I love epistolary, but this is not strictly such. It's mostly Mrs Truax relating the contents of letters, if that makes any sense. So, she gets a letter from Mr Tramworth and she'll say this is what he said, and off Mr Tramworth goes in his POV, and then he'll move on to what he learnt from Mr Felt, who then goes off in his POV. Does that make any sense? Did I say it was convoluted? ;-)
yup it makes sense. lol. i do enjoy the epistolary style. thanks for the recs. will check on those after i do the dishes. i'm still dilly dallying ha ha.
went to Amazon and found out it's free and also at Project Gutenberg. so cool. i didn't have to spend any lol. got my Kindle copy now so off to do the dishes. ;)
as part of our nightly bedtime story-telling, i shared the summary with my nephew (he's 12 and loves stories before he goes to sleep) and i asked him what he thought was inside the box. he said there was a body exchange - a twin of the wife that's why she looked healthy the next day. he also thought about a ritual that could have taken place. again involving a body inside the box. lol. i told him, i'd tell him the story once i get to read the book. :)
If you're interested in the epistolary style, try The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (http://www.amazon.com/Guernsey-Literary-Potato-Peel-Society-ebook/dp/B0015DWJX2). I love, love that book.
Or try Helen Hanff's 84, Charing Cross Road (http://www.amazon.com/Charing-Cross-Road-Helene-Hanff/dp/0140143505). This one is non-fiction; it made me ugly-cry, but in good ways :-)