{"id":26994,"date":"2026-05-09T08:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26994"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:05:09","slug":"cut-to-the-quick-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26994","title":{"rendered":"Cut to the Quick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cut to the Quick<\/em> (1993) Kate Ross<\/a> (Julian Kestrel Mysteries #1)<\/p>\n

\"CutSet in England in 1824<\/p>\n

Julian Kestrel had first appeared in London society a year or two ago, and hardly anything was known about him.
\n…
\nIf he had been anything but a dandy, such vagueness about his pedigree would have been fatal, but of course the most spectacular of the dandies were absolved from Society\u2019s usual inquisition into breeding and birth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Philippa had a poor opinion of authority and did not submit to it very well. When she was forbidden to do something she had set her heart on, she thought the prohibition over carefully, and if she decided it was unfair or unnecessary, she disobeyed it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIf everyone who died with unpunished sins on his conscience came back as a ghost, the living would be crowded out of every home in England.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re cynical. I thought you would be. Can you sneer?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWith terrifying effect.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOh, do it, please! I want to see it!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m afraid you\u2019re much too young to withstand it. I should be accused of stunting your growth\u2014perhaps even sending you into a decline.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t go into a decline. I\u2019m robust. My governess says so.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MacGregor paced back and forth, ruffling up the hair at the back of his neck. His hair was thick, black, and spiky, and so was his beard. He looked, thought Julian, like one of the noisier Old Testament prophets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Julian Kestrel, Dipper \/ Thomas Stokes, Dr. Duncan MacGregor, Philippa Fontclair, Joanna Fontclair, Hugh Fontclair, Mr. Guy Fontclair, Isabelle Fontclair, Sir Robert Fontclair, Lady Catherine Tarleton , Colonel Geoffrey Fontclair, Maud Craddock, Mark Craddock, Miss Pritchard, Rawlinson , Mrs. Cox , Travis, Michael, Peter, Molly Dale, Dorcas, Mr. Ayres, Stephen Senderby, Miss Amy Fields, Louisa Howland, E. P. Howland, Milliner, Mrs. Deborah Warren, Dick Felton, Fred Morley, Silas Vorpe, Bliss<\/p>\n

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem<\/p>\n

Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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