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Title:Bellfield Hall (Dido Kent #1)
Author:Anna Dean
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 304 pages
Published:February 2nd 2010 by Minotaur Books (first published August 5th 2008)
Categories:Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Historical Mystery. Fiction. Regency
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1805. An engagement party is taking place for Mr Richard Montague, son of wealthy landowner Sir Edgar Montague, and his fiancee Catherine. During a dance with his beloved, a strange thing happens: a man appears at Richard's shoulder and appears to communicate something to him without saying a word. Instantly breaking off the engagement, he rushes off to speak to his father, never to be seen again. Distraught with worry, Catherine sends for her spinster aunt, Miss Dido Kent, who has a penchant for solving mysteries. Catherine pleads with her to find her fiance and to discover the truth behind his disappearance. It's going to take a lot of logical thinking to untangle the complex threads of this multi-layered mystery, and Miss Dido Kent is just the woman to do it.

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Original Title: A Moment of Silence, or the Observations of Miss Dido Kent
ISBN: 0312562942 (ISBN13: 9780312562946)
Edition Language: English
Series: Dido Kent #1

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A MOMENT OF SILENCE (Hist Mys/Ama. Sleuth-Dido Kent-England-1805) - ExDean, Anna 1st bookAllison & Busby, 2008, UK Hardcover ISBN: 9780749079109First Sentence: My dear Eliza, I must begin another letter to you, although it is not six hours since I sent my last.Catherine Kent is engaged to Richard Montague. During a special ball at Betsfield Hall, Richard reacts strongly to a red-headed man and then disappears. Catherines father sends for his spinster sister, Miss Dido Kent. The same day

Easy, fast reading. Miss Kent is kind of a re-invented Jane Austen, even down to the details of her life: she's a spinster supported by an allowance from her wealthier brothers, she has a motherless niece that looks to her for a certain amount of advice, and while traveling she corresponds with her sister back home.The dialogue and vocabulary seem spot-on for the time period. I am pretty impressed by this author's grasp of the Austen-like voice. The rest of the books in this series are good,

Pros: Really liked the main character, written in first person, her strengths (scary smart and acting with best of intentions) and weaknesses (at times not only judgemental but feeling justified in acting upon that judgement, at times being just as patronizing to younger women as she feels and is irritated by men acting patronizing toward her as a spinster woman) were believable and made her seem genuine. I wasn't able to predict the outcome, and the author does a good job of keeping the reader



First Sentence: My dear Eliza, I must begin another letter to you, although it is not six hours since I sent my last.Catherine Kent is engaged to Richard Montague. During a special ball at Betsfield Hall, Richard reacts strongly to a red-headed man and then disappears. Catherines father sends for his spinster sister, Miss Dido Kent. The same day Dido arrives, the body of a murdered woman is found under a hedge on the property and Dido decides its up to her to discover the killer.Ms. Deans

It was a quick, easy read, but I cannot rate it higher for a few reasons--which I will get to later in the review.Dido Kent, spinster, is called upon by her brother to aid her niece whose fiance has had an abrupt change of heart about their upcoming nuptials, and has fled. On the day Dido arrives, a woman is found murdered in the shrubbery of the house. Are the two events connected? Dido is determined to find out.I actually liked the author's writing style, and the mystery, while easy to figure

It was a quick, easy read, but I cannot rate it higher for a few reasons--which I will get to later in the review.Dido Kent, spinster, is called upon by her brother to aid her niece whose fiance has had an abrupt change of heart about their upcoming nuptials, and has fled. On the day Dido arrives, a woman is found murdered in the shrubbery of the house. Are the two events connected? Dido is determined to find out.I actually liked the author's writing style, and the mystery, while easy to figure