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Title: The Love Talker by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0-380-73340-4 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Darker than expected
Comment: I'm surprised that Mertz published the book under her Elizabeth Peters nom de plum when the style and themes of the book were more in the fashion of the author's Barbara Michaels persona. The book draws heavily on gothic romance influences more than her usual Victorian adventure fluff. Of course under both names she's ultimately writing mysteries and Love Talker doesn't disappoint. There are parts that are too drawn out or too rambling and the characterization isn't as strong as it is in some of her books but it's still a fun and easy read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Stands the test of time
Comment: In snowy windy Chicago, Laurie Carleton works on her dissertation. However, a letter from her great aunt disturbs Laurie because the elderly woman says that her sister claims to see fairies in the woods. Laurie cherishes her two great aunts and uncle as they cared for her when her mother, struggling with a divorce, dumped the then eight-year-old girl on them.
Laurie quickly returns to the family's Maryland estate. When she arrives at Idlewood, her half-brother Doug greets Laurie. They team up to find out the truth. Laurie begins to hear music in the middle of the night and soon someone tries to run her over. Will it take a death or two before the survivors know what is really going on?
THE LOVE TOKEN is actually a reprint of a 1990 classic that reads as fresh today as it did a decade ago. The romantic suspense has all the elements of a modern day gothic tale except more so as the talented Elizabeth Peters of Egyptology fame pens the novel. Fans who search for excellence in their novels will want to read Ms. Peters' book that is so reminiscent of the best of Mary Stewart.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: The Love Talker
Comment: Unlike some previous reviewers, I thoroughly loved this story. True, Aunt Lizzie is a bit "much," the romance a bit too low key, and a trio of spinster/bachelor siblings odd, but the weaving of Lizzie and Laurie's love of fairy tales into the plot is both delightful and chilling. The author keeps you guessing up until the very end, while building suspense and dread. Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels can always be depended on to deliver a good romantic and/or gothic mystery.
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Title: Die for Love by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731169 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 08 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Street of the Five Moons (A Vicky Bliss Mystery) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731215 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Seventh Sinner by Barbara Mertz ISBN: 0445407786 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Legend in Green Velvet (Avon Mystery) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731185 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446602485 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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