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Arnold ( The Cape Cod Conundrum ) features her two clever and extremely likable elderly academics, archeologist Sir Toby Glendower and anthropologist Dame Penny Spring, in their 11th adventure. The plot, a potent mix of murder, smuggling and witchcraft revolving around a cache of priceless Crown jewels missing from France since 1792, and the tragic fate of 18th-century French Royalist emigres, promises literate fireworks but doesn't ignite until the final chapters. While Penny is on a book tour in Australia, Toby visits a former student in Dorchester who is about to open a dig in an Iron Age earthwork. The two discover a corpse dressed as a modern Druid, the second recent victim of murder in the area. Toby's detecting is sparked when Penny flies home to help. Another death, subtle threats and an awe-inspiring treasure uncovered at the end of a long-hidden tunnel precede a spectacular execution brought about by black magic. Although loose ends, especially those connected to possible suspects, are neatly tied up at the end, they are dangled too long. Even a middling offering from Arnold, however, delivers intelligent entertainment.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Dame Penelope Spring and Sir Toby Glendower are related only by the marriage of Penny's son to Toby's daughter, but they have more than that in common--they both love anthropology, archaeology, all things ancient, a good mystery, and, of course, their two wonderful grandchildren. When a former student of Toby's asks for his help with a difficult dig in Dorset, Toby's professional curiosity is understandably aroused--all the more when it turns out that the dig will lead to his involvement in a murder case, perhaps the most exciting one of his entire amateur sleuthing career (this is the eleventh entry in the series). Soon Toby's busy investigating Dorset druids, witch covens, and bands of smugglers, while Penny tracks down the murderer and tries to unearth a cache of priceless jewels buried since the French Revolution. There's plenty of high adventure along with some surprising plot twists, a good bit of understated humor, and a hearty dose of Dorset and French history. A lighthearted, pleasantly entertaining read for fans of the British cozy. Emily Melton
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