Review: Intriguing story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2013
In a time when women were the weaker sex and told what to do by their father or man of the house, Catherine has to be the strong one in her family. Shouldering the responsibilities of running the house and collecting the rents from the lands her family owns and trying to make ends meet when money is very tight that she and her mother have to make over there wardrobe to have decent clothes to wear and the daily tea is watered down. Catherine's older brother James is a scoundrel who gambles away the family money or what little they have left and feels Catherine is just being mean to him when she tells him there is no more. When Catherine meets two strangers in a chance meeting they take an instant liking to her and know deep down inside she is a strong willed woman and the mysterious man and woman who are both suffering from fatal illnesses... leave their immense fortune to Catherine. What follows is a richly detailed story with mystery and murder and told in such a way that you won't want to put this page turner down until the end. DL Carter pays so much attention to the time period in this story told about old England and the history to the country side in which it takes place that you can picture the houses and landscape in your mind. If you are like me and enjoy a good story that is well written and that draws you in from the very start then I highly recommend "Crimes of the Brothers"...I promise that you won't be disappointed by the talented Ms.Carter's tale!