{"id":5808,"date":"2016-04-21T18:46:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T22:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5808"},"modified":"2021-11-28T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T18:56:38","slug":"a-body-in-berkeley-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5808","title":{"rendered":"A Body in Berkeley Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2122XOU\">A Body in Berkeley Square<\/a><\/em> (2005\/2011) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/Gardener_Ashley.php\">Ashley Gardner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2122XOU\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5809\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/A-Body-in-Berkeley-Square.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Body in Berkeley Square\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5809\" \/><\/a>Set in London in April 1817<\/p>\n<p>The 5th Captain Lacey mystery finds Gabriel Lacey investigating the murder of a young man with whom his former colonel was seen arguing at a ball.<\/p>\n<p>Because Lacey has been at odds with Brandon ever since Brandon attempted to have Lacey murdered, and because Lacey is good friends with Brandon&#8217;s wife, this makes for a delicate situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Or had he simply been moral because he&#8217;d never been tempted? It is easy to reject sin when one has no interest in it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I rather liked the mystery in this one, and that the characters around Lacey only slowly reveal their secrets.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by JA \/ AG Publishing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Body in Berkeley Square (2005\/2011) Ashley Gardner Set in London in April 1817 The 5th Captain Lacey mystery finds Gabriel Lacey investigating the murder of a young man with whom his former colonel was seen arguing at a ball. Because Lacey has been at odds with Brandon ever since Brandon attempted to have Lacey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,33,8],"tags":[372,458,548],"class_list":["post-5808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-british","category-historical","category-mystery","tag-ashley-gardner","tag-captain-lacey","tag-regency"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1vG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5805,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5805","url_meta":{"origin":5808,"position":0},"title":"The Sudbury School Murders","author":"Michelle","date":"April 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sudbury School Murders (2005\/2011) Ashley Gardner Set in England in March 1817 The 4th Captain Lacey mystery finds Gabriel Lacey working as a secretary for Everard Rutledge at the Sudsbury School--a school for the sounds of the wealthy--but not titled. 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