{"id":27003,"date":"2026-05-10T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27003"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:47:06","slug":"whom-the-gods-love-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27003","title":{"rendered":"Whom the Gods Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whom the Gods Love<\/em> (1995) Kate Ross<\/a> (Julian Kestrel Mysteries #3)<\/p>\n

\"WhomSet in London in 1825<\/p>\n

He glanced around this part of the churchyard, which they had entirely to themselves. \u201cI come here every day, and no one disturbs me.\u201d He shrugged sadly. \u201cNo one knows what to say.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

People of intense imagination are apt to sympathize with the poor and despised\u2014they envision themselves in the same plight, and the picture is so real and horrifying, it impels them to action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Common decency is rather uncommon these days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

it\u2019s been to no more purpose than to give a goose hay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

People suppose what I do must be right, because I do it with conviction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI should be interested to see those letters.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, Mr. Kestrel, I don\u2019t keep letters. They have a way of coming back to haunt the writers\u2014it\u2019s like holding a bit of a person\u2019s life hostage. And that seems rather unfair. So I burn them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Julian Kestrel, Dipper \/ Thomas Stokes, Peter Vance, Bill Watkins, Alexander Falkland, Belinda Falkland, Eugene Talmadge, Sir Malcolm Falkland, Paul Nichols, Hippolyte Val\u00e8re, Martha Gilmore, Luke Hallam, Nelson Beale, Joe Sampson, Mike Nugent, Lady Anthea Fitzjohn, The Hon. Felix Poynter, Sir Henry Effingham, Quentin Clare, David Adams, Verity Clare, George Tibbs, Marianne Desmond, Fanny Gates, Mrs. Wheeler, Bet, Giles Underhill, Jemmy Otis, Ruth Piper, Ben Foley, Philippa Fontclair, Hugh Fontclair, Maud Fontclair, Dr. Duncan Macgregor, Oliver De Witt, Alfred, E. Ridley, Miss Meeks, Mr. Pruitt<\/p>\n

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

Rating: 9.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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