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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Death in an English Village
This is an excellent mystery featuring Nigel Strangeways, who is called upon to investigate poison pen letters that have been disturbing a village. There is an interesting cast of characters, including a beautiful, paralyzed woman and a vicar with a sad secret. There are hidden conflicts with friends and family members and a dramatic conclusion. The author tends to...
Published on September 25, 2001 by Alice Kingsbury
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not one of Blake's best
I write reviews only when I feel readers need to be warned off inferior books. (I wish others would do the same more often.) I'm a fan of Nicholas Blake's work, but THE DREADFUL HOLLOW (while not quite dreadful) was an ultimately dreary exercise, full of so much tortuous reasoning that by the time I reached the final chapter (appropriately titled "I Hate the Dreadful...
Published on March 4, 2007 by Daniel Quinn
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Death in an English Village,
By Alice Kingsbury (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dreadful Hollow: A Nigel Strangeways Mystery (Paperback)
This is an excellent mystery featuring Nigel Strangeways, who is called upon to investigate poison pen letters that have been disturbing a village. There is an interesting cast of characters, including a beautiful, paralyzed woman and a vicar with a sad secret. There are hidden conflicts with friends and family members and a dramatic conclusion.The author tends to stereotype the villagers as being greatly different from the gentry, which seems to be a common English theme. However,the Chantry and Blick families are very well described and unique.Their personalities can be clearly seen. A very readable mystery.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not one of Blake's best,
By Daniel Quinn (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dreadful Hollow: A Nigel Strangeways Mystery (Paperback)
I write reviews only when I feel readers need to be warned off inferior books. (I wish others would do the same more often.) I'm a fan of Nicholas Blake's work, but THE DREADFUL HOLLOW (while not quite dreadful) was an ultimately dreary exercise, full of so much tortuous reasoning that by the time I reached the final chapter (appropriately titled "I Hate the Dreadful Hollow"), in which all is finally revealed, I no longer cared. Save your money on this one.
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Dreadful Hollow: A Nigel Strangeways Mystery by Nicholas Blake (Paperback - Aug. 1988)
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