{"id":22535,"date":"2023-11-15T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=22535"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:27:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:27:25","slug":"murder-at-spindle-manor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22535","title":{"rendered":"Murder at Spindle Manor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murder at Spindle Manor<\/em><\/a> (2022) Morgan Stang<\/a> (Lamplight Murder Mysteries)<\/p>\n

\"Murder<\/a>Isabeau Agarwal is a huntress, and her latest hunt has led her to Spindle Manor, to search out a monster that takes the memory and skins of it victims, replicating them until it finds a new victim. <\/p>\n

\u201cIs there any way I may be of any help to your Hunt?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, my Lady,\u201d said Isabeau. <\/p>\n

\u201cThen you may leave. And may death follow where you go. Rip and rend, Huntress. Leave nothing of the enemies from the darkness.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She brings with herself her training, he guns, her gaslamp, and an overeager coachman. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou must notice what’s not present in addition to what is, Evie. What have we not found in this bedroom so far?\u201d <\/p>\n

Evie looked about and shrugged. \u201cHappiness of any kind?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She meets a group of guests most who are returning to Lamplight from the travels together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is it I do? Why, I do anything and everything. Or dabble in it, at least. But what I’m most proud of, my greatest accomplishment, is that I’ve provided a goal for the grasping elite in Lamplight. A target to aim for. You see, when I attend a party, that party is a success. When I see a show, that show is a success. When I pay for a s\u00e9ance, that s\u00e9ance is a success. The spirits of generations centuries past push and shove for a chance to rub their ghostly shoulders with my own, only so they can brag to their ghostly peers back home they met Ms Angelica Keystone. I make friends, Ms Agarwal. I collect them, and I play with them, and I pet and feed and categorize them. And I watch them beam with happiness or pout with despair at my affections or disapproval. Who am I, you ask, Ms Agarwal? I am Lamplight’s greatest socialite.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like the The Bookshop and the Barbarian<\/em><\/a> there were Easter eggs–random mention of authors and characters from other books. <\/p>\n

The mystery had its week parts (Isabeau leaving the manor was one of them) but it was a fun romp.<\/p>\n

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

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