✨ Happy Paperback Publication Day ✨ |
| Harper Impulse 20 September 2018 My thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for my e-copy of this book |
What's it all about...
In the aftermath of war, Emily Sutton struggles to find her place in a world irrevocably changed by conflict. When she refuses to follow tradition and join her father’s antiques business – or get married – her parents send her for an ‘improving’ stay with her spinster cousin in the Cotswolds. But Emily arrives to find her cousin’s cottage empty and a criminal at work in the neighbourhood.
A deadly scandal still haunts this place – the death of John Langton, the rumour of his hoard of wartime spoils, leaving his older brother to bear the disgrace. Now, even as Emily begins to understand each man’s true nature, the bright summer sky is darkened by a new attack. Someone is working hard to ensure that John’s ghost will not be allowed to rest, with terrifying consequences…
Here are my thoughts about it...
In The Antique Dealer's Daughter we are introduced to Emily, who with a mind of her own, doesn't always see eye to eye with her parents. Her father would prefer it if she followed him into the antique business but Emily refuses to conform to tradition. In desperation, her parents send Emily to stay with an unmarried cousin who lives in a cottage in the Cotswolds, but when Emily arrives to an empty cottage, she finds that she is inadvertently involved in a rather dark mystery which is haunted by a scandal from the past
The author writes with great enthusiasm and clearly does her research well as both time and place are nicely described and, within the 1940s setting, there is a real sense of history. As with this author's previous stories, the mystery is complicated and there is much to take in, both in terms of character and plot, but, as always, the strength of the lead female character does much to carry the story forward. The adventure is filled with twists and turns and Emily finds that she needs to keep one step ahead of the game. I found the story a little over descriptive at times. and it takes a while for the story to settle. however, once I got used to the author's distinct style of writing, I started to enjoy the book.
The author seems to be developing a niche for this type of historical mystery/adventure and I look forward to seeing what she writes next.
The Antiques Dealer's Daughter is published today in paperback by Harper Impulse.
The author seems to be developing a niche for this type of historical mystery/adventure and I look forward to seeing what she writes next.
The Antiques Dealer's Daughter is published today in paperback by Harper Impulse.
This is now the third book by this author which has a wartime setting
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for taking the time to comment - Jaffareadstoo appreciates your interest.