Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.
Cargando... Footsteps in the Dark (1932 original; edición 2007)por Georgette Heyer
Información de la obraFootsteps in the Dark por Georgette Heyer (1932)
Cargando...
InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Locals claim the Priory is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door. Left empty for years, and even their deceased uncle chose to live in a different house, far away from this particular property. But the ramshackle old house, with its rambling charm is the perfect setting for a much-needed holiday for siblings Peter, Celia and Margaret, who have inherited it from their uncle. It wasn't the lack of modern conveniences that made a summer spent at the ancient priory mansion such an unsettling experience. It was the supposed ghost... or whatever was groaning in the cellars and roaming the countryside around Framley Village after dark. But when a murder victim is discovered in the drafty Priory halls, the once unconcerned trio begins to fear that the ghostly rumors are true and they are not alone after all! But traditionally ghosts don't commit murder. And in this case, the things which go bump in the night are deadly. With a killer on the loose, will they find themselves the next victims or will they uncover the true in time? Does the key to the crime lie in the realm of the supernaturalr? Or is the explanation much more down to earth with a more corporeal culpritl of flesh and blood? Not since Austen's Northanger Abbey have I read about a supposedly haunted place where the expectations are humorously turned around. Celia, her brother Peter, and sister Margaret have inherited an old priory. It's 1932, so the fact that the priory has no electricity doesn't daunt them. The siblings, their aunt, and Celia's lawyer husband, Charles, bring the faithful family retainers, Bowers and his formidable wife, with them to spend a few weeks relaxing in the old place. Relax? Ha! The priory is said to be haunted by the ghost of one of the old monks. Yes, a cowled and robed figure does turn up on the grounds some nights. So do obviously human men, who may or may not be about on honest business. Could one of them be the mysterious monk? The priory does have some nice secret spaces and passages, but can Charles and Peter find them all? Of the female characters, Mrs. Bowers is the one most likely to give the robed figure a good thump on the head with something heavy. It's a pity she never encounters him. Celia is the most annoying, timid creature. The only reason why she stays is that Charles refuses to leave. Margaret is much more stout-hearted. Her weakness is local inn guest Michael Strange. She refuses to believe that he could be the monk. The aunt (Lydia?) is the sort of aunt often found in Ms. Heyer's Regency Romances. She refuses to believe in the monk to begin with, but later decides to try to summon his spirit in one of my favorite scenes. Given the period in which this was written, I'll have to forgive her for fainting when she encounters the monk during a late night visit to the priory's library, instead of using her candle to see if she set the monk on fire. This is the third time I've checked this book out and listened to it, but it had been seven years. I hadn't remembered anything consciously, but did my subconscious remember who the villain was or did I genuinely fix on the right suspect before I was halfway through? The action ramps up in the last two CDs. It's not a bad mystery. The humor makes it even more enjoyable. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesContenido en
Classic Literature.
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: What begins as an adventure soon becomes a nightmare... Locals claim it is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door, but to siblings Peter, Celia, and Margaret, the Priory is nothing more than a rundown estate inherited from their late uncleâ??and the perfect setting for a much-needed holiday. But when a murder victim is discovered in the drafty Priory halls, the once unconcerned trio begins to fear that the ghostly rumors are true and they are not alone after all! With a killer on the loose, will they find themselves the next victims of a supernatural predator, or will they uncover a far more corporeal culprit? "Bright and effervescent." â??The Times Literary Supplemen No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
Debates activosNingunoCubiertas populares
Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
¿Eres tú?Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing. |
Will almost certainly finish because Georgette Heyer is someone I feel I should at least give a fair hearing to and it's a pretty easy read but blurgh. Maybe it improves.
Ah ok so after finishing it I'm no more satisfied. There's a romance subplot and it's AWFUL - there's 0 romance just "oh you two are in love now". And this from a writer of romance novels! It feels like a plot device too because it's used to plant some red herrings. And the very ending felt like a Scooby-Doo style unmasking - it was so silly I laughed. There are very few clues throughout the novel and so instead we get a summary right near the end from the person who's *actually* been solving the mystery. Which is pretty disappointing because I immediately thought I'd rather be reading the book from his perspective. In general re the whole mystery - it's full of holes and with not enough clues, red herrings or info on any of the possible suspects to really make it interesting.
Weirdly probably the best part of the book was the "ghost story" aspect - it only comes through a bit but I found the sections where people see the Monk genuinely a bit spooky. Although maybe only because I'm really easily scared. In general just really really poor - yes, there's some satisfaction at the end, but the characters, setting, mystery, plotting, romance, descriptions etc... it just all really really falls short. Not unreadable but I'd never recommend it over the mountains of other cozy mystery type books out there. ( )