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Title: The Dark Side of the Mirror
Subtitle: The Reverend Bernard Paltoquet Mystery Series, Book 7
Author: Pat Herbert
Narrator: Karl R. Hart
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-07-17
Publisher: Pat Herbert
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Twins run in families, or so it has been known. The Fentiman family have their fair share of twins, past and present.
Robespierre and Danton Fentiman, identical in appearance, but not in personality, were hanged for two different murders back in 1937. Their ghosts appear to Robespierre's twin sons, Carl and Basil, nearly 20 years later, asserting that their convictions were wrong and asking them to rectify two miscarriages of justice.
Carl asks his local vicar, Bernard Paltoquet of St Stephen's Church, Wandsworth, for help and he in turn seeks the help of an experienced clairvoyant. His close friend, Dorothy Plunkett, is still away in Exeter looking after her ailing father, so she sends him Anbolin Amery-Judge in her stead.
What follows is the unravelling of two 20-year-old mysteries, culminating in wrongs being righted, with many a misunderstanding along the way.
Bernard's friend, Dr Robbie MacTavish, is along for the ride, although he is distracted by a romantic entanglement with a much younger woman, much to the disapproval of the Reverend Paltoquet.
Meanwhile Mrs Harper, Bernard's faithful housekeeper, keeps her beady eye on both men, ever ready with a caustic comment or a fondant fancy, as occasion demands.
Listeners who have heard and enjoyed other novels in this series will easily recognise the characters and their foibles as they take the journey with them through the twists and turns of a plot that moves backwards and forwards from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s.
Members Reviews:
Clairvoyant Solves Generational Murders In Wandsworth, U.K.
It is amazing how each volume of this series gets more intriguing.
This novel involved the subjects of twins, both hanged for murders, both innocent, yet were they? Well, Reverend Bernard Paltoquet and his buddy, Dr. Robbie MacTavish are back on the search. Why them? Because the murders occurred twenty years ago.
Wandsworth, U.K. in 1956 has a man, Carl Feinterman coming to seek help from Bernie to rid him of his hanging father's ghost in his workshop. Bernie finds out that this is a case for Dorothy, a clairvoyant. Dorothy sends her mentor, an elderly Clairvoyant and combination Miss Marple to boot.
The Clairvoyant quickly realizes what is going on (amidst her constant eating,) and now the stop is finding tangible proof.
Meanwhile, Robbie is having a fling with the local pub girl. Bernie worries about his best friends soul, while the clairvoyant realizes that Robbie is repeating history. Does he even know who this girl really is?
This book is a very readable, yet complex, murder mystery (mysteries) that entertains you as well. It shows the value of true psychics and to my great amusement even changed the mind of a true skeptic. Great Reading.
Get to know this series. This book spanned the era of 1936 to 1956. Rationing was still going on for items such as Petrol (gasoline.) Interesting look at life in England during those years.
Mystery, wit, and tons of charm
This is an incredible read with humor spread throughout. Not your everyday ghost story, but will sure to allow your imagination to pick up the lighthearted demeanor of Bernard and his friends.
I chose to read this first and could have made a horrible mistake, but I'm so glad that ain't read this 7th book of the series of Pat Herbert.