{"id":24918,"date":"2025-09-14T14:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24918"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:32:25","slug":"spectred-isle-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24918","title":{"rendered":"Spectred Isle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spectred Isle<\/em><\/a> (2017) KJ Charles (Green Men #1)<\/p>\n

\"Spectred<\/a>Set in London in 1923<\/p>\n

(T)he Empire that had covered a full quarter of the earth was beginning to look less like an immutable and unchanging truth and more like hubris.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As a normal sort of Englishman, Saul\u2019s reaction to religious enthusiasm was usually to remove himself from the conversation as quickly as possible. He couldn\u2019t. Major Peabody was going to be overjoyed by this. He smiled at the old man. \u201cTell me more.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The litany of possible dooms ran through Saul\u2019s head, adapting itself to the tune of \u2018What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor\u2019. Hanging off a tree in a leaden coffin<\/em>; drowned in a well with a tree grown over it<\/em>; arrow to the eye and lost in fenland<\/em>; ear-lie in the morning<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Randolph Glyde, Saul Lazenby, Major Peabody, Sam Caldwell, Max Isaacs, Huge Barney Barnaby, Syrena Phan, Jo Caldwell, Theresa Glyde, Geoffrey de Mandeville, Mr. Delingpole, Mr. Abchurch, Henrietta Abchurch, Vicar Herbert, Mrs. Allan<\/p>\n

Cover by Lexiconic Design<\/p>\n

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

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