Wetdryvac reviewed Silent in the sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
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5 stars
My goodness that was a mess. I a really well executed, fun to read way.
electronic resource
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2009 by MIRA.
Fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father's estate crowded with family and friends; but dark deeds are afoot at the deconsecrated abbey, and a murderer roams the ancient cloisters. Much to her surprise, the one man she had hoped to forget, the enigmatic and compelling Nicholas Brisbane, is among her father's houseguests... and he is not alone. Not to be outdone, Julia shows him that two can play at flirtation and promptly introduces him to her devoted, younger, titled Italian count.But the homecoming celebrations quickly take a ghastly turn when one of the guests is found brutally murdered in the chapel, and a member of Lady Julia's own family confesses to the crime. Certain of her cousin's innocence, Lady Julia resumes her unlikely and deliciously intriguing partnership with Nicholas Brisbane, setting out to unravel a tangle of deceit before the …
Fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father's estate crowded with family and friends; but dark deeds are afoot at the deconsecrated abbey, and a murderer roams the ancient cloisters. Much to her surprise, the one man she had hoped to forget, the enigmatic and compelling Nicholas Brisbane, is among her father's houseguests... and he is not alone. Not to be outdone, Julia shows him that two can play at flirtation and promptly introduces him to her devoted, younger, titled Italian count.But the homecoming celebrations quickly take a ghastly turn when one of the guests is found brutally murdered in the chapel, and a member of Lady Julia's own family confesses to the crime. Certain of her cousin's innocence, Lady Julia resumes her unlikely and deliciously intriguing partnership with Nicholas Brisbane, setting out to unravel a tangle of deceit before the killer can strike again. When a sudden snowstorm blankets the abbey like a shroud, it falls to Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane to answer the shriek of murder most foul.
My goodness that was a mess. I a really well executed, fun to read way.
I read this one by accident - I had just finished Raybourn's first Veronica Speedwell book and meant to read the second, scrolled down through my books and saw the this book by her and the cover art looked about right, so I started reading it. I was a little confused why the characters from the Speedwell weren't anywhere until I'd read a few dozen pages and clued in to the fact that I was reading a book in a different series by the same author. I was impressed with how well I was able to pick up the story with so many characters without reading the first book
I really dug the Lady Julia character and the setting, but I haven't read many mysteries and didn't super dig the mystery part of the book.
I'll definitely go back and read at least the first book in the Lady Julia …
I read this one by accident - I had just finished Raybourn's first Veronica Speedwell book and meant to read the second, scrolled down through my books and saw the this book by her and the cover art looked about right, so I started reading it. I was a little confused why the characters from the Speedwell weren't anywhere until I'd read a few dozen pages and clued in to the fact that I was reading a book in a different series by the same author. I was impressed with how well I was able to pick up the story with so many characters without reading the first book
I really dug the Lady Julia character and the setting, but I haven't read many mysteries and didn't super dig the mystery part of the book.
I'll definitely go back and read at least the first book in the Lady Julia series, even though I wasn't super into this book, I enjoyed it and I'm betting one of the other books in this series will be more my jam.