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What Members Thought

Wendy
Jul 09, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2009-reads
I enjoyed the idea of this book - a "murder mystery" told from the viewpoint of 4 different characters. I wanted to give this book 3.5 stars though. I sort of got lost in all the historical background...at times not knowing who was on whose side! I guess I'm just not that familiar with the political and religious background of this time and it tripped me up a lot while reading this book.

If all the men were like the characters in this book, then I'm glad I didn't live in that time period! The 2 q ...more
5 likes ·   · see review
Bev
Mar 05, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: historical-mystery, mystery
Decent mystery. For me...not as great as all the hoopla seemed to suggest.
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Marcella
Aug 05, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction
Susan Smith
Mar 30, 2009 marked it as to-read
Lekeshua
Sep 17, 2009 marked it as to-read
Janet
Aug 15, 2010 marked it as to-read
Danny
Jan 18, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Paul Perry
Feb 09, 2011 marked it as to-read
Deborah
Feb 12, 2011 rated it did not like it
Sarah
Mar 08, 2011 rated it did not like it
Heather
Mar 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own
Marianne
Jun 11, 2011 marked it as to-read
KOMET
Jun 14, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction-general
Bonnie
Jul 04, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: historical-fiction-literature
Kris
Aug 06, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: fiction, mystery-thriller
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Jane
Sep 13, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sarah G
Sep 22, 2011 marked it as to-read
Zsa Zsa
Sep 24, 2011 marked it as to-read
Nanosynergy
Oct 05, 2011 marked it as to-read
Megan
May 30, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Rita Marcella
Jan 22, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Elise Stone
May 04, 2013 marked it as to-read
Nina
May 06, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: mystery
Tuck
Jan 02, 2016 rated it really liked it
MomToKippy
Jan 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: library-has-it
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Bryan
May 16, 2016 marked it as to-read
Lemar
Nov 15, 2016 marked it as to-read
Lady Wesley
Mar 01, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: to-listen
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