{"id":19978,"date":"2022-05-06T20:41:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T00:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19978"},"modified":"2024-01-21T10:43:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T15:43:41","slug":"a-perilous-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19978","title":{"rendered":"A Perilous Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Perilous Perspective<\/a><\/em> (2022) Anna Lee Huber<\/a> (Lady Darby Mystery)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Set in Scotland in 1832<\/p>\n

The tenth Lady Darby book finds Kiera and Sebastian are in Scotland for the wedding of her friend Charlotte to her cousin Rye. <\/p>\n

Trouble comes with Kiera realizes that several of Lord Barbreck’s paintings are most likely forgeries.<\/p>\n

If the forger had been able to replicate Van Dyck\u2019s style and technique more exactly, I think I would have been less upset, for then they would have at least exhibited skill equal to that of Van Dyck, or nearly so. I was no prig. I appreciated talent wherever it appeared. But to pass off this mediocre effort as the work of a master was frankly infuriating.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the things I particularly liked was how the baby was an integral part of the story–not just a prop. Kiera is breast feeding, so she has to time everything to meet the baby’s schedule. Even though she has a nursemaid, she still is up at night when Emma gets sick. And Kiera gets excited about the first milestones. Plus this:<\/p>\n

Cradling Emma\u2019s downy head in one arm while the other plucked lint from between the toes of her silky soft feet\u2014 her grabby little toes collected it like a magpie.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s just so charming.<\/p>\n

I did guess pretty quickly who the murderer was (maybe even before the first murder happened) but that’s fine.<\/p>\n

Mostly it was a lovely story to get absorbed in.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Berkley<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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