Customer Reviews

The Gazebo

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Althea and her fiance Nicholas sure has it rough, when they finally thought they could go ahead with their wedding plans, a murder investigation stops them cold, and only Miss Silver could track down the real murderer behind the puzzling murder.

Very enjoyable, like many of the author's books. Besides the main mystery plot of the murder, the romance between Althea and Nicholas is sweet and poigant.

Quite a few suspects and a nasty murder--but the victim was really asking for it. You will probably guess whodunnit, but there is still a lot of fun getting there. Good essence of time and place with the characters being well drawn. A little long, but a speedy reader can handle it.

Maybe I've been reading too many Miss Silver books lately, but I found this book long for the story that was being told. I also got tired of the wishy-washy women that Miss Silver comes across. Althea is lack-lustre character, and Mrs. Blount is almost too cowed to be believed. But there are other good characters in the book. The three Pimm sisters are quite wonderful (your typical English village busybodies). And there is Miss Silver and her dear friend Frank Abbot. A very tiresome woman is found dead in her summerhouse or gazebo, and it's up to Miss Silver to find out the real motive and the real killer. Kind of ho-hum actually, but some of the characters pull this book out of doldrums.