A review by mostlyfated
Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn

5.0

I adore Deanna Raybourn's Lady Julia Grey series and Silent on the Moor is definitely the best of the entire series. Maybe it's the romantic soul in me who loves a good story about the English moors and its tortured hero/heroine but I could not put this book down. The emotional conflict the characters had to endure and work out within themselves but also with each other is one of the stellar aspects of this series and Silent on the Moor. Deanna Raybourn did a fabulous job of managing the delicate balancing mystery/drama of the story and situation, and the romance and inner conflict of the two protagonists within themselves as wells a each other to propel the story and plot forward. Deanna Raybourn is able to use romance as a device to propel the two characters forward without hindering the mystery or the plot of the story - no wonder she won a RITA award for this series.

The story takes place a month or two immediately after the previous book (Silent in the Sanctuary) and Julia had already made up her mind to track down Nicholas Brisbane at his crumbling Yorkshire manor whether he (or anyone else for that matter) wants her there or not. Little does Julia know she got a lot more than she bargained for when setting out on her Yorkshire adventure in the form of murder and familial history.

I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves a well written mystery with strong characters and a great romantic subplot.