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#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens began writing romances as an escape from the dry world of professional science. Her hobby quickly became a career when her first novel was accepted for publication, and with entirely becoming alacrity, she gave up writing about facts in favor of writing fiction.
Laurens's novels are set in the time period of the British Regency, and her settings range from Scotland to India. Laurens has published fifty-three works of historical romance, including 31 New York Times bestsellers. All her works are continuously available in print and digital formats in English worldwide, and have been translated into many other languages. An international bestseller, among other accolades Laurens has received the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award for Best Romance Novella 2008, for The Fall of Rogue Gerrard.
Her continuing novels featuring the Cynster family are widely regarded as classics of the genre. Other series include the Bastion Club Novels and the Black Cobra Quartet. For information on upcoming releases and updates on novels yet to come, visit Stephanie's website.
Laurens's novels are set in the time period of the British Regency, and her settings range from Scotland to India. Laurens has published fifty-three works of historical romance, including 31 New York Times bestsellers. All her works are continuously available in print and digital formats in English worldwide, and have been translated into many other languages. An international bestseller, among other accolades Laurens has received the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award for Best Romance Novella 2008, for The Fall of Rogue Gerrard.
Her continuing novels featuring the Cynster family are widely regarded as classics of the genre. Other series include the Bastion Club Novels and the Black Cobra Quartet. For information on upcoming releases and updates on novels yet to come, visit Stephanie's website.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Andrea
on July 8, 2014
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Heavens, it seems like I'm the only reader who disliked this book! As a long standing fan of Stephanie Laurens, I've been increasingly disappointed by her last three or four books. In this book, I knew both who and how within two or three pages following the "murder". The plot line was overly complex and unrealistic. The only saving grace was yes, the way in which the three couples worked together to solve the case and the glimpse into each of their lives. Having said that, Barnaby and Penelope are becoming increasingly mawkish. And as an aside, whoever researches the period for Ms Laurens needs a kick in the pants for the jarring anacronisms which have crept into the novels.
I may just wait for her next novel to appear in my public library before deciding whether to buy the e-version.
I may just wait for her next novel to appear in my public library before deciding whether to buy the e-version.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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on June 16, 2014
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THE CURIOUS CASE OF LADY LATIMER'S SHOES is a novella in the Barnaby Adair series. This novella it's the most complete in the series. With the three couples in place the series finally seems to be taking shape. This story concerns the death of Lady Larimer. Penelope, Barnaby, Griselda, Stokes, Violet and Heathcote are working well as a unit. The story was engaging and the mystery was interesting and had a reasonable solution. This book is all mystery even though there are certainly relationships involved. I really enjoy the way in which the characters work together to investigate the mystery.
These are light mysteries and I really enjoy the way that they are developing as a friendly group of investigators whoop each have different specialties. All the characters have their high points in this story.
I look forward to the next book in the series.
I'd rate this book as a 4.5.
These are light mysteries and I really enjoy the way that they are developing as a friendly group of investigators whoop each have different specialties. All the characters have their high points in this story.
I look forward to the next book in the series.
I'd rate this book as a 4.5.
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on June 17, 2014
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I love these books, read them as soon as I get them. The three couples complement each with different styles of expertise. The two children's parts in the storyline are a great addition. This story had a good story of the two families concerned. With the with the addition of a love story between the two main families. KEEP them coming.
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on September 4, 2014
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Um. Well. Frankly, I wish Stephanie Laurens would stick to writing romance with a touch of mystery, instead of mystery with a very little touch of romance. This book fell really flat for me. The mystery isn't all that compelling. The exclusivity of Lady Latimer's shoes (a type of shoe, not a single pair), their utility in snagging young ladies a husband, and the jealousy they evoke -- enough to lead to murder -- all seem far-fetched. The murder victim goes from being a sympathetic character at the beginning to almost unregretted by everyone at the end, and a long-time friendship makes little sense in light of what we eventually learn about her. And the mystery's solution is unsatisfactory in several ways.
None of that would matter quite so much if the mystery were incidental to the romance, but it's the other way around. The romance is tiny and gets very little page time - which may be just as well, given that it's not all that interesting, either. The romantic couple aren't even the main characters! Contrasted with a book like Laurens' "All About Love", where a compelling romance takes center stage and the murder investigation lends tension, danger, and suspense, "The Curious Case of Lady Latimer's Shoes" is curiously lackluster.
The only upside for me was spending some time with Barnaby and Penelope Adair, and to a lesser extent Stokes and Griselda, and Montague and Violet. They're familiar to me from earlier books, and I've always liked the first four; the last two I'm still getting to know. But a short story could have served the same purpose and kept more of the focus on those couples.
I really hate to give a Stephanie Laurens book a bad review -- I've been a fan of hers for almost 15 years. But if you want to read any of her work, read the first few Cynster books instead. This is one I wish I'd skipped.
[REVIEW ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED on The Bookwyrm's Hoard blog]
None of that would matter quite so much if the mystery were incidental to the romance, but it's the other way around. The romance is tiny and gets very little page time - which may be just as well, given that it's not all that interesting, either. The romantic couple aren't even the main characters! Contrasted with a book like Laurens' "All About Love", where a compelling romance takes center stage and the murder investigation lends tension, danger, and suspense, "The Curious Case of Lady Latimer's Shoes" is curiously lackluster.
The only upside for me was spending some time with Barnaby and Penelope Adair, and to a lesser extent Stokes and Griselda, and Montague and Violet. They're familiar to me from earlier books, and I've always liked the first four; the last two I'm still getting to know. But a short story could have served the same purpose and kept more of the focus on those couples.
I really hate to give a Stephanie Laurens book a bad review -- I've been a fan of hers for almost 15 years. But if you want to read any of her work, read the first few Cynster books instead. This is one I wish I'd skipped.
[REVIEW ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED on The Bookwyrm's Hoard blog]
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on July 21, 2014
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Another disappointment! Laurens is one of my favorites, but her books lately seem to be just churned out. She uses the names of my favorite characters from the past (Cynsters) but it seems more like a ploy to get me to buy the book. The story is ok but it seems like she had a minimum amount of words she needed to put in the book so she repeats and repeats again. It was an expensive book for a paperback though I guess I paid for snow white pages. Also, there was no recommended purchase price on the book so the price changed several times on Amazon and of course I paid the higher price. All and all, I feel ripped off as a reader.
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on September 2, 2014
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The story was excellent. The mysterious case was enjoyable to watch unfold. However the love story did not have much happen until the final chapters. You never really got to know the two characters that should have been the primary H and h but rather, got mostly updates on the characters from previous books. Don't want to spoil the ending for future readers so SPOILER ALERT I neither need nor want long morality tales to over shadow the HEA. I love reading romance because love triumphs. A concise summing up of Lady Galbraith's errors would have been fine. But instead we got each character from the previous books take on her flaws. Somewhere in there the H and h from THIS book got together, their families reunited. That part, unfortunately felt rushed and the HEA GOT LOST IN THE MORALITY TALE THAT WAS MORE A LECTURE! This was very unfortunate, because the rest of the series, including the books before Barnaby Adair's own story were delightful. This book took me forever to read. Not normally the case with this authors books. My advice. Skip this book. There are plenty of updates on your favorite characters from previous books in the rest of the series and this one doesn't need to detract from the otherwise fn and well written series.
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