But no!ĭefinitely not your old-fashioned village vicar! SPOILER-ish ALERT: OK, I was going in a totally different direction with the motive, I thought for sure that we were going to learn that Milo (the butler) and Lamora were related due to their Russian heritage. Sometimes I have to re-wind and listen to it again to actually HEAR what he is saying. What does Michael Page bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Although I did like the twins quite a bit as well. The thing I like about this author is that in the story you can imagine several other plausible solutions, and I fall for those red herrings every time! I totally called this one wrong too just like the last one. Very satisfying story, and the narrator's voice is like warm butter. Where does A Fatal Winter rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? So looking forward to reading Malliet's take on spring and summer with Father Max and more mysteries!! Never guessed till the end, but the clues had been placed expertly throughout the book ! I had read book one and enjoyed it very much, but book two was exponentially better. The interactions between these characters is written wonderfully, with stereotypes and additional characteristics that were a feast for this reader!! AND-the mystery was wonderfully done also. Of course the family is full of 'characters' that have many idiosyncrasies of their own. The Lord of the manor has been murdered, just before his twin sister died of natural causes. This second in the Father Max Tutor series, ( Wicked Autumn was book one) finds Max being asked to go to an English Manor house to 'observe' the remaining family gathered there for a Christmas holiday. He is also haunted by the death of his MI-5 partner who had taken Max's place in their last mission together, where Paul was killed. As an Anglican Priest, his life is further complicated by his 'love interest', the beautiful spiritualist and town's herbalist. Max is a combination of Hercule Poirot, Father Brown, and Sherlock Holmes. But Malliet has updated their thoughts and actions to fit expertly into the twenty-first century. His church is located in the small English village of Nether Monkslip, with all the foibles and characters one would expect to inhabit such a village. Max Tutor is a handsome Anglican priest who used to be a MI-5 agent. I believe Malliet must be the reincarnation of Agatha Christie and some popular present day satirist/ comedian. Reincarnation Christie updated to 21st century!!
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