Thicker than Water
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My review -
Charles
Murray, Laird of Letho, is in St Andrews and visits his old tutor, who is
taking the education of young Walter in hand. Walter makes a better student
than he ever did junior servant. While Murray is there, a young man is found
dead in the garden, apparently deliberately drowned in the fish pond. Murray
and the constable try to discover who was responsible. It seems that many of
their apparently respectable social circle have something to hide.
This,
the tenth Murray of Letho novel, is, for anyone who has followed the series and
its early nineteenth century setting, like spending time with old friends. Many
of the characters are new but the old Letho crowd didn’t let me down. These
stories, though filled with solid and believable characters, are nevertheless
driven by plots as complex as the people who inhabit them. It’s not at all
clear who has done the deed but as the story unfolds, we discover that so many
people had a motive. Trust Murray to sort it out, even at danger to himself.
Another addition to a fantastic and well-written series, though it would stand
alone very well.
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