The Hourglass Factory
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The suffragette movement is reaching a fever pitch, and Inspector Frederick Primrose is hunting a murderer on his beat. Across town, Fleet Street reporter Frances Frankie George is chasing an interview with trapeze artist Ebony Diamond. Frankie finds herself fascinated by the tightly-laced acrobat and follows her to a Bond Street corset shop that seems to be hiding secrets of its own. When Ebony Diamond mysteriously disappears in the middle of a performance, Frankie and Primrose are both drawn into the shadowy world of a secret society with ties to both London's criminal underworld and its glittering socialites How did Ebony vanish, who was she afraid of, and what goes on behind the doors of the mysterious Hourglass Factory? From newsrooms to the drawing rooms of high society, the investigation leads Frankie and Primrose to a murderous villain with a plot more deadly than anyone could have imagined.
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Publisher:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
Edition:
Large print edition.
Copyright Date:
́—́Ư2015.
ISBN:
9781410489807
1410489809
1410489809
Characteristics:
550 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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Add a CommentToo girlie-girlie for me, like the chitchat in a Victorian novel. Had to stop after a few pages. And yes, I agree with another commenter that the book could use heavy help from an editor.
A female reporter struggles to get her story and save lives at the same times just before WWI. With suffragists, London and a trapeze artist I guess I expected more but none of it really rung true though it did inspire me to look further into the world of suffragists.
The author needs more experience, and a better editor. Frequently feels like you're reading a bad translation from another language. She has a poor grasp of being able to describe situations so that they are understandable, and often seems to forget narrative flow altogether. The character of the trapeze artist is more annoying than interesting. It gets worse toward the end where it felt like the author might have been ill, or her ability to write just began to fail altogether.
Although the topic is of interest, this novel fails to come through. Lacks punch and vivid character and plot development. Plot lurches at times and skips crucial information to bridge the gaps.
Could have been edited down at least 100 more pages.