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Carregando... The Eyes of Aurora (2014)de Albert A. Bell, Jr.
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This is a favorite series of mine, but this book is my least favorite in the series. That's in part because of the introduction of Aurora's point of view. It doesn't seem to me to add much to what we know about an already interesting character, and it distracts from the momentum of the story. In addition, Aurora can seem just a bit irritating, which she never does when the narrative is from Pliny's perspective. Also, the plot in this novel is complicated in the extreme, and the motivations don't seem to me as compelling as in past novels. Still, I like spending time with Pliny, and I will certainly continue with the series. Searching for the husband of a woman who has now disappeared herself, Pliny comes across the body of a woman who has been brutally raped, stabbed and decapitated. My memory of the first two books in this series is a little vague three years later, but I don't remember them or the ones I read recently being quite this sexually and violently graphic. I don't think I'm particularly squeamish, but it is quite a departure for the author. More like a 3.5. Not quite as good as the preceding novels in this series but still worth reading. Mystery concerns a horrific murder. Pliny, his servant girl, Aurora, [an increasingly important character since her introduction into the series] and Pliny's friend Tacitus investigate; even the epigrammist Martial lends a hand. A long-buried family secret is revealed. The SATOR/ROTAS "perfect palindrome" is an important clue. I like ciphers and codes so what Bell did with it is extremely fascinating. Aurora's temporary blindness is a factor in solving the crime. Pliny's personality is almost too good to be true, although Bell did base it on statements about himself in Pliny's real historical letters but with Bell's own enhancements. It was too easy to guess "whodunit"; I guessed the culprit halfway through the novel but it was fascinating to see the motive and how everything fit together. Both engaging characters, Aurora and Pliny begin a sweet love affair. An aside: Pliny the Younger's Letters are worth reading in themselves: I read them online and was very satisfied with this translation: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancien... sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Plinyâe(tm)s servant Aurora, who is also the forbidden love of his life, has played Good Samaritan to a woman who claims to be searching for her missing husband. Thinking he can help the woman, Pliny steps in, assisted, as usual, by his friend Tacitus. But the situation turns into a web of deception and intrigue when they discover evidence of a horrific murder while searching in the countryside for clues to the whereabouts of the missing man. After Aurora is injured, Plinyâe(tm)s involvement becomes personal. Heâe(tm)s even desperate enough to ask Regulus, his longtime sworn enemy, for help when the case brings him to the malevolent attention of the emperor Domitian. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I didn't find the insertion of the perspective of Aurora into the story added to it much, and hope Bell doesn't do that again.
I find it interesting that he continued this story line from Death in the Ashes, and wonder if there are upcoming stories that have been mentioned but I didn't notice the clues being dropped. ( )