Withering Heights
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312343378 (031234337X)
Publish date: April 3rd 2007
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Cozy Mystery
Series: Ellie Haskell Mystery (#11)
The mock Gothic is one of my very favorite types of books. This should have been perfect for me: a Yorkshire manor, suspicious goings-on, a cozy domestic mystery with delicious menus. The failing here is entirely my own. I think the book was too light for my own mood. Copy loaned by beloved MIL
Admittedly, I've found that the so-called "cozy mystery" isn't my cuppa. Particularly in a series. Agatha Christie is so clever in plotting, I can forgive that her Miss Marple stumbles into one homicide after another. I'm less forgiving with other books featuring amateur detectives and including cut...