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Lädt ... Medium Deadvon Paula Paul
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  Firesmith | Dec 22, 2016 |   Alvina Elwold is the local spiritualist (she contacts the dead). Queen Victoria Regina has come to have Alvina hold a séance. The Queen wishes to contact her deceased husband, Prince Albert (who has been dead for twenty years). Within hours of meeting the Queen, Alvina is found dead in the graveyard. Her throat slit by someone who is a novice with a knife. Alexandra is drawn into the investigation. She has the help of Nancy and Nicholas, the Sixth Earl of Dunsford and a barrister. There is an attraction between Nicholas and Alexandra, but Alexandra will not let them be more than friends. She knows that they cannot be more because of status (she is middle class while he is peerage). We also have Nicholas’ mother, Lady Forsythe, who is stressed out over the Queen’s visit (she has made herself ill), Constable Robert Snow, Young Beaty (there is his father who is Old Beaty), Wilma Beaty, and the young boys, Rob and Artie, who work for Dr. Gladstone. I give Medium Dead 4 out of 5 stars. It is an amusing book, kept my interest throughout, good characters, and some laughs, but the murder was very easy to solve. It sometimes felt that the characters were so focused on propriety (which was very important during Victorian times) that they forgot they were trying to solve a murder and keep an innocent man from going to jail. I will be curious to see what happens between Dr. Gladstone and Nicholas. I received a complimentary copy of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. (  ) Kris_Anderson | Apr 17, 2015 |  ) ethel55 | Apr 15, 2015 | Alex was called upon to estimate Elvina’s time of death. With the help of Nancy, her assistant and housekeeper, and Nick Forsythe, now the sixth Earl of Dunsforth, she manages to find out a whole lot more. An opportunity opens at Montmarsh when she is asked to examine Nick’s mother, Lady Forsyth, who is in terrible pain. She happens to witness a rather shifty character who she was later led to believe was the Queen’s driver. This is the forth in the series, but it read quite well as a standalone. The character’s personalities were drawn well, both by description as well as by their communication and actions. The author encompassed scenic descriptions without pulling the reader away from the story. The plot threw me at the beginning. I was falling in love with the character of Alvina … then, she was dead. Once she had understood what the Queen was asking, she simply said, “Yer Majesty will not be disappointed. I knows the spirit world like I knows me own mind.” After the prologue and first chapter, the story lagged a bit, but picked back up to provide a very satisfying and complete ‘whodunit’. Rating: 4 out of 5. ( ) FictionZeal | Apr 14, 2015 | A murder mystery in Victorian England, featuring Queen Victoria herself-I couldn’t resist. As I began reading, I realized that this was the fourth book in the series; however I did not feel lost at all. I immediately felt connected to Alexandra, a doctor practicing medicine in a time when women are banned from being physicians. She is confident, intelligent and has a soft spot for the people of her village. The rest of the characters, Lord Dunsford, Lady Forsyth, Nancy, and even the Queen formed an interesting, humorous and eclectic cast. The mystery of the dead medium was not that difficult to figure out or involved; however, Medium Dead provided a quick, shorter, light mystery with entertaining characters. This book was received for free in return for an honest review. (  ) Mishker | Apr 14, 2015 | Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Sure to delight readers of Jacqueline Winspear, Emma Jameson, and Laura Childs, this short novel features Queen Victoria herself--and she's rumored to have slain a local psychic in Newton-upon-Sea. Now the task of clearing her name and catching the real killer falls to Dr. Alexandra Gladstone. Under Victoria's reign, women are barred from calling themselves physicians, but that hasn't stopped Alexandra Gladstone. As the first female doctor in Newton-upon-Sea, she spends her days tending sick villagers in the practice she inherited from her father, with her loyal and sometimes overprotective dog, Zack, by her side. After the corpse of village spiritualist Alvina Elwold is discovered aboveground at a church boneyard, wild rumors circulate through the charming seaside village, including one implicating a certain regal guest lodging nearby. Tales of the dead Alvina hobnobbing with spirits and hexing her enemies are even more outlandish--but as a woman of science and reason, Alexandra has no doubt that a murderer made of flesh and blood is on the loose. Finding out the truth means sorting through a deluge of ghostly visitors, royal sightings, and shifty suspects. At least her attentive and handsome friend Nicholas Forsyth, Lord Dunsford, has come to her aid. Alexandra will need all the help she can get, because she's stumbled upon dangerous secrets--while provoking a deadly adversary who wants to keep them buried. Praise for Medium Dead "An entertaining cozy mystery written with vivid historical detail . . . If you like reading historical mysteries with just a hint of romance, then Medium Dead should be right up your street."--Fictionophile "There are more than a few scenes where Alexandra's dog, Zack, steals the show."--Reading Reality "I would recommend this to fans of the Maisie Dobbs series. There's a strong female character in a historical setting. She's determined, logical, intelligent and faces an unusual situation."--The Reader's Hollow Praise for Paula Paul's Alexandra Gladstone mysteries "The Dr. Alexandra Gladstone series by Paula Paul presents an intriguing mixture of mystery, romance, and history. I especially love the way real personalities from the past keep popping up to intermingle with Paul's fictional characters."--Lois Duncan, award-winning and bestselling author of Killing Mr. Griffin and I Know What You Did Last Summer "A lively mixture of ruling class murder, Victorian morals, and love."--Bestselling author Tony Hillerman Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Enjoyed the characters and the setting. Now I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the series. (