I liked the story - particularly this historical setting - and I like the characters (at least the ones that the reader is "supposed" to like!) I did think that some of the pieces of the story were "a bit much" - and a good editor would have been quite useful to keep the various story lines "stra...
Aunt Adelaide’s arm was fractured, the two bones of the forearm snapped cleanly in two. Margot also saw, studying the image, that Adelaide Benedict’s bones were shockingly fragile, a condition that could only show on the radiograph if it were already far advanced. It would have taken very little ...
When the lock clicked and the door opened, his mother fairly burst into the room, pushing past the doctor. She glowed with pleasure. She dropped the valise to the floor and crossed to Preston with her hands out. “Preston, darling!” “Mater,” he said, straightening, reaching with his own arms to ac...