Peter Moore (11)
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Peter Moore was barn in Staffordshire, England in 1983. He is the author of Damn His Blood: Being a True and Detailed History of the Mast Barbarous and Inhumane Murder at Oddingley and the Quick and Awful Retribution.
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Picture it. Oddingley, 1806. France is knocking on Britain's door, farms are being sold off and prices are skyrocketing. Financial stress is felt all over the countryside. Then enters Parker. He was the new pastor in town, keen on enforcing the tithe collection, and had no qualms with taking neighbors to court if they threatened resistance. He was too ambitious for his own good. Some got along with him just fine, but obviously most didn't. Eventually there's a conspiracy afoot to take the Reverend down a peg, in an incredibly violent way. The trouble is, once the deed is done, everyone has a devil of a time narrowing down and catching the suspect. This is a time before any sort of organized police force or proper detectives. A posse is rounded up to cut off the prime suspect before he reaches the train station, but he manages to slip away...or does he?
This one was better than it had any right to be. The only flaw is that Moore introduced too many characters all at once in the beginning, so I wasn't sure who to follow until about halfway in. But I stuck with it because the narration otherwise was so smooth. And there's a twist! You can definitely tell it was written for radio, but that definitely a plus. For the English lit nerds, Moore also makes a few literary references here and there that you'll love.… (mehr)