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Dry Bones
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I read the Kindle edition.
3 stars
It’s 1974 in Oxford, England and Charles Swift is the bursar of St. Luke’s College. He is in Jennie Redhead’s office. She is a private investigator and Charlie’s best friend. In a drawn out manner, he reports that two skeletons have been found in the basement of St. Luke’s College with their heads bashed in. This first was killed about 55 or 65 years ago. The second was left between 30 and 40 years ago. This was determined because he removed two of the bones � and he hasn’t even called the police yet.
When Jennie arrives at the scene of the crime, she finds that all of the bones have been removed! Instead, she begins her interviews of college personnel. This book shift time between WWI and WWII in order to give the reader some backstory.
The name of the murder comes as a big surprise.
I like that this book is lightly humorous. It is well written and plotted. I found the interesting little factoids given about the two wars interesting. The tension in the story begins immediately when Charles walks into Jennie’s office, but it runs a little unevenly throughout the rest of the story. It just wasn’t quite my cup of tea.
I want to thank NetGalley and Severn House for forwarding to me a copy of this book to read.
3 stars
It’s 1974 in Oxford, England and Charles Swift is the bursar of St. Luke’s College. He is in Jennie Redhead’s office. She is a private investigator and Charlie’s best friend. In a drawn out manner, he reports that two skeletons have been found in the basement of St. Luke’s College with their heads bashed in. This first was killed about 55 or 65 years ago. The second was left between 30 and 40 years ago. This was determined because he removed two of the bones � and he hasn’t even called the police yet.
When Jennie arrives at the scene of the crime, she finds that all of the bones have been removed! Instead, she begins her interviews of college personnel. This book shift time between WWI and WWII in order to give the reader some backstory.
The name of the murder comes as a big surprise.
I like that this book is lightly humorous. It is well written and plotted. I found the interesting little factoids given about the two wars interesting. The tension in the story begins immediately when Charles walks into Jennie’s office, but it runs a little unevenly throughout the rest of the story. It just wasn’t quite my cup of tea.
I want to thank NetGalley and Severn House for forwarding to me a copy of this book to read.
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October 8, 2017
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October 8, 2017
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October 22, 2017
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October 23, 2017
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