Kingdom of Lies, A Murder Mystery by Lee Wood
I found this novel in the discard pile at our local library
last fall and just now got around to reading it. It takes place in England, which
is always a plus for me.
An American professor of medieval history turns up at an
academic conference in Leeds with her English friend, who, is working on a study
of royal bloodlines. The Englishwoman quickly turns up dead in a pond on a
country estate near Leeds and a local detective with anger and relationship
problems is given the case. Interference
from above wants the death to be a simple suicide, but both the detective and the American professor have doubts. The question becomes is there a serial killer on the loose and is the English Crown really under threat? The detective is sent to London to keep an eye on the American lady and, and needless to say, there is a relationship potential simmering beneath the surface. The American is a modern educated woman and definitely want to go looking for the killer on her own in spite of warnings from n
independent cuss who wants to search for the killer on her own in spite of
warnings from the locals and the Leeds detective. There are lots of cultural
contrasts explored and plenty of London travel and place details described,
which again is a pleasure for me. The plot kind of goes off into la la land
after a while, but the final windup is exciting. Even though the rocky love affair
never gets resolved in this book, there is promise of this being the
first of a series featuring the two sleuths from different lands.
Not quite as good as I had hoped but still worth a summer read. 2.5 stars.
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