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Murder in Reproach Kindle Edition

by Anne Cleeland (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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This seemed like a cut-and-dried case of suicide to Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle; the decedent—a wealthy theatre patron—must have decided that life without her famous husband was too hard to bear, and so she’d ended it.
Indeed, nothing about the tranquil scene would indicate foul play, save for the housekeeper’s insistence that something was amiss. The girl was certain that her mistress would never take her own life, and equally certain that she would never hold a peacock feather while doing so. After all, everyone in the theatre trade knew that peacock feathers were bad luck. . .

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CW1FJM94
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 21, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1734 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 220 pages

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Teresa D

Delightful!

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024

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Another wonderful Acton and Doyle! Getting a new book of Ms. Cleeland is like sitting by a warm fire on a cold winters night. It warms you up inside out.
Peacocks are beautiful birds but in this mystery their feathers are found with bodies. Who is doing this?
I really enjoyed this book. I know when I get a new book I am going to be entertained. I have been a fan since the first book and I am always happy when a new one comes out. Kathleen holds a special place. She is such a delightful character. Acton is well Acton...gotta love him!

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erinaf

Theatre murders that were let down by a terribly abrupt and dissatisfying ending

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024

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I tossed up whether to give this book three or four stars and settled on the higher rating since overall I still enjoyed it. However, some extremely repetitive elements are starting to make me stabby. More on that in a bit. The newly promoted Munoz is paired with Doyle on an apparent suicide. When the latter's Spidey sense starts acting up, the team are thrown a curve ball when it appears the murder might actually be staged making it a.... murder in reproach, so once again the readers are given a convenient case so the author can get a new title for her series. Acton is called in and characters from past events crop up as they always do in these books that sometimes feel like Groundhog Day, the Acton and Doyle version. Javid, Sir Vikili, Callie and Rolph show their faces as does a ghost (literally) from the past.

While the plot kept my interest due to a few twists and turns, there was still a heck of a lot of repetition that this author seems to rely on to keep the series going. No case ever seems to be fully solved making these books almost seem as though it's one big never-ending investigation that always goes nowhere because it's never tied off. It's a shame because I really enjoy the setting, characters and grisly murders is these novels and I'm always left scratching my head as to why the author has to rely on repetition instead of just introducing a new case (to be clear, they often feel like new cases but usually aren't). Once again the public accounts case pops its ugly head up because people and events connected to it are thrown in. The Russian mob and their political associations, including past players from other books, are chucked in again as a central theme, just going to show that even if a case seems completely unrelated (and could be for a breath of fresh air), the author is determined to weigh the plot down with deja vu that would rival the Matrix. Take the red pill, Acton and Doyle, for the love of baby Jesus!

The case had parallels to another Doyle had worked on which she noted, which I found pretty amusing since there's heaps of repetition with characters and plot lines in all of the books. Hilariously, even Doyle herself says, "You'd think the blacklegs would try to come up with somethin' new and different." You'd like to think, wouldn't you?! Let's start by putting the public accounts case to rest instead of trying to force it into every book whether it fits or not. Now the reader is having to suffer through this as a well as the newer investigation into fake artwork that manages to tie into everything (although I enjoyed Riordan making another appearance - this is a fun element). There was also the familiar plot line of Acton keeping things to himself while Doyle heavy-handedly falls into the correct answers, although some of the connections she came up with were a bit of a stretch, even with her abilities. While a ghost revealing itself to Doyle is nothing new, I really liked the twist brought into this book from her latest visitation. I won't reveal who it is because even through the author dropped enough hints to make where it was going somewhat predictable, the book had a terrific, fast-paced couple of chapters towards the end that made a solid change from the usual revelations Doyle gets from her apparitions.

The final thing that made me (and some others going by the reviews) want to set things on fire was the ending. After some terrific action, the book abruptly ends. This was such a disappointment after being on the edge of my seat. I actually thought there was an error with how the book had downloaded, it was so terribly done. After such a nail-biter of a scene near the end, there was no explanation, no follow up and no answers as to what had happened and honestly, it was really poor form from the author. It's like she had to hand the book in quickly because she had to be somewhere or there was a page limit or something. I'm really hoping that the next book takes some time finishing this off, including conversations between Doyle and Acton, because if it doesn't, I think it will affect my enjoyment of the series going forward. I can normally handle this author's fast finishes followed by the next book starting somewhere off-topic that doesn't quite do the ending of the previous book justice as readers are expected to just forget about it, but this ending was dreadful and left me pretty dissatisfied and confused as to what had just happened and why I'd been left with an unfinished story. I love the relationship between Acton and Doyle and while there were some solid conversations between the two throughout this book (because I'm here for the romance), the hurried and disappointing ending didn't do these two justice and landed flat.

On a positive note, the editing for Murder in Reproach was much better than this series' norm apart from some unfortunately random hyphen confetti. Sooooo while I enjoyed this book there were definitely some problems, especially with the reliance on old cases and characters to carry the plot over and the ending, which according to my notes, was completely ducked (autocorrect? lol).

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Sue Beebe

Good book

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024

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I love this book series, but disappointed at abrupt ending I hope this doesn't mean that the book will be continued in another book

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Always V

What a Wild Ride!

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024

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What a wild ride! I was totally blown away and stunned speechless by such a brilliantly unexpected ending! I was so blindsided by the explosive scene before the final chapter that I didn't even recognize that the book ended in a CLIFFHANGER! I just thought that it needed at least 200+ pages or more to answer all the questions I and all the other readers still had! Ha! In truth? We Will Have the Conclusion ➡️ "Murder in Preemption" Coming in Fall 2024!

Avoid revealing the spoilers allowed me to focus on all things beautiful and special about the series.

Loved watching the children together, like when Emile and Gemma watched over Edward and Tommy. Loved more babies for Acton and Doyle, Munoz and Geary, Williams, and Savoie and Mary.

Loved witnessing heroic deeds performed by someone like Rolph Denisovich. Loved more hero who could and might become a value member in the House of Acton, like Seamus Riordan.

Looking forward to see justice for the innocent victims in this book being delivered in the upcoming book "Murder in Preemption!"

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Mouse

Where is the ending?

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024

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I enjoy this series and each book before this one leaves certain threads leading to the next book, but still gives us an ending to the major mystery the plot revolves around. Not this one. At the extremely abrupt end of this installment, none of the questions are answered about who killed the murder victims or how. We don’t even know what happened to all the characters in the explosive climax of the story. There’s no conversation between Acton and Doyle to tie any of the threads together at all. I literally said out loud, “Where’s the rest of it?” Cleeland always leaves us knowing there will be more, but she hasn’t left us hanging like this ever. I hope if this is NOT a mistake that she has the next book ready to go because if there’s a large time gap, I doubt I’ll remember what happened in this book because we still don’t understand what happened in this book…because there’s no ending. Confused about her choices here.

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Robert W. Reddy

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024

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Anne Cleeland 's Doyle & Acton are a combination of deep characters and intrigue on many levels that keep your interest. Keep them coming.

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024

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Bought for a friend and she loved it!

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JudyB

And here we go again. Poor Acton!

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024

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I love this series but Anne Cleeland leaves them with the most agravating ending. How soon before the next one..?

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charlenepb

5 STARS

Reviewed in Canada on March 18, 2024

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This is one of my favorite series and as a result I am sad when I get to the ending! This ending was unexpected and now I have to wait until fall for the next book!

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