I am coming into
this series at book six, but it made for a great stand-alone read. I am looking
forward to going back and catching up on the previous escapades of Drew and
Madeline Farthering and Nick Dennison. My husband and I are fans of several BBC
mystery series, and I could absolutely see a series built around these
characters. I would recommend The Drew Farthering Mysteries to both men and
women.
Set in England in
the 1930s, the Drew Farthering series has the feel of Christie, Sayers and
James; names well known to fans of British writers from the Golden Age of
Detective Fiction. In Death at Thorburn
Hall Drew and his entourage are tasked to unearth the secrets of their
host’s formerly trusted business partner who has begun to act in a very
suspicious manner. The investigation quickly turns into the search for a
murderer, a search that turns even more deadly and pits our detectives against
possible Nazi spies. Nick, Drew’s right-hand man, struggles throughout the
investigation as he is torn between dedication to Drew and love of country and
his attempts to win the hand of Carrie, the love of his life who has a major
aversion to his detective work.
Julianna Deering,
who also writes under her real name, DeAnna Julie Dodson, may live in Texas,
but she provides her readers with a real flavor of 1930s England’s upper class.
In the fashion of other writers of the same era, Deering provides a cast of
suspects and plenty of red herrings. She allows her readers to wade through
these and to weed out the important clues, avoiding giving them surprises that
come out of nowhere as the solution to the mystery comes to light. Mystery fans
will find this book a real treat.
I thank NetGalley
and Bethany House Publishers for providing me a copy of Death at Thorburn Hall in exchange for my honest review. I received
no monetary compensation for this review.
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