Review: A Delightful Mystery Within A Mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2012
This was an enjoyable read, with just enough plotting to keep the action going and the reader just a bit off guard. For a few hours one plunges into another world, and an enjoyable and believable one it is. Elizabeth, Gavin and Richard are well drawn, and the author's allusions to classic mystery writers, a sort of game with the reader, are apt and persuasive. It would make an excellent television play, and I hope that scriptwriters are taking a serious look at that possibility. The romantic near triangle adds some tension, and as an aside, I have rarely read such excellent descriptions of the clothes that the characters wear, particularly those of Elizabeth. Such attention to detail, I would argue, adds credibility to the plot generally.