After being apart from her partner lover Stoker for several months, Veronica arrives in Bavaria with Stoker's brother Tiberius to seek Stoker's help. Tiberius has received death threats over something that happened years ago amongst the Seven Sinners, his group of friends. Now two of his friends have been killed, and the message sender suggests that Tiberius might be next. Not knowing why he and his friends have been targeted, Tiberius intends to assemble a reunion and include Veronica and Stoker to help reveal the killer. The only task is to find Stoker who has been out on his own since discovering Veronica's husband in AN IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSTER and convince him to join the hunt.
One must have read the previous entry to understand this, but looking at history from Veronica's point of view, I don't fault her for her attitude or behavior. As a reader, frankly I cannot swallow the motivation for taking Stoker's side in this book. At the end of the last entry, he declares that while he knows Veronica loves him, in the view of the rest of the world, she belongs to her husband. BELONGS A quick review of the context shows Stoker to be a traditionalist. He takes chivalry and honor seriously, and views women as persons to be honored and protected. Veronica has been fighting to be seen as independent her whole life.
From The Publisher:
Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.
Veronica's natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: preparing an iguanodon for a very special dinner party.
Tiberius has received a cryptic message-along with the obituaries of two recently deceased members of his old group of friends, the Seven Sinners-that he too should get his affairs in order. Realizing he is in grave danger but not knowing why, he plans a reunion party for the remaining Sinners at his family estate to lure the killer out while Veronica and Stoker investigate.
As the guests arrive and settle in, the evening's events turn deadly. More clues come to light, leading Veronica, Stoker, and Tiberius to uncover a shared past among the Sinners that has led to the fatal present. But the truth might be far more sinister than what they were prepared for.
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