{"id":25834,"date":"2026-02-12T20:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25834"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:42:01","slug":"death-in-the-spires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25834","title":{"rendered":"Death in the Spires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Death in the Spires<\/em><\/a> (2024) KJ Charles<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Death<\/a>Set in Oxford in 1905<\/p>\n

It’s been ten years, but the crime that caused Jeremy Kite to quit Oxford without finishing his degree continues to follow him. This time it’s a letter to his employer.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Kite is a murderer. He killed Toby Feynsham.
\nAsk him why.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jem didn’t kill the man he considered one of his best friends, but that doesn’t stop the gossip and the stories.<\/p>\n

You were one of the Seven Wonders<\/em>? The shock in Mr Leighton\u2019s voice wouldn\u2019t leave him. <\/p>\n

Of course he\u2019d been astonished. There was nothing at all wonderful about Jeremy Kite now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The problem is that it must have been one of their group who murdered him, and Jem doesn’t know who could have done it.<\/p>\n

And as with young adults, there was so much happening underneath everything that complicated everything.<\/p>\n

Nicky watched Toby, and Jem knew it because he watched Nicky.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story is both the slow discovery of who murdered Toby and why, and also what the suspicion did to all of them.<\/p>\n

He was frightened, and, once he recognised that, he realised he\u2019d been frightened for a very long time, at a level so deep he hadn\u2019t known it. One of the people he most loved had become a murderer, and he\u2019d never trusted anyone again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love KJ Charles’s writing; I’m glad I discovered this buried in my TBR pile.<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Jeremy Kite, Nicholas Rook, Toby Feynsham, Hugo Morley-Adams, Mr Aaron Oyede, Miss Ella Feynsham, Prudence Matilda Lenster, Mr John Alan Warren, Moffat, Miss Keele<\/p>\n

Cover by Lisa Horton<\/p>\n

Publisher: Storm Publishing<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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