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Facets of the Past: No Dark Deed Goes Unpunished
Facets of the Past: No Dark Deed Goes Unpunished
Monique Gliozzi | 2021 | Thriller
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a tale of greed and how to redeem yourself.
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

Hank takes his dream job as tour guide at a castle in Germany. But things quickly spiral into a nightmare as hank gets tangled up in a plot to steal some precious stones. Can he get himself out of it, alive?

I found this a quick read, some 132 pages, but quite a GOOD read. Not a great one though, but good enough to keep me fully engaged.

Hank loves history and getting the job at the castle is a dream come true. But very quickly, he finds himself in danger, from a man and a woman who claim they are stealing their birth right back. He finds himself pulled under by these people, and then dragged halfway across the world, and back again.

It takes time to get the full picture, helped by the fact that not only Hank has a say, but someone else too. I wanted a clearer picture of who that was, though, and I don't get it.

Some other things are a little fuzzy, but that might just be me.

A well written, well delivered tale, of greed and how to redeem yourself.

3 good solid stars.

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The Convictions of John Delahunt
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This book took me a long time to really get in to. It's not that it was poorly written, it just didn't hook me like I expected it to after reading some of the reviews. It wasn't until about half way through that I bought into the story. It is the story of John Delahunt, a real person though the story is fictional. Delahunt worked for the Castle in Dublin after failing out of college & losing his father's house to the bank. He eloped young & was forced to go to them to support himself & his young wife. The beginning drug on & the end was lacking. I just wasn't impressed.
  
Merry heads to upstate New York to claim her inheritance, a castle. However, someone has been digging holes in the yard. After a public fight with Tom Turner, the hole digger, Tom winds up dead at the bottom of a new hole. Can Merry figure out why?

The book got off to a slow start with a bit too much of a back story dump. However, once the book got going, it was great with eccentric but believable characters and twists to the plot. I'm looking forward to reading more.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-review-bran-new-death-by-victoria.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.