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The Dark Clue
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Walter Hartright and his sister-in-law Marian have been commissioned to write the definitive biography of the great Romantic landscape artist J. M. W. Turner, one of the boldest and most elusive geniuses of his age. But the only way to draw such a mysterious life out of the shadows is to venture into them themselves. The more Walter and Marian discover about Turner—the depraved company he kept, the sordid places he frequented, and his mysterious link to an unspeakable act—the more difficult it becomes for Walter and Marian to escape the pull of Turner's dangerous influences, both past and present.
Hailed by the
as "devilishly clever," James Wilson's epistolary literary thriller weds the characters from one of the best-known sensation novels of the nineteenth century with real historical figures of the era. For readers "seeking a dark tangled tale for an agreeably stormy night,
just might be the solution" (
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“I read "The Woman in WHite" by WIlkie Collins twice. To me, it's one those "perfect" novels. "The Dark Clue" claims to be a sequel to "The Woman in White." Well, it contains the same characters, and they're used (cleverly and with epistolary technique) in a mystery novel about a proposed bio of the painter Turner. But, with all their enthusiasm and academice prowless, they come across a secret. THe book has the feel of a 19th century VicLit novel, and I happen to view that genre as my favorite! This book is a real treat and escape from your world!”
“I thought this book started out promisingly but ran out of steam in the second half. The mystery itself was a little bit muddled and I was not a fan of the plot twist at the end. I think I can see what he was trying to achieve but the whole idea of these post-modern Victorian novels is that they should be at least as readable as the original novels they are modelled on, that in some way the writers are attempting to improve on them and use modern writing methods to make the genre fresh. I didn't think that this book managed that.”
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