{"id":11197,"date":"2018-10-31T19:16:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T23:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=11197"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:39:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:39:20","slug":"midwinter-intrigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11197","title":{"rendered":"Midwinter Intrigue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Midwinter Intrigue<\/a> <\/em> (2017) Tracy Grant<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Set in Scotland in 1818<\/p>\n

The 14th Malcolm and Melanie Rannoch book is a short story. It’s really an interlude between the previous book and the one that follows, that gets them from Italy back to Britain (in this case, Scotland).<\/p>\n

It also ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, which isn’t my favorite, but I was able to immediately start reading the next book, so that wasn’t quite so bad.<\/p>\n

Malcolm is called back to Scotland by his sister, because their grandfather is sick.<\/p>\n

Strathdon was wrapped in a blue brocade dressing gown, but when he turned the light caught the gleam of a pristine white shirt and an immaculately tied cravat beneath. And glittered off the crystal of the glass he held, half full of whisky. <\/p>\n

Malcolm stepped further into the room and surveyed his grandfather, suspicion beginning to take hold in his mind. He fixed the duke with a level gaze. “Sir? You look well.” <\/p>\n

Strathdon’s eyes glinted blue in the shadows. “You sound relieved. And a bit suspicious.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the things I particularly enjoy is that no matter how ridiculous some of the intrigues seem, we’re reminded they’re no more odd than the intrigues that went on at the time.<\/p>\n

As I said, this ends on a bit of a cliff hanger, and isn’t really a proper short story, but is more of an interstital story, to get us from the previous book to the next.<\/p>\n

Publisher: NYLA
\nRating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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