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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2326 KP) rated Death at a Country Mansion in Books

Dec 24, 2020

Dead Diva

Dame Serena Levante was a world-renowned opera singer. She’s also the mother of Daisy Thorne’s best friend, Floria, so when news comes that Serena is dead, Daisy rushes to Serena’s mansion outside of the English village of Edgemead. The police quickly see that it was murder, and they believe that robbery was involved since an expensive painting is also missing from the mansion. Daisy owns the local hair salon, and it is a hub of gossip. As a result, she begins to hear things that might help the police in their quest to find out what happened. Can she get the gruff inspector to listen to her?

I wasn’t planning to read this book until I started hearing great things about it, and I’m glad I picked it up. The mystery starts out right away, and we have plenty of twists and turns. The climax wraps everything up neatly for us. Serena was the kind of woman who left behind many suspects, something I always enjoy. We don’t get to know all the suspects super well, but because we like Daisy and Floria, we care about the outcome. We meet some other regulars, and I’m looking forward to spending more time with all of the cast. There are a few things that could have been smoothed out better, including a timeline issue, but they are minor overall. The book is shorter than many today, but there wasn’t a wasted scene. Overall, this is an enjoyable debut, and I’m looking forward to visiting Daisy again soon.

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Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (with Katherine Jenkins / Philharmonia Orchestra / Nicholas Dodd, Nicholas Dodd, The Philharmonia Orchestra) by Katherine Jenkins

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Bree (30 KP) rated Mother! (2017) in Movies

Sep 30, 2018

Mother! (2017)

2017 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

6.3

(48 Ratings)

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I feel like this was a large waste of my time. The main characters in this movie are a married couple who are expecting a child. He is a poet and she seems to be decorator. They live in a beautiful mansion in the middle of no where and people just keep showing up. He is very unsupportive of her feeling of all of these individuals intruding on her home. Everytime she requests he ask the visitors to leave he comes up with s ok me reason as to why he cant. By the end of the movie I was literally sickened by his behavior. I am a HUGE horror movie fan but this one fell short for me.

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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated Wolves at the Door (2016) in Movies

Jul 15, 2019

Wolves at the Door (2016)

2016 | Horror, Mystery

4.0

(3 Ratings)

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Not bad

Based on the Sharoin Taste murder by the Mansion family in the late sixties, this movie was pretty good. The acting was well done and the cinematography,while looking like it was made in the eighties(intentionally I think), was decent. If you know your history you'll already know the storyline. They played it out at a good pace and kept it intense. The beginning scene wasn't really necessary but it is what it is. The movie felt kind of like you were watching "The Strangers', with no real sense to the violence, but again, if you know your history you know that was the case with this story at the time. Entertaining enough, this one is worth a watch.