3.5
Sorry for the Dead
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At once a compelling murder mystery and a moving exploration of love and grief, critically acclaimed author Nicola Upson's eighth Josephine Tey mystery is a force to be reckoned with.
In the summer of 1915, the sudden death of a young girl brings grief and notoriety to Charleston Farmhouse on the Sussex Downs.
Years later, Josephine Tey returns to the same house--now much changed--and remembers the two women with whom she once lodged as a young teacher during the Great War. As past and present collide, with murders decades apart, Josephine is forced to face the possibility that the scandal which threatened to destroy those women's lives hid a much darker secret.
In the summer of 1915, the sudden death of a young girl brings grief and notoriety to Charleston Farmhouse on the Sussex Downs.
Years later, Josephine Tey returns to the same house--now much changed--and remembers the two women with whom she once lodged as a young teacher during the Great War. As past and present collide, with murders decades apart, Josephine is forced to face the possibility that the scandal which threatened to destroy those women's lives hid a much darker secret.
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3.5
BelievableChange and growDiverse representationLikeableMemorableMinor characters stand outMultilayeredOriginalRelatableStrong relationshipsClever plottingGripping/excitingNonlinear narrativeSatisfying conclusionSlow start, strong finishUnpredictableBleakDarkExpansiveGrittyHistoricalImmersive world-buildingRealisticSetting fits the storyClear but uninspiredStraightforwardTakes getting used toAbleismChild lossDeathGriefHomophobiaMurderSelf-harmSexual assaultWar violence
“Started and finished date - 16.04.25 to 18.04.25.
My rating - Three Stars.
This book was okay but I didn't love it and the cover of book was okay also the writing was fine. The paced of plot was well structured and the plot was steady paced also the atmosphere was okay. The writing was fine and I like the characters but I would have like them to flash out more”
About Nicola Upson
Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. She has worked in theatre and as a freelance journalist, and is the author of two non-fiction works and the recipient of an Escalator Award from the Arts Council England. Her debut novel, An Expert in Murder, was the first in a series of crime novels to feature Josephine Tey--one of the leading authors of Britain's age of crime-writing. Her research for the books has included many conversations with people who lived through the period and who knew Josephine Tey well, most notably Sir John Gielgud. The book was dramatised by BBC Scotland for Woman's Hour, and praised by PD James as marking 'the arrival of a new and assured talent'. Nicola lives with her partner in Cambridge and Cornwall.
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