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A Beautiful Blue Death
by Charles Finch
Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, likes nothing more than to relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. And solve mysteries.
One thing this book has convinced me of is this, if I get to be reincarnated I want to come back as a wealthy Victorian era man like Charles Lenox. They get to be waited on, read all day, go to clubs and don't really have to do much to justify their lives if they don't want to.
This was a slow paced book but it never really felt drawn out or boring, the slower pace seemed to fit the character and the atmosphere of the story quite well. I don't know how realistic a depiction of life in the Victorian era this book really is but it made me feel like I was in that time period
I enjoyed the main characters of Charles Lenox and Lady Jane but I can't say that I felt particularly attached to them, they don't quite seem like real people, still they were pleasant enough that I wouldn't mind getting to know more about them.
The overall mystery was well plotted and I didn't begin to suspect the resolution until pretty far into it, the author did a nice job giving one or two clues that could be missed but could also allow you to figure it out on your own and avoided the whole red herring trap.
This was a nice, fairly gentle (for a story involving a murder), slow paced mystery and a good introduction to a new series. I am willing to read more in the series but I would have to be in the mood for this particular type of mystery.
One thing this book has convinced me of is this, if I get to be reincarnated I want to come back as a wealthy Victorian era man like Charles Lenox. They get to be waited on, read all day, go to clubs and don't really have to do much to justify their lives if they don't want to.
This was a slow paced book but it never really felt drawn out or boring, the slower pace seemed to fit the character and the atmosphere of the story quite well. I don't know how realistic a depiction of life in the Victorian era this book really is but it made me feel like I was in that time period
I enjoyed the main characters of Charles Lenox and Lady Jane but I can't say that I felt particularly attached to them, they don't quite seem like real people, still they were pleasant enough that I wouldn't mind getting to know more about them.
The overall mystery was well plotted and I didn't begin to suspect the resolution until pretty far into it, the author did a nice job giving one or two clues that could be missed but could also allow you to figure it out on your own and avoided the whole red herring trap.
This was a nice, fairly gentle (for a story involving a murder), slow paced mystery and a good introduction to a new series. I am willing to read more in the series but I would have to be in the mood for this particular type of mystery.