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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A thrilling conclusion to the Sir John Fielding series, this book has it all. Rich characters, wonderful London atmosphere, capable Georgian history, intricate plot, and scary moments. I so wish that another author had taken the reins of this series after Bruce Alexander's death. ( ) The eleventh and final installment in this marvelous series about Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate, brother of Henry and founder of the Bow Street Runners. The stories are all told from the point of view of Jeremy Proctor, adopted as a boy by Fielding and brought up by him. This final book was mostly written when Alexander died and there were plenty of notes to work from. The story is a little shakier than some of the others, involving a hypnotist and necromancer, but it is fun nonetheless. The series ends with Jeremy at the threshold of his adult life. I give the whole series a hearty five stars--if you like historical mysteries (I've discovered I have a real taste for them) they really don't get any better than this.***** This is the final Sir John Fielding historical mystery in which the subject of hypnotism and "Mesmerism" is investigated as a means to murder, when a member of Parliament jumps from Westminster Bridge into the Thames in front of a dozen witnesses, one of them being Annie Oakum, former cook of the Fielding household. It was obvious that the man jumped himself--no one pushed him--and it was known that he could not swim, but why would he jump? The mystery itself wasn't much of a mystery in this one, but many threads in the personal lives of the characters were tied together as Jeremy (who tells the stories) and Clarissa prepare for their nuptials. The ending was a bit anticlimactic, but due to the author's untimely death, the last few chapters were written by his wife with the help of another author. I shall greatly miss having more adventures of Jeremy and Sir John to read about, but at least I can always go back and visit them when the spirit moves me. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:A final gift from Bruce Alexander: a new book in his acclaimed mystery series about blind eighteenth-century London judge Sir John Fielding Beloved by legions of fans and a staple of best-of-the-year book lists, the Fielding mysteries thrill readers with a pitch-perfect fusion of vivid characterizations, evocative atmosphere, and riveting plotlines. And now, for all those fans, here is one more. In Rules of Engagement, Sir John and Jeremy are confronted with a series of bizarre deaths on the streets of Georgian London, in a mystery that tests even Sir John's legendary skills of deduction. When Lord Lammermoor, a close personal friend of the Lord Chief Justice, plunges to his death from the heights of Westminster Bridge in front of a dozen witnesses, suicide is ruled as the most likely cause of death. But Lammermoor's fatal leap coincides with the arrival of Dr. Goldsworthy, a student of the famous Dr. Anton Mesmer and his research in animal magnetism. Sir John's suspicions grow when it is discovered that Goldsworthy's patron in London is none other than the beautiful and austere Lady Lammermoor. Meanwhile, Jeremy's sleuthing uncovers a web of intrigue within the Lammermoor family, and the deeper he investigates, the more suspects he discovers who stand to gain from Lammermoor's death. Filled with Alexander's richly textured depictions of eighteenth-century London, and with a vibrant cast of characters "as vivid and sharp-witted as a Hogarth sketch" (The Seattle Times), Rules of Engagement is the brilliant conclusion to a splendid series. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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