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- Murder At the Folly (Violet Carlyle Cozy Historical Mystery, book 3) by Beth Byers
I hope the next book brings back the Rose Simpson and writing missing from this one. Mar 06, Linda Sharp rated it did not like it.
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Not as good as past books. Also the plot and ending was very predictable. Oct 25, Gail Gassen rated it it was amazing. I love these books of Rose Simmons. She's a delightful character, as is Cedric.
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Who is now her husband. Can't wait till the next book is out! This one was very difficult in what was right, or what was a red herring I en Another murder solved! Of course you don't have to start at the first book, but I think they're more enjoyable to know the characters better. Dec 18, Jan Duthie rated it really liked it. Another murder on the estate brings the new countess into several awkward situations- the Scotland Yard detective, the social divide and her new husband. The plot and characters are good as always but I just had the feeling that the scene was being set for the next book in many ways.
I do prefer each to be an entity in itself and the next book referring back to incidents in previous books but this almost had the feeling of a cliffhanger. Nov 21, Suzi rated it it was amazing. This series delivers exactly what I love - old 'piles', murders, and great characters.
This book did have an amateur investigator who was rather wishy-washy and unable to concentrate on the investigation into about the first third of the book - I'm wondering if she is pregnant? Thank you Ms Addison, once again! Not what I expected. I wanted more personal interaction with the main characters, notably between Rose and Cedric. No heir on the way? This was just another mystery, unlike the early books which had so much detail about their lives.
Also, where was Lavinia? Why is she no longer involved? In my opinion, this was a disappointing chapter in the series. Mar 31, Kimberley O'Malley rated it liked it. Certainly not one if the better books in her series. Sep 13, Jeannette Elrick rated it really liked it. I didn't find this book as engaging as previous, it was a slow start and didn't seem to flow as well. Feb 26, Ellen rated it it was amazing. Murder in the back yard An English cozy mystery, with motives and opportunities every where. Twists and turns, a great read by the fire book.
Dec 04, Vickie rated it really liked it. Good cast of characters, a little tension and a lot of mystery! Jul 28, Michelle Abraham Ne Hartshorn rated it it was amazing. Nov 09, Mrs Kay Justice rated it it was amazing. Extremely good Love the characters.
I normally suss out the ending but this was a real surprise. Feb 04, Anthea rated it did not like it. Really dull - not up to the standard of the previous books in the series. Oct 15, Shelby rated it really liked it. I felt a little cheated. I will wait for book 8 to provide answers to Rose's fate. Kate rated it it was amazing Nov 22, J Scott Edwards rated it really liked it Dec 12, Gwen Montesino rated it really liked it May 07, Jenny Hayward rated it it was amazing May 22, Sue Simmons rated it it was amazing Nov 19, Patrick Flanagan rated it liked it Oct 08, Stacy rated it it was amazing Feb 05, At Nasse House, Mrs Oliver explains that small aspects of her plans for the Murder Hunt have been changed by requests from people in the house rather deviously, until a real murder would not surprise her.
His much younger wife is the beautiful Hattie, Lady Stubbs. She shows interest in fine clothes and jewellery only, appearing simple to all but her husband's secretary, Miss Brewis, who sees through Hattie's outward appearance but is herself conflicted because of her own feelings for her employer, Sir George. Hattie and George were introduced by Amy Folliat, the last of the family who had owned the estate for centuries.
Widowed, Mrs Folliat lost her two sons during the War. With the death duties very high in the post-war period, she had to sell the ancestral home and grounds to keep it intact.
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Mrs Folliat rents the lodge on the estate. Michael Weyman, an architect, is on site to design a tennis court; he criticises the inappropriate location of a recently built folly. Sir George shouts at three young tourists who cross his private property; they are a Dutch woman, an Italian woman, and a man wearing a shirt decorated with turtles.
A local Girl Guide , Marlene Tucker, waits in the boathouse to pose as the dead victim when a player finds the key to enter. Her first visitor is Miss Brewis with a tray of refreshments at tea time, at Hattie's request. With Mrs Oliver, Poirot discovers Marlene dead in the boathouse. Hattie cannot be found. The investigation focuses first on Etienne de Sousa and briefly on Amanda Brewis. Further confusion is added by the behaviour of the Legges, staying in a cottage on the estate and whose marriage is in trouble.
After weeks of no progress, Poirot visits Devon again, learning that Hattie is still missing. Merdell, the old boatman, who drowned, was Marlene's grandfather. Poirot puts together several stray clues: Marlene's grandfather had seen a woman's body in the woods; Marlene received small sums of money used to make small purchases, now in her younger sister's possession.
Merdell had told Poirot mischievously that there would "always be Folliats at Nasse House". Mrs Folliat paired him with the wealthy but naive Hattie, hoping that the marriage would be beneficial to both. But James fleeced Hattie of her money to establish his new identity and to purchase the old family home.
Unknown to Mrs Folliat, James had married a young Italian woman after deserting the war. He killed the original Hattie shortly after entering into the bigamous marriage, and his Italian wife played the role of Hattie thereafter. Marlene Tucker had learned the true identity of George Stubbs from her grandfather.
Both were murdered separately, although the old man's death has been presumed accidental. She switches between the two roles frequently over a hour period. The fake Hattie sends Miss Brewis to bring refreshments to Marlene shortly before the girl is murdered.
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She kills Marlene then changes to the tourist guise, tossing the large hat she wore as Hattie in the river. She then leaves the area as the Italian tourist carrying a rucksack. The date of Marlene's murder had been selected to cast suspicion upon Etienne, who had written weeks earlier of his visit, as he told Inspector Bland. Having grown up with the real Hattie, Etienne would not have been fooled. Neither the arrests of the culprits nor legal charges against the despairing Mrs Folliat are mentioned. The novel concludes with the sounds of the police smashing up the folly to locate and exhume Hattie's body.
Anthony Quinton began his review column in the Times Literary Supplement of 21 December , writing, "Miss Agatha Christie's new Poirot story comes first in this review because of this author's reputation and not on its own merits, which are disappointingly slight.
They consist almost wholly in the appearance yet once more of certain profoundly familiar persons, scenes and devices.
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Poirot is on hand with his superb English, based, one supposes, on the middle line in the French lessons in the Children's Encyclopaedia , but the little grey cells are rather subdued. People are never candid about their vices so there is no need to take seriously the protestations of detective addicts about their concern with the sheer logic of their favourite reading. What should be the real appeal of Dead Man's Folly , however, is not much better than its logic.