Elizabeth Speller. (2012). The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton: A Laurence Bartram Mystery. Unabridged Dreamscape Media.

Elizabeth Speller. 2012. The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton: A Laurence Bartram Mystery. Dreamscape Media.

Elizabeth Speller, The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton: A Laurence Bartram Mystery. Dreamscape Media, 2012.

Elizabeth Speller. The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton: A Laurence Bartram Mystery. Unabridged Dreamscape Media, 2012.

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When Great War veteran Laurence Bartram arrives in Easton Deadall, he is struck by the beauty of the place: a crumbling manor, a venerable church, and a memorial to the village's soldiers, almost all of whom died in one bloody battle. Now peace prevails, but Easton Deadall remains haunted by tragedy - as does the Easton family. In 1911, five-year-old Kitty disappeared from her bed and has not been seen in thirteen years; only her fragile mother still believes she is alive. While Laurence is a guest of the manor, a maid vanishes in a sinister echo of Kitty's disappearance. And when a body is discovered in the manor's ancient church, Laurence is drawn into the grounds' forgotten places, where deadly secrets lie in wait.

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   • content: ...intriguing...The intelligent depiction of the many wounds of war, suffered not only in the trenches but also on the home front, resonates.
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     March 12, 2012
     Set in 1924, Speller’s intriguing second mystery to feature WWI veteran Laurence Bartram (after 2011’s The Return of Captain John Emmett) takes Bartram to Wiltshire, where disabled architect William Bolitho has invited him to view a church with unusual artistic and historical features on the grounds of Easton Hall. As Bolitho designs a maze and a stained-glass window to honor the men of the village who died in the war, Bartram becomes aware of tensions among members of the Easton family that stem from the 1911 disappearance of five-year-old Kitty Easton. While Kitty’s delicate mother is convinced the girl is still alive, others speculate that she was murdered. After the family’s maid vanishes and Bartram stumbles across a body in the church, the question of what really happened to Kitty re-emerges. The intelligent depiction of the many wounds of war, suffered not only in the trenches but also on the home front, resonates. Agent: Georgina Capel, Capel & Land.

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   • content: This mystery is ostensibly about the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl from a country estate before WWI, but it quickly turns into a larger story. After the war, former infantry officer Laurence Bartram gets wrapped up in the many mysteries of a crumbling estate in the oddly named village of Easton Deadall when he is asked to help recreate a hedgerow maze. Despite narrator Matthew Brenher's considerable skill, the story moves at an incredibly slow pace. Brenher has a pleasant voice and successfully evokes more than a dozen characters, giving each a distinct voice. But the novel is hampered by its unfamiliar setting, both time and location, and the author's tendency to go into unnecessary detail. M.S. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

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When Great War veteran Laurence Bartram arrives in Easton Deadall, he is struck by the beauty of the place: a crumbling manor, a venerable church, and a memorial to the village's soldiers, almost all of whom died in one bloody battle. Now peace prevails, but Easton Deadall remains haunted by tragedy - as does the Easton family. In 1911, five-year-old Kitty disappeared from her bed and has not been seen in thirteen years; only her fragile mother still believes she is alive. While Laurence is a guest of the manor, a maid vanishes in a sinister echo of Kitty's disappearance. And when a body is discovered in the manor's ancient church, Laurence is drawn into the grounds' forgotten places, where deadly secrets lie in wait.

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