Cold Cruel Winter (Richard Nottingham Mystery)

by Chris Nickson | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 1780290055 Global Overview for this book
Registered by jlautner of Henderson, Nevada USA on 10/3/2014
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Journal Entry 1 by jlautner from Henderson, Nevada USA on Friday, October 3, 2014
Took from the Fernwood Drive Little Free Library in San Luis Obispo, CA about a week ago.

Journal Entry 2 by jlautner at San Luis Obispo, California USA on Wednesday, October 22, 2014
I was surprised by how much I liked this. It is set in 1732 and features Richard Nottingham, a Constable of the city of Leeds.

I have read other mysteries set in the past and have found many irritating in their attempts to have people speak as they did then. Much of the written word in the 1700s was not the same at all as the spoken word. Yet many writers will take the flowery speech of the past writings and have all of their characters using it. I believe that people spoke plainly, or at least so that they could be easily understood, and that books reflecting the past should have characters speaking clearly as well.

This novel reflects the time in the living conditions, the technology, some beliefs.

Nottingham's elder daughter had died and he is still grieving when his attention is taken by a strange murder: a man who is killed and then has had the skin off his back taken, neatly. What manner of killer he is?

Nottingham and his crew settle on a suspect and their suspicions are confirmed by the man himself. Although Leeds is a small city, it is still difficult to locate one person in it who does not want to be found. From correspondence by the killer and yet another murder, Nottingham realizes he is in a race against time to prevent additional deaths.

The plot is well-enough plotted, even if a bit far-fetched (most fictional serial killers are far more logical than real ones), but what I enjoyed were the private, personal touches. I felt a connection to Nottingham and a desire to read more of the series.

Journal Entry 3 by jlautner at Little Free Library On Maple Street in Arroyo Grande, California USA on Friday, October 24, 2014

Released 9 yrs ago (10/24/2014 UTC) at Little Free Library On Maple Street in Arroyo Grande, California USA

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