March’s Reading Challenge was to read a novel with a three word title.
I completed March’s challenge (YAY! I’m on a roll) but I couldn’t read the book I selected, The Silent Listener. I didn’t take into account my shoulder surgery when I made my selection. My copy of the mystery is a paperback and I couldn’t hold it with just one hand. So, I instead read Galaxies and Oceans by N.R. Walker.
Overall, I really enjoyed Galaxies and Oceans. I loved the main charcters, Patrick and Aubrey. They are both carrying emotional baggage, but they do not allow it to hold them back when their friendship deepens into a romance. The small town setting is absolutely wonderful as are most of its residents. I like how quickly Patrick and Aubrey become friends and that Patrick realizes immediately that Aubrey has some sort of physical abuse in his past. They also have a lot of mutual respect between them. While overall evenly paced, the middle part of the book is a little slow. As always, N.R. Walker brings Australia vibrantly to life.
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Read His Lordship’s Master by Samantha SoRelle
Things that go bump in the night, murderous ancestors, disappearing guests and murder, all in the Scottish highlands.
I am enjoying these two bygone sleuths – in this case, the butler didn’t do it, as he was the first murder victim – leading the boys into another mystery, in the now and 300+ years before.
Both are solved, the past making uncomfortable reading for the treatment of people.
Their present making uncomfortable reading for the treatment of women, particularly servants.
I read Galaxies and Oceans three years ago, seems I thought the middle wallowed a bit too but great sense of place
I like mysteries like this one too. Especially the books that are true to the time period.
I am finding I like N.R. Walkers mysteries better than straight up romances. The romances tend to get a little bogged down at time. And I totally agree that she is excellent at building the sense of place.