Death in the Garden
by Elizabeth Ironside
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Author: Elizabeth IronsideEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-15
ISBN: 1933397179
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
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Book Review: Excellent structure, beautiful language
Summary: 5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel by Elizabeth Ironside (aka Lady Catherine Manning). The multiple points of view, expressed in different forms--ie straight narrative, fictional excerpts from books, diaries, and genuine dialogue--made for a lovely novel which I read slowly to savor both the characters and the language. In time, the novel takes place in the mid 20s, at the home and in the world of Diana Pollexfen then moves to present day London and the life of solicitor Helena Fox, who ends up investigating Diana Pollexfen's life and the murder that occurred at her house. The trauma and shell shock of World War I and the Russian Revolution impact all the 20s characters while socialism, feminism, and adultery color the views of the present day character and bias their judgments of the past. With approach of a sensitive historian (ie multiple sources & acknowledgment of bias), Ironside brings great observational skill and humane compassion and understanding to her characters, thus, to her novel.
Summary of Death in the Garden
Gold Dagger nominee In 1925 beautiful, bohemian Diana Pollexfen was celebrating her 30th birthday. The celebrations soured when her husband died, poisoned by a cocktail that had been liberally laced with some of Diana?s photographic chemicals. Sixty years later, Diana?s grand-niece, Helena, is also turning 30, but with rather less fanfare. An overworked attorney in London, Helena?s primary social outlet is an obsessive love affair. By way of distraction, Helena starts looking through her great-aunt?s papers and soon develops another obsession: Determining just who did kill George Pollexfen in that lovely, sunlit garden between the wars. ?Elizabeth Ironside? is the pseudonym of Lady Catherine Manning, wife of the British Ambassador to the U.S. Her first novel won Britain?s John Creasey Award for Best First Mystery of 1985, and Death in the Garden was nominated for Britain?s CWA Gold Dagger for Best Mystery of 1995.Historical Books
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