- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books (Aug 26 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345456521
- ISBN-13: 978-0345456526
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #853,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
This absorbing mystery/spy thriller, set in tranquil Cambridge just before the onset of the Great War, marks a powerful start to bestseller Perry's much anticipated new series. In a lush and deceptively peaceful opening scene, college professor and chaplain Joseph Reavley is interrupted while watching a cricket game by his intelligence officer brother, Matthew, who reports the sudden death of their parents in a car crash. This horrifying news sets off a long but compelling investigation by the brothers that takes them across verdant summertime England, looking for a secret document that their father was trying to deliver to Matthew at the time of his death. Against a backdrop of ominous news from the continent, Perry artfully weaves connections between pacifist students at Cambridge, one of whom is also murdered, and German agents who may be planning "a conspiracy to ruin England and everything we stand for." The intrigue is further complicated by jilted lovers and jealous spouses at the university, all with grudges against an alleged blackmailer in their midst who may also be privy to exam cribbing and other illicit goings-on. Perry's title, a quotation from G.K. Chesterton, is a portent of the carnage that soon awaits the youth of England, yet by the final resolution of this gripping case, many graves have regrettably already been filled in Cambridge's serene churchyards.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Matthew and Joseph Reavley's parents are killed in a car accident on the same day the Austrian Archduke of Serbia is assassinated. Matthew is an intelligence officer; his father was driving to London to show him a document he believed was part of a conspiracy that would disgrace England. Days later, Joseph's favorite student is found murdered in his Cambridge dormitory room. The brothers join forces to investigate the two murders. Michael Page's reading adroitly captures the quiet atmosphere of Cambridge and the British countryside in 1914 alongside the climate of fear instilled in the students by the unsolved murder and the threat of coming war. Page's cadence and tone lend an excitement and grace to the story that improves upon the original plot. A.B. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: No Graves As Yet: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read most of Anne Perry's mysteries. Not being a sci fi fan, I haven't tried those. I had grown tired of Pitt and Monk--perhaps one can only take SO many mysteries and the dynamics between the detectives and their spouses seemed repetitious.However, I thoroughly enjoyed her new series! Contrary to the other reviewers, I felt that she was painting a long-term picture that I didn't expect WOULD be resolved in one novel. As always, her descriptions are sumptuous and memorable, her characters complex (yes, even the females!) and the various stories kept me reading on and on. Although there were several questions left hanging at the end of the book, it was clear to me that this was the beginning of a story, not an ending. I am looking forward to Christmas when I hope that someone will give me the next in the series!
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Disappointed,
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This review is from: No Graves As Yet: A Novel of World War One (Hardcover)
As a long time fan of Anne Perry and an avid World War I buff, I found this book to be tedious and confusing. Many questions were raised and never answered: Who were the two mysterious plotters?What happened to the original document (or the copy if the one hidden was not the original)? What was Sebastians connection with the two plotters? How did the brilliant Irish rebel leader figure into this mix? And on and on. Too many loose threads!
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No Graves As Yet,
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This review is from: No Graves As Yet: A Novel of World War One (Hardcover)
I enjoy the Pitt and Monk mysteries and looked forward to a new series by Perry. This book disappointed me. The characters were one-dimensional, the plot predictable, the mystery not much of one. Don't bother with this one.
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