CAPABLE OF MURDER - THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE - BLOODY HAM by Brian Kavanagh
BeWrite Books
www.bewrite.net
Genre: Fiction/Mystery
Rating: Good
ISBN: 1905202105, 1905202369, 1905202539,
Cost: $12.50, $12.50, $13.99. Pages: 184, 196 & 174
All three short, fictional mystery novels are included in this review. Capable of Murder introduces us to our protagonist, Belinda Lawrence. Australian-born Belinda inherits her murdered, great-aunt’s ancient cottage on the outskirts of Bath, England. Would someone commit murder over a garden?
The Embroidered Corpse–quoting from the back cover: "Two startling murders that replicate the death of a mediaeval English king and the discovery of a mysterious ancient tapestry lead Belinda Lawrence and her associate Hazel Whitby into a vortex of suspense involving a bizarre religious cult, an enigmatic academic, a group of monks devoted to aggression and clues to a thrilling conspiracy nearly a thousand years old.
Bloody Ham is the most contemporary of the three, and I quote: " Excitement and tension begin on the first day of filming a Restoration drama on location at the historic Jacobean mansion, Ham House in Surrey when one of the leading players collapses and dies. With the death ruled non-accidental the director, the producer and two members of the cast are all suspects."
I have included all three novels in this review because they are similar in many aspects. The stories are all a little bizarre, definitely English, and the murders quite gruesome. The author’s writing style is consistently entertaining, and Brian Kavanagh is a consummate writer. If you enjoy English-style mysteries, you may want to give him a read.
Kaye Trout - November 13, 2008
www.bewrite.net
Genre: Fiction/Mystery
Rating: Good
ISBN: 1905202105, 1905202369, 1905202539,
Cost: $12.50, $12.50, $13.99. Pages: 184, 196 & 174
All three short, fictional mystery novels are included in this review. Capable of Murder introduces us to our protagonist, Belinda Lawrence. Australian-born Belinda inherits her murdered, great-aunt’s ancient cottage on the outskirts of Bath, England. Would someone commit murder over a garden?
The Embroidered Corpse–quoting from the back cover: "Two startling murders that replicate the death of a mediaeval English king and the discovery of a mysterious ancient tapestry lead Belinda Lawrence and her associate Hazel Whitby into a vortex of suspense involving a bizarre religious cult, an enigmatic academic, a group of monks devoted to aggression and clues to a thrilling conspiracy nearly a thousand years old.
Bloody Ham is the most contemporary of the three, and I quote: " Excitement and tension begin on the first day of filming a Restoration drama on location at the historic Jacobean mansion, Ham House in Surrey when one of the leading players collapses and dies. With the death ruled non-accidental the director, the producer and two members of the cast are all suspects."
I have included all three novels in this review because they are similar in many aspects. The stories are all a little bizarre, definitely English, and the murders quite gruesome. The author’s writing style is consistently entertaining, and Brian Kavanagh is a consummate writer. If you enjoy English-style mysteries, you may want to give him a read.
Kaye Trout - November 13, 2008
posted by Kaye | 10:09 AM
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