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A review by plantbirdwoman
Silhouette in Scarlet by Elizabeth Peters
3.0
This was a quick read because (1.) it's a pretty short book, and (2.) I got interested and just couldn't put it down.
Vicky Bliss really is an immensely attractive character. She's fun and rather full of herself. She spends an inordinate amount of time revealing her measurements and discussing her appeal to the opposite sex. She never entertains doubts about her judgments of others or of the situation, and she is always prepared to act when action is required.
Then there is her susceptibility to the charms of "Sir John Smythe," a smooth-talking charlatan and art thief. Or is he? What is he, exactly? Is he really as without scruple as he and Vicky would have us believe? Or is he the hero of dauntless courage who saves the day, and the heroine, at the end of this adventure? Well, perhaps we'll find out in the next book.
Meantime, this time Dr. Vicky Bliss is lured to Sweden by a message from John Smythe. This is the home of her ancestors, and once there she is contacted by a "cousin," Gus Johnson, and makes her way to his compound in the country where he lives a secluded life. And who should turn up there but the indomitable John Smythe, pretending to be another cousin. He is shortly followed, as he often is, by a gang of bad guys who are looking to dig up the farm in search of medieval buried treasure.
The plot moves along at a merry pace, in typical Peters fashion, with Vicky and John banding together once again to solve a mystery and solve the problem of how to escape from the clutches of the bad guys. This is a fun read, not at all to be taken seriously, just delicious brain candy, but a little candy is not necessarily a bad thing.
Vicky Bliss really is an immensely attractive character. She's fun and rather full of herself. She spends an inordinate amount of time revealing her measurements and discussing her appeal to the opposite sex. She never entertains doubts about her judgments of others or of the situation, and she is always prepared to act when action is required.
Then there is her susceptibility to the charms of "Sir John Smythe," a smooth-talking charlatan and art thief. Or is he? What is he, exactly? Is he really as without scruple as he and Vicky would have us believe? Or is he the hero of dauntless courage who saves the day, and the heroine, at the end of this adventure? Well, perhaps we'll find out in the next book.
Meantime, this time Dr. Vicky Bliss is lured to Sweden by a message from John Smythe. This is the home of her ancestors, and once there she is contacted by a "cousin," Gus Johnson, and makes her way to his compound in the country where he lives a secluded life. And who should turn up there but the indomitable John Smythe, pretending to be another cousin. He is shortly followed, as he often is, by a gang of bad guys who are looking to dig up the farm in search of medieval buried treasure.
The plot moves along at a merry pace, in typical Peters fashion, with Vicky and John banding together once again to solve a mystery and solve the problem of how to escape from the clutches of the bad guys. This is a fun read, not at all to be taken seriously, just delicious brain candy, but a little candy is not necessarily a bad thing.