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A Picture of Murder (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery Book 4) by [T E Kinsey]

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Book 4 of 9: A Lady Hardcastle Mystery

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Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell.

Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colourful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night’s screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another…One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film.

With the police left scratching their heads, Lady Hardcastle calls upon her amateur sleuthing skills to launch an investigation, with Flo’s able assistance. Surrounded by suspects both human and supernatural, Lady Hardcastle must use a little trickery of her own to unmask the murderer.

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22 Oct. 2018
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T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at Bristol University. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. After helping to raise three children, learning to scuba dive and to play the drums and the mandolin (though never, disappointingly, all at the same time), he decided the time was right to get back to writing. A Picture of Murder is the fourth novel in a series of mysteries starring Lady Hardcastle. There is also a short story, “Christmas at The Grange”. His website is at tekinsey.uk and you can follow him on Twitter—@tekinsey—as well as on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tekinsey.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07D4G28KY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (22 Oct. 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2138 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 321 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542046025

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T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at the University of Bristol. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. And now he writes historical murder mysteries. In his spare time he plays the drums (quite badly, by all accounts). ‘The Fatal Flying Affair’ is the seventh novel in a series of mysteries starring Lady Hardcastle (there's also a short story, ‘Christmas at The Grange’). His website is at tekinsey.uk and you can follow him on Twitter—@tekinsey—as well as on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tekinsey and Instagram – @tekinseymysteries

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Philip Meers

This series gets better and better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2022

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This is not great literature, but it is a fun read. I've read them chronologically, and each time the characters become stronger and more rounded. I've noticed that they no longer appear to be caricatures, and there is less of a "cor blimey gov" feel.

The relationship between the main characters is quirky, but believable nonetheless. The village is peopled with the types that you would expect to have met in the early 1900s, and actually were met by me during my 1950s childhood, which is one reason why I have enjoyed the book, and the series.

The story for this was excellently crafted, and I managed to spot most of the clues. Despite that, I dismissed my theory, which turned out to be more than half right.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I am a fan of the books from the "Golden Age of the Whodunit", and this gives a deferential courtesy to the genre (certainly more than Flo Armstrong would give).

I recommend this as a nice "cosy" read, especially if, like I do, you alternate fiction and nonfiction. If you haven't already, I suggest beginning with the first in the series.

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G. Leader

A Picture of Murder

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2022

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Another very enjoyable read, and I must say these books keep me guessing to the end as to who 'done it," that said however there are one or two points which did surprised me considering the author took the trouble to do the research concerning movie pictures, he did not take the trouble to research opening times of public houses, having researched this myself; knowing what opening times were when I was young, I found that Pubs did not stay open till one or two in the morning, they closed at 11pm in towns and 10pm in rural areas at that time, so wondered why the author did not research this to get it right. Also in a previous book, I'm not sure which one, Flo had several brothers and a twin sister, she, and her twin along with her youngest brother were taken back to Wales, now suddenly she's saying it was her and her sister, no mention of any of her brothers, so what happened to them? I'm surprised the person keeping a catalogue of who is who in these books did not have that information to hand.

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Skulduggery and Subterfuge Abound

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2019

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Another fabulous outing for Lady Hardcastle and Armstrong - 5 Stars

Following a fire in the kitchens of The Grange, Lady Hardcastle is only too happy to help her friend, Lady Farley-Stroud by housing the four actors who star in a ‘moving-picture’ due to be shown at the village hall. It’s not long though before one of the actors is found murdered, apparently in a manner that parodies the death of his character in the show. Certainly not one to turn down the opportunity for a bit of amateur sleuthing, Lady Hardcastle and her trusty ally and lady’s maid, Florence Armstrong, soon find themselves in pursuit of a murderer.

This was another excellent story in this series. Along with many of the characters that appear in the earlier books, ‘A Picture of Murder’ introduces many more, and from banner-wielding evangelists, to flamboyant actors, and a snobbish reporter, they all delight. The plot is complex, there are clues aplenty, and we even get the bonus of finding-out a little more about how the relationship between Lady Hardcastle and Armstrong first began. And, as with the previous outings for the daring duo, the dialogue between them is full of sarcasm and humour.

Although any of the books can be read in their own right, if you’ve just discovered the series, then I would recommend reading them in order. This series is too good to miss any of nuances that one finds by relating the content of the earlier stories to those that follow. Well written, historically accurate, and always entertaining, I for one hope the series has a long way to run yet. Wonderful reading!

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TE Kinsey just keeps getting better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2018

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Excellent quality of writing, the style and pace are perfect: which provides the ideal support to a really cracking storyline, full of the usual vim, vigour and wit. All the characterisation, primary and secondary, is deftly and subtly drawn and Kinsey manages to keep the plot, subplot and counterplot all ticking along nicely until the denouement. This is the sort of novel which I read with great anticipation, huge enjoyment then sit back and sigh with satisfaction at the experience. A real cracker of a novel - read all of the Lady Hardcastle books, you won't be disappointed.

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Mrs. L. Quee

Good Read, but ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2018

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I love the Lady H and Flo books. They are an easy, entertaining read. This was another good story, but felt it wasn't as sharp as the previous books. I missed the banter between Lady H and Flo, and it felt as if it was being padded out in the middle to fill some extra pages. What did perk it up in the middle was the explanation of what happened in China. I would still recommend the books, and look forward to next one.

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Edward

Unfathomably mysterious

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2022

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Books 1 to 3 of the Lady Hardcastle mysteries were great fun and book 4 certainly does not disappoint. Eccentric loveable characters abound and the mystery this time is even more unfathomable - I loved it. And in places it was incredibly funny. I’m going to end this brief review now and do a quick search so that I can read again of the meeting between Hamlet and the Hughes’s - in my opinion the funniest moment in the whole book. And then it’s off to read Lady Hardcastle book 5.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2022

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Gruesome murders of the cast of a travelling picture show, religious fanatics, witchcraft and arson. Throw in a couple of jazz musicians and the inimitable Lady Hardcastle and Flo, and you have a merry, ingenious and fun book. But there’s a very real shadow cast with the seeming reappearance of a dead (at Lady Hardcastle’s hand) German spy. Their next outing is to Gretna Green, Edinburgh and points North. Onward.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2021

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I have read all in this series so far, and have not been disappointed yet. I love the banter between the Lady and her servant, and the insight of the class system at the time. Although there are many in the series there is not the droll of going over past books. Each one keeps you guessing. For anyone interested in historical detective stories I highly recommend.

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