The Savage Garden
by Mark Mills
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Author: Mark MillsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
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Published: 2008-05-06
ISBN: 0425221296
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Book Review: Two Murders 400 Years Apart
Summary: 5 Stars
Normally I'm not drawn to this sort of mystery, being more inclined to read historical novels with mysteries based on real life characters, but I spotted this title in a bookstore and was drawn to it for several reasons. I have visited Tuscany and Florence and am familiar with the sort of garden described here, also the late 1950s is a time period which interests me quite a bit.
Adam Strickland is young English student at Cambridge looking for a suitable subject to research. A professor suggests he investigate a strange garden in an isolated villa outside of Florence. When Adam arrives at the villa he finds evidence that two deaths four hundred years apart may be linked, and that he himself is in danger from people or forces unknown. There are many characters, nearly all of them (even the villains) likeable enough, and the story of Adam's investigations and of his various entanglements, romantic and otherwise, are quite satisfying. While it helps to have some knowledge of Dante and of Machiavelli (which I do) it is not essential to understand and enjoy the plot.
Mark Mills is a good writer and I intend to read his first book Amagansett soon. He should have a long and creditable writing career ahead of him.
Summary of The Savage Garden
Young Cambridge scholar Adam Banting is in Tuscany, assigned to write a scholarly monograph about the famous Docci garden?a mysterious world of statues, grottoes, meandering rills, and classical inscriptions. As his research deepens, Adam comes to suspect that buried in the garden?s strange iconography is the key to uncovering a long-ago murder. But the ancient house holds its own secrets as well. And as Adam delves into his subject, he begins to suspect that he is being used to discover the true meaning of the villa?s murderous past.Literature & Fiction Books
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