The Seven Stars DCI Webb Mystery Book 12 eBook Anthea Fraser
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’A well-mannered, well-plotted and well-told story’ - Birmingham Post
After fog forces her to spend the night in a country guesthouse called The Seven Stars, Helen Campbell reads her horoscope in the local paper.
Little does she realise that by doing so she will dramatically change not only her own life, but the lives of everyone else living in the village.
Ten days later, she returns to stay at The Seven Stars while attending a local course on antiques.
Slowly she finds herself increasingly involved in the lives of the people living there.
As she arrived, a girl was killed in a hit-and-run accident.
But was it an accident? Or was it murder?
A spate of robberies has targeted local country houses. Are they connected to the girl’s death?
And what is the significance of the phrase which recurs in the horoscope column under ‘Tomorrow’s Birthday’?
Whether or not it was written in the stars, Helen's stay at the guesthouse ensures that life will never be the same again... for any of them.
The Seven Stars is a gripping crime novel featuring Anthea Fraser's popular detective David Webb.
Praise for Anthea Fraser
‘Ms Fraser is her dependable elegant, guileful self, withholding the killer's identity till a dying fall’ - Sunday Times
‘A superbly crafted, riveting, page-turner of a read’ – Booklist
‘Sympathetic, well-executed book, in which full attention is paid to human feelings and failings’ - Yorkshire Post
'The book is a pleasure to read and savour' - Woman Journalist
'Irresistible, all-too-human story' - Dread Review of Mystery
'A well-structured book, with good balance between depiction of character and development of plot' - Criminologist
‘Anthea Fraser is a worthy follower of the traditional whodunit system...The plot is sustained throughout, and her artistic detective who literally "draws conclusions" is an original character.' - Sunderland Echo
‘DCI Webb is a refreshing reminder that the English "cozy" mystery does not have to be run by an aging spinster with a handful of knitting needles or a pedantical peer with a private income.’ - Mystery Scene
Anthea Fraser has written all her life but did not begin to take it seriously until after marriage, when she found herself at home with two small daughters and embarked on a correspondence course with the London School of Journalism. She wrote short stories before turning to novels of the supernatural, and then to crime. Her novels include The Seven Stars, The Ten Commandments, Death Speaks Softly and Pretty Maids All in a Row.
The Seven Stars DCI Webb Mystery Book 12 eBook Anthea Fraser
This book was not for me. It's not bad and I've certainly read worse books. The plot takes too long to get going and once it does it is more than a little obvious. There are also too many points of view presented versus the attention given to the characterizations. The dialogue is a tad clunky and definitely repetitious - the phrase "the Stately Home robberies" may haunt my dreams. The ending is almost laughable. It's like the printer decided to hack off the last few pages without telling the author. There are elements of a decent series here but they aren't used effectively in this outing.My standard of comparisons, btw, are Martha Grimes, Deborah Crombie, Peter Robinson and P.D. James.
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The Seven Stars DCI Webb Mystery Book 12 eBook Anthea Fraser Reviews
It was a great book. I just like detective stories
I love a good mystery and this series delivers . Great characters and for the most part, gore free !
With an oddly expected ending that surprises no one. Rich homes are robbed of one or more small items that range from widely expensive to very inexpensive. Great prose!
I like Anthea Fraser's books, her writing, her characters and story lines. Characters are fleshed out and believable, stories twist and turn enough to keep them interesting and suspenseful. Enjoyable.
Just as good as the last one I read (One is one and all alone) and I intend to keep reading her books until I become disappointed with the writing. Easy read, with interesting characters and a good story.
A wrong turn on a foggy night starts an unsuspecting woman on an unexpected adventure. Her marriage is in a difficult place, the nest is empty, so she decides to change things up. Without really trying to, she starts a chain of events and finds some important clues that lead the Inspector and his colleagues to a surprising resolution of the case. The characters she meets along the way are an interesting lot. By the end of this book, I hoped that Anthea Fraser will find a way to bring this interesting lady back to us in a future adventure.
There's a good plot here, and an engaging amateur sleuth in the form of Helen Campbell, the mother of now-adult son and daughter who wants to reestablish "a life of her own" after feeling herself submerged in wife-and-motherhood.
I don't find Webb particularly effective or admirable -- in fact the police handle the case rather irresponsibly, endangering Campbell. And the wrapup is utterly unsatisfactory, the all-too-common British sympathy for the privileged class.
The writing is merely not bad, no beauty or insights.
This book was not for me. It's not bad and I've certainly read worse books. The plot takes too long to get going and once it does it is more than a little obvious. There are also too many points of view presented versus the attention given to the characterizations. The dialogue is a tad clunky and definitely repetitious - the phrase "the Stately Home robberies" may haunt my dreams. The ending is almost laughable. It's like the printer decided to hack off the last few pages without telling the author. There are elements of a decent series here but they aren't used effectively in this outing.
My standard of comparisons, btw, are Martha Grimes, Deborah Crombie, Peter Robinson and P.D. James.
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