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An Old, Cold Grave
An Old, Cold Grave
An Old, Cold Grave
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An Old, Cold Grave

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The third book in the popular Lane Winslow mystery series by an author the Globe and Mail has called a “writer to watch.”

It’s early spring of 1947 in idyllic King’s Cove, and the Hughes ladies, mère et filles, are gardening and sorting through the jars of food that have been put up for the winter. But while cleaning up after the roof of their root cellar has caved in slightly, they are horrified to discover a small skeletal hand embedded in the mess. Panicked, they call Lane Winslow, the ex-British secret service agent, and, not without some misgivings about the state of their tense relationship, Lane calls Inspector Darling.

Before long the police crew discover the body of a young child buried almost 40 years before. Who is the child, and why has it not been buried in the local cemetery? Inspector Darling, already busy dealing with a teenage girl who has gone on a destructive rampage at a local mill, asks Lane for help in unearthing the long-forgotten secrets of the early life of the tiny town, and the identity of the long-forgotten child.

This delightful new historical mystery series will appeal to fans of Maisie Dobbs and Bess Crawford.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 26, 2017
ISBN9781771512411
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Iona Whishaw

Iona Whishaw is a former educator and social worker whose mother and grandfather were both spies during their respective wars. She is the award-winning author of the Globe and Mail bestselling Lane Winslow Mystery series. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    I enjoyed this, the third installment in the series. The plot is far less tightly drawn, or interesting than in the previous two volumes, but there is greater character development. The reader is gradually becoming more deeply acquainted with not only Lane and Darling, but with the residents of the town. The story is not always comfortable for modern readers, who might find it dark and depressing. The author uses her small, isolated setting well and through it manages capture the tremendous changes that were occurring in the first half of the twentieth century, and especially following WWII as well as how different life was in what is, actually, not that distant of the past. I look forward to reading more.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another saga wherein Lane unintentionally becomes embroiled in the discovery of a long-ago murder. Two storylines run through this plot and the mild romance between Lane and the Nelson police detective falters and flames by turns. This is a clever mystery, although I found the historical backstory rather convoluted at times. Just enough suspense to add some tension plus a comfortable conclusion.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I don't know how to rate this book. It was a difficult read. Its a cold case murder that revolves around abandoned children in the early 1900s and the misery that children endured. A small skeleton is found and the story begins. I found it extremely sad and would put it down for a day or two and then go back to it. The ending wasn't satisfactory that these poor now grown children were constantly waiting for their past to come back and never found any real happiness. There's a parallell story of the police inspector and the young woman Lane Winslow dancing around their feelings for one another. I don't want to read anything else by this author if there's a constant pall running throughout the book/

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