Amanda
A Death After Dinner
The least liked guest at a country estate is murdered and an innocent man will hang for it if Liam Cuthbert doesn't uncover the real killer.
All through reading this book I had the overwhelming feeling that the setting is not quite right: everything from some of the food being served to the characters' behavior struck me as slightly more American than English. I never felt like I was reading about people in England during the 1950s, but rather a Hollywood version filled with stock characters.
I also never warmed to Liam; I think the author was going for charmingly eccentric, but he read as kind of sketchy to me. His hinting that he might be gay to a police inspector investigating the murder struck me as reckless since that was very much illegal at the time and could be seen as a motive for murder strikes me as reckless, and the way he treats Bruce upon their meeting makes me think he was looking for a sugar baby instead of a tenant.
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The least liked guest at a country estate is murdered and an innocent man will hang for it if Liam Cuthbert doesn't uncover the real killer.
All through reading this book I had the overwhelming feeling that the setting is not quite right: everything from some of the food being served to the characters' behavior struck me as slightly more American than English. I never felt like I was reading about people in England during the 1950s, but rather a Hollywood version filled with stock characters.
I also never warmed to Liam; I think the author was going for charmingly eccentric, but he read as kind of sketchy to me. His hinting that he might be gay to a police inspector investigating the murder struck me as reckless since that was very much illegal at the time and could be seen as a motive for murder strikes me as reckless, and the way he treats Bruce upon their meeting makes me think he was looking for a sugar baby instead of a tenant.
Received via NetGalley.