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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The Art of Murder by Nicola Slade



A new start up group of art enthusiasts, some amateur some not, all quite talented getting together for what would hopefully be a new gathering of like minded people for the future.

The setting was also good - a new picturesque B&B with enthusiastic owners who were hoping that this initial weekend would be the beginning of new business for them.

Linzi Bray was the Chairperson of the group and she had a knack for creating strife, tension and dissension wherever she went. Individually lots of the group had pet hates against her with the exception of Harriet and Sam who were able to look on the entire proceedings with a certain amount of distance and fairness. What they learnt was not pleasant at all.

Everyone of the participants had an axe to grind with Linzi and there was no hesitation on their side to show their animosity and dislike. Reading the story you knew things were not going to end well before the weekend was over and it did end badly.

The story was well told, with nicely deduced step by step unraveling of the mystery.  The who dun it was quite mysterious till the end because so many of them had good reasons for murder! Lots of clues, lots of tense situations, and lots of nasty scary incidents well before the murder all helped to bring it to a climax.


The book was sent to me by Netgalley for an unbiased review courtesy of Endeavour Press.
















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4 comments:

  1. A thriller/mystery with art? Yes, please!

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  2. Mysteries are so rewarding when they keep you guessing right up to the end.

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  3. I like the sound of this book.

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  4. This one sounds like a series I need to try it sounds really good.

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