3 thoughts on “Something Blue: Lord and Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series, Book 3”
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Splendidly done and delightful! Something Blue is the third book in the Lord and Lady Hetheridge series, and I must say it’s my favorite so far. Emma Jameson does a wonderful job of blending the police procedural with the English cozy, and the entire novel is propelled along by the characters, who are finely honed and totally believable. There are some sly moments of humor in it but enough grit and drama to root it firmly in the real world, with a murder victim and goings-on that seemed torn from the headlines and a perfect…
Had this been a series been written before the authors graduated from high school, it might have been tolerable. What might have been a fun series of opposites attracting in Scotland Yard descended into immature, self-indulgent writing, complete with stereotyped and unbelievable characters, silly plot twists and content without a scintilla of credibility, even when one deploys “suspension of disbelief” as the literary term goes.
Not as good as previous installments I discovered Ice Blue, the first installment in the series, a few weeks ago. I enjoyed the first book tremendously, as it brings a younger, contemporary and unexpected approach to the classic British whodunit mystery. A breath of fresh air. It should be noted that the actual murder mystery feels more like an accessory to the main storyline, which is entirely taken up by the interactions of a handful of irrepressible characters. Dialogues are lively and sometimes hilarious. A great…
Splendidly done and delightful! Something Blue is the third book in the Lord and Lady Hetheridge series, and I must say it’s my favorite so far. Emma Jameson does a wonderful job of blending the police procedural with the English cozy, and the entire novel is propelled along by the characters, who are finely honed and totally believable. There are some sly moments of humor in it but enough grit and drama to root it firmly in the real world, with a murder victim and goings-on that seemed torn from the headlines and a perfect…
Had this been a series been written before the authors graduated from high school, it might have been tolerable. What might have been a fun series of opposites attracting in Scotland Yard descended into immature, self-indulgent writing, complete with stereotyped and unbelievable characters, silly plot twists and content without a scintilla of credibility, even when one deploys “suspension of disbelief” as the literary term goes.
Not as good as previous installments I discovered Ice Blue, the first installment in the series, a few weeks ago. I enjoyed the first book tremendously, as it brings a younger, contemporary and unexpected approach to the classic British whodunit mystery. A breath of fresh air. It should be noted that the actual murder mystery feels more like an accessory to the main storyline, which is entirely taken up by the interactions of a handful of irrepressible characters. Dialogues are lively and sometimes hilarious. A great…