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Product Details

  • Series: A Very English Mystery (Book 2)
  • Paperback: 271 pages
  • Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (October 27, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1503947858
  • ISBN-13: 978-1503947856
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (316 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 starsWhat happened?
By MissMS on October 28, 2015
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I loved the first book and I was (and still am) enjoying the second book - but a little more than halfway through, the editing just went out the window. Extra words, missing words, sentence fragments - they are all over the place. It's as if the author or editor was making changes to sentences by adding in different words but not taking away the ones they were meant to replace. I love the writing, the time period, the story and the characters,but please go back and correct all those problems! I will look forward to more books by this author.
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2.0 out of 5 starsEditor needed
By Amazon Customer on November 2, 2015
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I enjoyed the first book enough to buy this one. But, although the story was pretty good and I like the characters, this is not a good book. Is English the author's first language? Did the editor die partway through?? Somebody please edit this before it is purchased by any other innocent person.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood story, great characters, terrible editing, plot hole? (some SPOILERS toward end of review)
By A Gilbert on October 30, 2015
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I really enjoyed the first installment of this series--so much so that I immediately downloaded this one when I finished (fortunately for me, it was made available just days ago!)

It was good; I think Georgia is an excellently written character, and I enjoy the way the author takes mystery cliches (like the lights going out at dinner for example) and kind of turns them on their head BUT the editing was truly atrocious. I'm one of those people (the anal retentive type) who likes to do the "report a typo" on my Kindle, but there were too many to even try here. There were extra words, missing words, mistakes etc. BUT the biggest thing that irked me (and there are SPOILERS ahead, so beware) was a giant plot hole (if I'm mistaken about this please let me know, I read the book in one sitting late at night so maybe I missed something).
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About halfway through the book, when Dinah confesses that she knew of Oliver before due to her brother's involvement in France, she confesses the whole story to both Freya AND Hugo. BUT later it's like that never happened at all and Freya isn't sure if she should tell Hugo because Dinah told her "in confidence" and Hugo suspects that Freya knows something about Dinah, but he isn't sure what it is... it drove me crazy because a few chapters earlier Hugo was in the room with Dinah.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA wonderful author - rest in peace
By louise on February 6, 2016
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I am just heartbroken to have seen a notice of this author's passing.
What a lovely talented individual. She truly left the world a better place.
If you are a fan, please read on. Rest in peace, Elizabeth Edmondson.
Elizabeth Edmondson: 1948-2016
Dear friends and fans,
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Elizabeth, who died on the evening of Monday, 11th January, following a short battle with cancer. She was 67.
Elizabeth was the author of over thirty novels, in genres including historical, detective, romantic comedy, women’s fiction and children’s fantasy.
A fuller tribute to her life will be posted in due course, but her family and friends were taken very much by surprise. Please respect their privacy at this time.
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1.0 out of 5 starsDisappointing
By petennis on November 18, 2015
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The story was ok but the editing was horrid. Almost every page had mistakes in grammar and just poor sentences. Might be fine for people who speed read but not those of us who read every word. Never sent a review like this. Would not read another book by this author.
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4.0 out of 5 starsPeople are always dying in the Castle...
By Patto TOP 500 REVIEWER on October 30, 2015
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In the first book in this series, Lord Selchester, not a nice man, was murdered. In this book, a new Earl is installed in the Castle. He's the lost heir, found in America, and quite a nice man. With him are his two daughters, Babs and Polly.

Two lodgers are still living in the Castle until they find a new home: Hugo Hawksworth, a government man doing Intelligence work, and his thirteen-year-old, worldly-wise sister Georgia. Installed in the Castle tower, and also in need of a new home is the earl's cousin Freya.

It's Christmas 1953, and the Earl's half-sister Sonia invites herself to the holiday festivities at the Castle. Sonia is a difficult personality, as we saw in the last book -- selfish and greedy (although rich in her own right). She brings an admirer with her, as well as an art expert to evaluate some paintings in the Castle. When the art expert is found dead in the hothouse, Hugo finds himself involved in his second murder investigation at the Castle.

The post-war era is an interesting one, with shortages of food and housing in England. There are concerns about Russian spies, and Hugo is researching suspects. Another hot topic of the day is the confiscation of artwork from Jews families by the Nazis. This is pivotal to the plot.

Unless I missed something (very possible), there are some loose ends in the plot left unresolved. But otherwise the mystery is well plotted. I felt very involved with the characters from the first book and happy to know what they were up to next, although the challenges they face are less intense this time around. But I enjoyed the story and look forward to the next book. Hugo, his brother Father Leo, Georgia and Freya are particularly likable characters.
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2.0 out of 5 starsintriguing story but full of distracting typos
By Deborah F. on October 28, 2015
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Having read and enjoyed the first book in this series, I preordered the sequel and read it immediately. I was dismayed to find many instances of missing words, repeated and wrongly places phrases and incorrect grammar that marred the experience.

This book needs careful editing. It appears to have been rushed to release without having been read for errors.
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December 17, 2015
Hello Deborah, thank you for flagging this problem. This review is related to a brief issue wherein the Kindle file for this book had typos. This issue has now been resolved and customers who have purchased the book have a corrected file.

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