A Matter of Breeding
by J. Sydney Jones
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Pub Date 1 Jul 2014 | Archive Date 11 Jun 2014
Description
October, 1901. Lawyer and private enquiries agent Karl Werthen accepts an assignment to protect the famous Irish writer Bram Stoker while on a speaking tour of Vienna. Meanwhile, his colleague, renowned criminologist Dr Hanns Gross has been called away to advise on a bizarre series of murders near his hometown of Graz, in the Austrian province of Styria. Three women have been killed with strange mutilations and scarring patterns left on their bodies. The third, most recent victim has had her unborn baby cut out of her womb. Clues have been left at each scene; clues that have been clearly mentioned in Gross’s handbook for magistrates, Criminal Investigation. A coincidence? Dr Gross thinks not.
Meanwhile, back in Vienna, Werthen’s wife Berthe is investigating what seems to be a fraudulent breeding scheme involving the prized Lipizzaner horses. Could the two investigations possibly be connected?
Matters become complicated with Werthen and Stoker’s arrival in Graz. For, having read wild newspaper accounts of vampire killings, the Dracula author insists they investigate.
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| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780727883803 |
| PRICE | US$28.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Ionia F, Reviewer
I really liked this novel. You mention Bram Stoker and I am there (what a terrible Romanian I am.)Really though, this book was more than just hot air breathed into famous folk that have been in the grave for a while, unlike some of the other works I've read recently that used famous authors as characters.
Ever read a book that just has so much...something...that you fall in love with it right away? This book was like that for me. It may have been the atmosphere (great descriptions and setting,) or the excellent, quirky personalities of the characters (Stoker is a class act,) but regardless of the reason(s) I thought this was a terrible lot of fun.
J. Sydney Jones knows how to write dialogue. When you read the conversations in this book you can not only get what the characters are conveying, but how they feel about the person they are talking to, or the situation they are in. You almost feel like you are eavesdropping.
The murders are not the run of the mill stuff we see in crime novels every day and although there are a few squeamish spots, the author did well at keeping everything tasteful.
I love the way multiple story lines were fed into this book, eventually all tying together.
I definitely recommend it if you like books that are a bit off the beaten path.
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