Beneath a Silent Moon [Mass Market Paperback]

Tracy Grant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 2003

The task had taken shape thanks to the end of a war and the inconvenient way secrets had of bubbling to the surface.

It went without saying that it was going to be difficult. But then murder always was . . .

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About the Author

Tracy Grant studied British history at Stanford University and received the Firestone Award for Excellence in Research for her honors thesis. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she is on the board of the Merola Opera Program, a training program for professional opera singers, coaches, and stage directors.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: HarperTorch (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061032107
• ISBN-13: 978-0061032103
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,263,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tracy Grant has been making up stories as long as she can remember and writing them down since third grade when she was assigned writing a story and realized she had a wealth of characters and plots inside her head. She studied British history at Stanford University and received the Firestone Award for Excellence in Research for her honors thesis on shifting conceptions of honor in late fifteenth century England. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she is on the board of the Merola Opera Program, a training program for professional opera singers, coaches, and stage directors. For more information about her books, please visit her website at http://www.tracygrant.org.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Regency Period Unmasked!, September 2, 2003

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This review is from: Beneath a Silent Moon (Hardcover)

The author has gifted me with four days of great pleasure! I started with the stunning "Daughter of the Game," and finished with "Beneath a Silent Moon." And I must say, Tracy Grant has pictured a Regency Period (with 21st Century language) more in keeping with the one my research has always revealed to me, rather than the light Regency novels that portray simply a game of manners! The only authors that routinely hand you one plot twist after another plot twist -- such as Deighton or Deaver -- have nothing on Grant. One reviewer felt there was no character development. But I found each character so well-drawn that I would recognize them if they knocked on my door. People in the early 19th Century lived behind masks, conducted business behind closed doors, spoke of manners and mores as rules written in stone while breaking them routinely and slept around -- kind of like today.....
The author uses language beautifully, although it isn't necessarily 1819 language. And both books were well-edited. So if you want a page-turner, one that may cause you to catch your breath, or even laugh at the outrageousness of the plot twists, you might enjoy the story of Charles and Melanie and their relatives, friends and enemies!

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars More characters than the telephone directory, November 22, 2004

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Ex Libris (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beneath a Silent Moon (Mass Market Paperback)

About two-thirds of the way through this book I seriously began to wonder whether it was in fact a cleverly disguised send-up of the mystery/romance genre. The number of characters is bewildering and the rapidity with which each discovers that he/she is/is not the half brother/sister of another is mind-numbing. I lost count of the number of times a female character sat down and "smoothed out the wrinkles in her dress" - this couldn't be serious, it had to be satire, right?

I'm afraid I will never know how this book compares with others by the same author - I will most definitely never read another.

I gave this one star because I was unable to give it less.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected, February 22, 2008

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Vin's Mom (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beneath a Silent Moon (Hardcover)

I found this book on the remainder table at my local bookstore. Right from the beginning, I was drawn into the novel. The plot twists are complicated and the characters rather numerous. Her description of the Scottish estate were good, and I liked the ancillary characters. I couldn't put the book down and was sorry when it ended. I expected the usual Regency Romance and found a much more interesting book. I'll definitely read more of Ms. Grant's books.