Alys Clare
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- Harris, Elizabeth
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- 1944
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- Kent, England, UK
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- University of Kent (archaeology)
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- Alys Clare is the pseudonym of a novelist with some 20 published works to her name. Brought up in the countryside close to where the Hawkenlye Novels are set, she went to school in Tonbridge and later studied archaeology at the University of Kent. She lives for part of the year in Brittany, in a remote cottage deep in an ancient landscape where many past inhabitants have left their mark; on her doorstep are relics that date from the stone circles and dolmens of the Neolithic to the commanderies, chapels and ancient tracks of those infamous warrior monks, the Knights Templar. In England, Alys's study overlooks a stretch of parkland which includes a valley with a little spring. The waters of this spring are similar in colour and taste to Tunbridge Wells's famous Chalybeat Spring, and it was this that prompted Alys's setting of her fictional Hawkenlye Abbey in the very spot where her own house now stands.
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1883 Felix Wilbraham is in Paris collecting a windfall from the will of a past lover while back in London Lily has a new case. The fiance of Wilberforce Chibb, who has been committed to a French asylum for murder, wants Lily to determine if he is innocent, so that they can marry, or not. Soon Lily and Felix are united and set off to Paimpont Asylum. But Wilberforce has escaped. Can they find him and prove his innocence.
An entertaining and well-written historical mystery with its very likeable main characters. Another good addition to this enjoyable series.… (meer)
An entertaining and well-written historical mystery with its very likeable main characters. Another good addition to this enjoyable series.… (meer)
The World's End Bureau Victorian mystery series is a favorite of mine, peopled with an unusual cast of characters who are all quite engaging and whose different skills are usefully complementary. This volume begins and ends in England, but takes place for the most part in France.
Lily Raynor, head of the World's End Bureau, has been asked to travel to France to look for a patient missing from an asylum. The request comes from missing man's fiancee, and she explains that he may or may not be responsible for two murders, and she wants him found so she can decide whether to continue their engagement. Meanwhile, Felix Wilbraham, the other member of the World's End Bureau, is already in France, having been notified of an unexpected inheritance.
The two join up and begin the hunt for the missing man—and quickly realize there are others also looking for him who would like to take Raynor and Wilbraham off the case, by killing them if necessary. Raynor and Wilbraham follow one lead after another, traveling from Paris to the French side of the Pyrenees and back again.
There is an interesting mystery at the heart of this novel that involves a wild mix of characters, but the primary action focuses on the journey to, in, and from France. I admit that I grew somewhat tired of repeated rounds of our-heroes-escape-to-x-only-to-find-their-nemeses-still-in-pursuit. Chase scenes can be exciting, but they can't really carry a novel.
If you like historical mysteries, I strongly recommend the World's End Bureau series, but I would suggest starting with one of the three previous volumes. The Stranger in the Asylum will make more satisfying reading once you've come to know the characters a bit better.
I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via NetGalley; the opinions are my own.… (meer)
Lily Raynor, head of the World's End Bureau, has been asked to travel to France to look for a patient missing from an asylum. The request comes from missing man's fiancee, and she explains that he may or may not be responsible for two murders, and she wants him found so she can decide whether to continue their engagement. Meanwhile, Felix Wilbraham, the other member of the World's End Bureau, is already in France, having been notified of an unexpected inheritance.
The two join up and begin the hunt for the missing man—and quickly realize there are others also looking for him who would like to take Raynor and Wilbraham off the case, by killing them if necessary. Raynor and Wilbraham follow one lead after another, traveling from Paris to the French side of the Pyrenees and back again.
There is an interesting mystery at the heart of this novel that involves a wild mix of characters, but the primary action focuses on the journey to, in, and from France. I admit that I grew somewhat tired of repeated rounds of our-heroes-escape-to-x-only-to-find-their-nemeses-still-in-pursuit. Chase scenes can be exciting, but they can't really carry a novel.
If you like historical mysteries, I strongly recommend the World's End Bureau series, but I would suggest starting with one of the three previous volumes. The Stranger in the Asylum will make more satisfying reading once you've come to know the characters a bit better.
I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via NetGalley; the opinions are my own.… (meer)
This series gets increasingly juicy. I love the bits of mysticism along with the solid plotting and wonderful characters.
Lassair, the main character, is developing her healing skills, and in this adventure, is sent to Spain to her mentor Gurdyman's home town.
The world of Muslim/Christian Spain in the beginning of the Second Millenium, Common Era, is lovingly detailed, and the characters come very nicely to life.
Lassair, the main character, is developing her healing skills, and in this adventure, is sent to Spain to her mentor Gurdyman's home town.
The world of Muslim/Christian Spain in the beginning of the Second Millenium, Common Era, is lovingly detailed, and the characters come very nicely to life.
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Ex nurse Lily Raynor’s detective prowesses continue to grow as she takes on another case for the World’s End Bureau, the enquiry agency she’s started.
Lily’s been asked to try and prove the innocence, or guilt, of Phyllida Westwood’s ex fiancé, Wilberforce Chibb. Chibb is currently residing in an asylum in Paimpont, Brittany. He's accused of murdering his father and is now an inmate of that institution. Phyllida wants the truth.
Lily’s assistant, Felix Wilbraham, has been in Paris tying up some loose ends about an inheritance left to him by his former lover Solange Devaux Moncontour. It had been withheld by the family solicitors. (Some of Felix’s past coming to light. Hmm!)
Lily telephones Felix to have him stay in Paris and meet her.
Their investigations take them into that Breton asylum, rescuing Will the young man whose been condemned for a murder he possibly hasn’t committed. They flee up to the Pyrenees, into Switzerland, back to Paris trekking unknown trails, and onto England all the time being relentlessly pursued by English and German intelligence organizations. Gun toting secret agents not withstanding, they finally make it to England. Always their pursuers seem to be if not one step ahead, then close on their heels?!
An intriguing and dark, bordering on the Gothic mystery, that smacks of plots, counter plots, and hidden secrets.
A Severn House ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher.… (meer)