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Search - Love for Sale (Grace and Favor, Bk 4)
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Book Description:
If Lily and Robert Brewster no longer have a penny to their names, at least they have a roof over their heads in this bleak Depression November of 1932 -- the sprawling estate of their late great-uncle in Voorburg-on-Hudson. But then a badly disguised stranger offers to pay generously to hold a very secret meeting there shortly before the national election. And soon one of the mystery guests is murdered in his bath, a local grade school teacher goes missing, and a little boy is kidnapped. With Pretty Boy Floyd rumored to be somewhere near, the nasty business smacks of underworld activity -- or possible political conspiracy aimed at sabotaging Roosevelt's election. Either way, Chief Howard Walker has nowhere to house all the suspects except at the local Hospital for the Criminally Insane. And the Brewster siblings are going to have their hands full tying the various ends together . . . and ferreting out the killer who abused their hospitality.
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3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not as strong as the previous books in the series. While I appreciate Churchill's bringing in new characters, she is losing control of the essential element of Point of View, and doing a lot more telling than showing.
I hope this isn't a signal as to where the series is headed.
Karen T. wrote on 5/7/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
4th book in the series
Christine A. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A Grace and Favor mystery. While Ms. Churchill has been compared to Agatha Christie, and while she does have talent, and while I have enjoyed the other books in the G&F series thus far, I didn't like this one as well. However, it was a spellbinding read.
Mary H. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Grace and Favor has been booked for a meeting of a mysterious group, but when the leader of the group gets murdered, everyone learns that he was a controversial traveling preacher. The investigation turns up many suspects. Robert and Lily also get part-time jobs as substitute teachers when the regular teacher takes leave for surgery. And a new boarder takes up residence in Grace and Favor house.
I enjoyed this book, and believe that Churchill has maintained the high quality of this series.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A light Depression-era mystery featuring a brother and sister, who have lost everything but a mansion that they must live in for a certain period according to the terms of the will.