The Deathly Portent
by Elizabeth Bailey
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Critic Rating
60%
Critic Reviews: 5
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Reader Rating
81%
Reader Ratings: 7
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Synopsis
A charming yet cunning sleuth faces another mystery, from the author of The Gilded Shroud. A violent murder has left the village of Witherley aghast, convinced that a witch doing the devil's work is to blame: a young woman believed to have second sight. Soon, the witch hunt escalates out of control.But help is at hand. The bright and perceptive Ottilia, once a lady's companion and now bride to Lord Francis Fanshawe, rapidly uncovers a raft of suspects with... more
About Elizabeth Bailey
- All Critics: 5
- Positive: 4
- Negative: 1
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Lou Graham's Blog | 15 Apr 2012
Thank you Elizabeth for introducing me to a new style of writting that I have never tried before.
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Books Are My Life | 23 Apr 2012
is interesting book without modern automation, with carriages, torches, witch crafting and other things were characteristic for this period.
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She Reads Novels | 11 May 2012
The appeal of this book for me was really the historical setting and the characters, though I did enjoy watching the mystery unfold too.
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Fresh Fiction | 18 Apr 2012
Once you are on the trail of the murderer the DEATHLY PORTENT is hard to put down.
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Love Romances and More | 26 Apr 2012
After the first several times it wore on me and I wanted to put the book down. I felt the story dragged with all the small town minutia.
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