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Loading... Scold's Bridle (original 1994; edition 2008)by Minette Walters
Work InformationThe Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (1994)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Sorry, Minette, it's not you, it's the incest. ( ) This is the first book I've read by Minette Walters and I enjoyed it. I'm so used to today's fast-paced thrillers, though, that I had to change my expectations for this slower-paced mystery. The richest woman in a small English town is found dead in an obscure way in her estate home. Ruled a suicide, one detective is sure it is murder and investigates. The characters are likable and eccentric making for a fun read. The mystery is slow-paced but well-plotted and red herrings abound. I had an idea as to the killer but changed my mind multiple times, falling for the author's ploys. The ending was satisfying with a final shocking twist. I'd like to read more of the author's work. A really good book. Read it if you get the opportunity. Back Cover Blurb: An old woman is found dead in her bath, her wrists slashed: an apparent suicide. But she is wearing a scold's bridle on her head, adorned with a crown of nettles. What could have driven her to such a desperate act? The rumours start to spread that her death wasn't suicide but murder. Incredibile contorcimento della mente umana: un medico, un pittore, un poliziotto romantico, una famiglia nobile decaduta e depravata, silenzi, omicidi, pazzia, il tutto in salsa William Shakespeare e Robert Burns. Che dire: la Walters ci tiene col fiato sospeso dall'inizio alla fine con abilità e approfondimento dei personaggi, dei rapporti di coppia, dell'amore giovane, di mezza età e dell'anzianità. Un giallo mai scontato, un omicicdio che ne sottende altri, fisici ma anche morali, il banale suicidio di una vecchia artritica che diventa un caso quasi insolubile. no reviews | add a review
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Mathilda Gillespie's body was found nearly two days after she had taken an overdose and slashed her wrists with a utility knife. But what shocked Dr. Sarah Blakeney the most was the rusted metal cage obscuring the dead woman's face--a medieval instrument of torture called a scold's bridle grotesquely adorned with a garland of nettles and Michaelmas daises. What happened at Cedar House in the tortured hours before Mathilda's death? Detective Sergeant Cooper, an elderly policeman nearing retirement, is under pressure from his superiors to bring in a verdict of suicide. And even Mathilda's daughter and granddaughter insist that illness drove her to commit the desperate, final act. Only Sarah and her husband, Jack, refuse to believe that the Mathilda they knew would have taken her own life. Then comes the reading of Mathilda's Last Will and Testament, which shocks her family into a stunned and bitter silence. For Dr. Sarah Blakeney has inherited everything. No library descriptions found. |
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