Waterstones A Snapshot of Murder
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Price: £8.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' Daily Mail Taking the perfect photograph can be murder. Yorkshire, 1928. Indomitable sleuth Kate Shackleton is taking a well-deserved break from her detective work and indulging in her other passion: photography. When her local Photographic Society proposes an outing, Kate jumps at the chance to visit Haworth and Stanbury, in the heart of Bronte country, the setting for Wuthering Heights. But when an obnoxious member of their party is murdered, the group is thrown into disarray. Is the murderer amongst them, or did the loud-mouthed Tobias have more enemies than they might have imagined? Armed with her wit and wiles, and of course her trusty camera, it's up to Kate to crack the case, and get that perfect shot too. Praise for Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton series:' The series is right up there with Miss Marple' Sunday Sport' Delightful' People's Friend 'Frances Brody matches a heroine of free and independent spirit with a vivid evocation of time and place. a novel to cherish' Barry Turner, Daily Mail' Brody's excellent mystery splendidly captures the conflicts and attitudes of the time with well-developed characters' RT Book Reviews' Kate Shackleton is a splendid heroine' Ann Granger' Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs in a subgroup of young, female amateur detectives who survived and were matured by their wartime experiences. As self-reliant women in a society that still regards them a second-class citizens, they make excellent heroines' Literary Review' Frances Brody skilfully holds our attention, making us want to read on and then look forward to the next Kate Shackleton mystery' Gazette & Herald' Kate Shackleton is a delightful leading character. The flavour of post First World War England is beautifully portrayed. An enjoyable and gripping mystery story' Crime Squad. Com' The author keeps us highly entertained with an interesting and exciting plot, impeccably researched, and a style of writing that has the reader turning the pages eagerly to discover the truth of the mystery. Francis Brody is fast becoming the queen of light crime fiction' Gazette & Herald' This is whimsical, colourful stuff and readers will warm to the entrepreneurial yet fragile Kate' Take a Break' Refreshing and highly entertaining, especially for the winter nights' Gazette & Herald' Delightful. the series is right up there with Miss Marple and the like. On top of that, the covers are fantastic, too' Weekend Sport. Waterstones A Snapshot of Murder - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780349414324
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ISBN: 9780349414324
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Author: Miss R. A. Connor
Rating: 5
Review: Sometimes a series of books can get tired, or formulaic and you think a writer has got stale. Not so with the Kate Shackleton series. Not only is it still set in Yorkshire but different parts, still not far from Headingly. Kate and her team of Sykes, Mrs Sugden, Sergeant (dog) and Sookie (cat) odd one out Harriet as her surname does not begin with an S. But I love the books. They're not gruesome or gory. They're murder mysteries but set in the 20s. Hopefully she will keep writing these books. I'm starting the next one in a few minutes.
Author: M. Coakley
Rating: 3
Review: I have read all of the previous "Kate Shackleton" books and have enjoyed them. However, I really struggled to finish this book. I couldn't take to any of the characters at all and despite the story being set in wonderful Bronte territory I found the plot to be extremely dull. I really enjoyed the add-on short story at the end of the book, which depicted Kate's first case.
