Mary C. reviewed on 4/18/2012 + 42 more book reviews

In this 12th book of the series, Charles is investigating the "accidental" death of a telegraph operator in the local village while Kate is staying at a local widow's home helping her while the widow deals with the grief of the accidental drowning of her daughter for which she somehow feels responsible. Charles and Kate aren't together very often throughout the investigation of the two mysteries which eventually converge into one. I found the competition between telegraph companies to be interesting and the lengths they would go to be the first to send a wireless communication across the ocean.


Although this book was a fine book, I had the feeling that the authors were really growing weary of their main characters. In fact, it took me a very very long time to complete the book because it just didn't hold my interest as well as previous books.
I am not sorry that I read it, but it definitely felt like a "final" book.

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