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Bezig met laden... A Cold Highland Wind: A Lady Emily Mystery (Lady Emily Mysteries, 17) (editie 2023)door Tasha Alexander (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkA Cold Highland Wind door Tasha Alexander
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  CelticLibrarian | May 4, 2024 |   I have read many of the Lady Emily mysteries, and I did not like this one as well as some of the previous offerings. I found the alternating narratives to be confusing, even though they were tied together at the end of the novel. I would have preferred to read these as two separate stories, as I felt the alternating viewpoints detracted from the overall storyline. There was just too much going on. I received this novel from the publisher and from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own. (  ) LadyoftheLodge | Oct 21, 2023 |  ) jamespurcell | Oct 14, 2023 | I love anything set in Scotland. And this is a good read, just not the best. It just felt a bit disjointed in places. It flashes back to the 1600s and sometimes that is a bit confusing…NOW! This could have been me. It comes out in the end, but I just had issues with it during the book. I did enjoy the history thrown into this tale…add in the hidden motives and all the secrets and you have a pretty good tale…Lots of intrigue and puzzles to decipher! The narrator, Bianca Amato did a wonderful job, especially pronouncing Loch correctly! Kudos! (I practiced every time she said it…still can’t do it right!) Need a unique mystery…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today! I received this novel from the publisher for a honest opinion. ( ) fredreeca | Oct 1, 2023 | It’s 1905, Lady Emily and Colin Hargreaves are holidaying at Castle Cairnfarn in the Scottish Highlands along with their gorgeous and wickedly precocious sons, twins Henry and Richard, and their beloved adopted son Tom. They’re guests of Emily’s childhood friend, Jeremy Sheffield, the Duke of Bainbridge. Jeremy is a bumbling delight with two madcap great aunties who keeps every one on their toes. The boys particularly enjoy the aunties, for reasons that become quite clear. Mind you the boys do insist on walking Cedric the crocodile. I would not be so blasé. Crocodiles as pets! Hmmm! Recipe for disaster! As always there’s another story running in tandem, set in Cairnfarn in 1676. The tale of Tansy, a young moorish girl sold into slavery and eventually passed on to Rossalyn, Lady MacAllister, mistress of Castle Cairnfarn. Rosalyn frees her, but as Tansy often soliloquises, what good will that do her if she can’t return to her family and homeland in Tunisia. This part of the story turns into a tale of women dispossessed, of women accused of witchcraft, and of artefacts from that date. Meanwhile back in 1905 the boys upsettingly discover the body of the gamekeeper, murdered rather nastily. Emily and Colin, find themselves pressed into investigating. What follows is a rather convoluted exploration of who kew what when. I laughed at how the boys kept interrupting their parents at inappropriate moments! The boys are just so earnest and funny in their moves to do their own thing. As we close Jeremy is trying to talk one of them (any one!) into being pronounced his heir. The Duke can’t be bothered with marriage. Another winning and solid addition to the Lady Emily Mysteries. (I do love the cover BTW) A St Martins Press ARC via NetGalley. Many thanks to the author and publisher. (  ) eyes.2c | Sep 24, 2023 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Lady Emily (17)
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: "The entwined stories and Amato's passionate narration will remain in listeners' minds long after the mysteries are solved." â??AudioFile on In the Shadow of Vesuvius Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
LibraryThing-AuteurTasha Alexander is een LibraryThing auteur: een auteur die zijn persoonlijke bibliotheek toont op LibraryThing. Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen 
 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.0000Literature English (North America) American fiction By typeLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.63)
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Although this is the 17th in a series, this is only the second one I have read. Now I find that I want to go back and start from the beginning. I love the character of Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, as well as their extended family and friends. The 3 sons are a lot of fun and make for some humorous moments in the story.
In this installment, in the summer of 1905, the family visits an old friend Jeremy, Duke of Bainbridge, at Cairnfarn Castle in the Scottish Highlands. After a welcoming Ceilidh that lasted into the wee hours, the Duke's gamekeeper, Angus Sinclair, is found dead along the banks of the loch. Although the women of the village wanted to marry him, he certainly had some secrets and at least one enemy. Some strange clues are found during the investigation that lead back to 1676 when the madness of witchcraft trials reached the castle and a previous occupant, Lady MacAllister. Told in alternating points of view and shifting in time periods 1905 and 1676, the secrets and lies are revealed.
I like the writing style and the characters in this novel and the plot was complex but interesting. There were some surprises along the way as Lady Emily and her husband talk with the villagers and try to find the truth. I listened to the audiobook that I got from my local library while also reading along in the e-book ARC provided by the publisher and I liked the narrator very much, especially the Scottish accent and proper pronunciation that enhanced the atmosphere and setting of the story.
I'd recommend the series and I plan to continue reading additional installments. (