Review: British mystery - don't let that put you off if you think it's not your cup of tea
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2011
I was given a complimentary copy of this book for the purpose of reviewing it.  I'm not a big van of British mysteries but must say I did enjoy this book.Charles Vance's uncle has been accused of murder and all of the evidence seems to point to his guilt.  Charles doesn't feel the Agency his uncle has hired to look into the matter is as unbiased as they could be or doing enough be so takes over the investigation.  During the investigation more people are murdered and the evidence always seem to point to his uncle, Sir Edward.  The murderer always leaves a rose and cryptic note which leads Charles to a lady rosarian, Ariadne Wellfleet, to identify the rose in hopes it will help solve the mystery.There were enough twists and turns to keep my interest and I liked a lot of the characters.  It's not an extremely long book so is great for those times when you want to lose yourself in a book but not spend a long time getting to the end of it.