{"id":2178,"date":"2011-01-06T18:50:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T23:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2024-01-21T11:07:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:07:21","slug":"footsteps-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2178","title":{"rendered":"Footsteps in the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Footsteps in the Dark<\/a><\/em> (1932) Georgette Heyer<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Peter, Margaret, Cecelia and Charles (Cecelia’s husband) have inherited an old house in the country–the Priory. Some claim the house is haunted, and others claim to have seen the figure of a ghost on the grounds.<\/p>\n

But the four–and their aunt Lilian–refuse to be driven from the house by noisy spirits and believe there may be a more corporeal explanation to the sounds and events around the house.<\/p>\n

I’m not certain how I feel about the mystery. It was not a murder mystery, which probably threw me off initially, as I kept waiting for someone to die. And of course there was a strong element of romance (this is Georgette Heyer after all) which I didn’t mind at all. <\/p>\n

It was also a period piece, however, it took me a bit to determine precisely when the mystery was set. I decided it was set about the time of publication, between The Great War and WWII.<\/p>\n

I’ll probably have to read another to decide how I feel about her mysteries, but I do enjoy Georgette Heyer’s writing.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Sourcebooks Landmark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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