Murder Most Persuasive by Tract Kiely
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1SharonR53
St. Martin's Press
Pub date 8/30/2011
This is the third book in Ms. Kiley's series of mysteries loosely based on Jane Austen books. Persuasion is my favorite of Austen's books so I was happy to see this book come out. Elizabeth Parker goes to the funeral of her uncle and gets caught up in another murder. After the funeral, the widow decides to have a celebration which ruffles the feathers of the deceased's children. In the midst of planning the event, a body is discovered at the family summer home. It turns out to be Michael, the ex fiance of Elizabeth's cousin Reggie. Ten years earlier, Michael and Reggie had an acrimonious split and he supposedly took off with millions of the family business' assets. The detective who comes to investigate is the long lost love of Ann, Elizabeth's other cousin. Mayhem abounds. more people die and the murderer is finally revealed.
This book was not as strong as the previous two but it was still enjoyable. The family dysfunction was portrayed well and rang true. The shades of Persuasion were there in the rekindling of the romance between Ann and her detective Joe Muldoon. The interfering but well meaning family friend was sympathetically portrayed and the flighty sister and her ill mannered children were in the story as well.
I liked that Elizabeth's boyfriend and aunt were not happy about her getting involved in another murder. In so many of these type of books, the amateur detective goes on their merry way into dangerous situations and their family is all supportive. I thought the family intereactions were realistic and the characters remained true to form throughout. I even felt bad for the killer on some level.
I look forward to the next book in the series.
Pub date 8/30/2011
This is the third book in Ms. Kiley's series of mysteries loosely based on Jane Austen books. Persuasion is my favorite of Austen's books so I was happy to see this book come out. Elizabeth Parker goes to the funeral of her uncle and gets caught up in another murder. After the funeral, the widow decides to have a celebration which ruffles the feathers of the deceased's children. In the midst of planning the event, a body is discovered at the family summer home. It turns out to be Michael, the ex fiance of Elizabeth's cousin Reggie. Ten years earlier, Michael and Reggie had an acrimonious split and he supposedly took off with millions of the family business' assets. The detective who comes to investigate is the long lost love of Ann, Elizabeth's other cousin. Mayhem abounds. more people die and the murderer is finally revealed.
This book was not as strong as the previous two but it was still enjoyable. The family dysfunction was portrayed well and rang true. The shades of Persuasion were there in the rekindling of the romance between Ann and her detective Joe Muldoon. The interfering but well meaning family friend was sympathetically portrayed and the flighty sister and her ill mannered children were in the story as well.
I liked that Elizabeth's boyfriend and aunt were not happy about her getting involved in another murder. In so many of these type of books, the amateur detective goes on their merry way into dangerous situations and their family is all supportive. I thought the family intereactions were realistic and the characters remained true to form throughout. I even felt bad for the killer on some level.
I look forward to the next book in the series.
