Reading the Detectives discussion

Welcome to the tenth, and last full-length novel, featuring Angela Marchmont.

After her bruising encounter with the law, Angela Marchmont has vowed to give up detecting, and is doing her best to forget the events of last winter and the terrible lie she told to save herself. So when a letter arrives from beyond the grave requesting her help and reminding her of the past, she is anything but pleased. Drawn reluctantly into one final case and spurred on by her guilty conscience, Angela soon discovers a viper's nest of family betrayals and hidden enmities which have lain undisturbed for years, and which may have led to the deaths of more than one person. Despite her unwillingness to reopen old wounds, Angela knows she must put aside her own feelings and solve the mystery if she is ever to find peace. Can she get to the heart of the matter, right the wrong she has done and be happy at last?

Each of the Angela Marchmont books contains a standalone mystery which is resolved at the end. However, if you are new to the series, please note that Book 10, The Shadow at Greystone Chase, contains spoilers from Book 9, The Scandal at 23 Mount Street and is to some extent a sequel, and the two are best read in order.

Please do not post spoilers in this thread. Thank you.

Just opening up this buddy read discussion - many thanks to Susan for the introduction above.

Who is reading this one? I'm 75% of the way through and enjoying it, but have found it follows on quite closely from The Scandal at 23 Mount Street and I had to look back at the previous book to refresh my memory on one or two points!

I have read this. I found this series a mixed one, but I was pleased to have read the last one. It does follow, pretty much directly, from Scandal at Mount Street though, I agree.

Yes, I think it would be a good idea if these two were combined in a single book at some stage!

I listened to this one right after finishing Scandal. Unfortunately, although I enjoy books as I read them, when I finish them they tend to disappear quickly from my memory--as did this one. I am definitely an enjoy-the-journey-rather then-the-destination reader. I do remember thinking Benson wrapped up the series satisfactorily, and I thought Freddy had become much more likeable in this one-less lightweight and more substantial.