.
Julia and Brisbane have their power struggles throughout the story. Julia wants to be involved in the investigation and is somewhat oblivious to the danger involved. Brisbane only wants to protect Julia as she is naive and doesn’t realize the potentially dangerous situations she gets herself into. Brisbane comes in heavy handed at times as I found myself bristling and annoyed just like Julia.
Tragedy and more death than the previous novels. The body count is higher and one particular loss is very great to all of them but I shan’t say who. Looking forward to reading the last novel.
Julia, Brisbane, Portia and Plum travel to India to reunite with Jane, Portia’s lover, who is recently widowed and pregnant by her deceased husband. It’s a long story, but Jane wanted to desperately have a child and therefore decided to marry and leave Portia.
It appears that Jane’s husband was murdered and it’s up to Brisbane and Julia to find out who, why and how.
We meet an interesting cast of characters, least of all Brisbane’s own estranged father, Black Jack. He is not a very nice man at all. Poor Brisbane.
Julia and Brisbane have their power struggles throughout the story. Julia wants to be involved in the investigation and is somewhat oblivious to the danger involved. Brisbane only wants to protect Julia as she is naive and doesn’t realize the potentially dangerous situations she gets herself into. Brisbane comes in heavy handed at times as I found myself bristling and annoyed just like Julia.
Tragedy and more death than the previous novels. The body count is higher and one particular loss is very great to all of them but I shan’t say who. Looking forward to reading the last novel.