A Nice Derangement Of Epitaphs: An Inspector George Felse Novel
Registered by Colombina of Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on 4/28/2016
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2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Colombina from Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Thursday, April 28, 2016
Looking for long-lost poems, Simon wants to open the tomb of the poet and smuggler Jan Treverra who died with his wife Morwenna centuries ago. But when the tomb is opened in the presence of Detective Inspector George Felse who is spending his holidays with his family in Cornwall and came out of curiosity to witness the opening, the corpse within does not look very ancient at all...
I was spellbound by this well-crafted novel set in the beautiful and rough landscape of the Cornish seaside. The author's character descriptions are very skilful, the characters appear vivid and deep. And I have found all different and yet entwined storylines equally suspenseful and touching - the mysterious death of Jan and Morwenna Treverra that was not at all as quiet as the epitaphs of their tombs ("No Saint could die more blessed and comforted than I...") suggest, the storyline of young boy Paddy discovering who he really is and, of course, the mystery of the recently dead man lying in the tomb of the poet...
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Read for efell's reading challenge (category "mystery") as well as for the Let's read in English challenge on lovelybooks.de
I was spellbound by this well-crafted novel set in the beautiful and rough landscape of the Cornish seaside. The author's character descriptions are very skilful, the characters appear vivid and deep. And I have found all different and yet entwined storylines equally suspenseful and touching - the mysterious death of Jan and Morwenna Treverra that was not at all as quiet as the epitaphs of their tombs ("No Saint could die more blessed and comforted than I...") suggest, the storyline of young boy Paddy discovering who he really is and, of course, the mystery of the recently dead man lying in the tomb of the poet...
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Read for efell's reading challenge (category "mystery") as well as for the Let's read in English challenge on lovelybooks.de
Journal Entry 2 by Colombina at Le Petit Châtelet [ex. OBCZ, FERMÉ] in -Paris 1er, Ile-de-France France on Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (5/10/2016 UTC) at Le Petit Châtelet [ex. OBCZ, FERMÉ] in -Paris 1er, Ile-de-France France
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Happy reading! / Bonne lecture ! / Viel Freude mit diesem Buch!
Not a bad reading but not convincing.
Journal Entry 4 by laure69 at Hurtigrute Nordnorge in Svolvær, Nordland fylke Norway on Saturday, July 29, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (7/21/2017 UTC) at Hurtigrute Nordnorge in Svolvær, Nordland fylke Norway
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On the Hurtigruten ship (Express côtier) between Stamsund and Svolvaer, at the expedition desk