Medium – Book
About the Book – Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte are at Haworth Parsonage, busy with their ambitions to become famous, published authoresses. Their quiet life is one day interrupted by the discovery of a cache of bones at a local house. Hearing that they are the bones of a young child, the Bronte sisters travel to the house to collect the bones from the nasty man who is the house’s owner, so that they can be interred for Christian burial. It soon becomes clear, however, that not only did the death of the child occur in mysterious circumstances, but witchcraft, pagan imagery and devil worship may also have surrounded the death of the child. The three sisters set out to try and find the murderer, although it soon becomes clear that they and the other villagers at Haworth may be in great danger.
My Rating – 3.5/5
My thoughts – This book was one that I had bought myself for Christmas, from my favourite independent bookseller, Fox Lane Books (excellent store, you should check them out!) I really enjoy historical murder mysteries, and books using already established characters, so I was quite interested to have a read of this book – especially as it had so many favourable reviews on Goodreads. The book was an interesting concept, and I really enjoyed the coming together of the three Bronte sisters to solve crimes. There is an overbearing sadness in the writing, as you realise that these three sisters, so full of life, all die at fairly young ages. This isn’t explored in the book, but is something I felt throughout. The characters were excellent – I especially liked the two younger sisters – the sensible and thoughtful Anne, and the free spirit Emily.
The lower score for this book is generally due to the beginning. Whilst I found the end (the last 150 pages) thrilling and got through it in one sitting, the beginning dragged for me, and it took me a few days. To be honest, if I hadn’t convinced myself I was going to read it, I probably would have abandoned it fairly quickly. I am glad I didn’t though, as I really enjoyed the ending, even though I had already guessed who the villain of the piece was.
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