Death at Gallows Green

This is the second book in the series and while I enjoyed it I felt, my opinion remember, a certain drop in quality from the first book. Now that normally happens in some series anyway. No big deal. The characters of Kathryn Ardleigh and Sir Charles are both still great characters. And I had no problem with the authors inserting Beatrix Potter. Also the police procedural has always been a favorite style of mystery of mine and having the police, and their methods, becoming a part of the story was a nice touch.But it lacked something. It just didn't hook me like the first book. And I am not sure why to be honest. So I will take away a star. But for most people it is still going to be a good, solid, story with interesting characters.

The story is fascinating and absorbing to the end. This includes the details of country life and the inclusion of Beatrix Potter. Miss Potter must have become a great interest of at least one of the authors as we see by her later books.I was slightly irritated by occasional inaccuracies such as the confusion of 'baron' and 'baronet' and the use of 'baronetcy' as the status for both. Also an English character speaking the American 'railroad' while further down the page the American authorial voice using the English 'railway'. Spelling seemed a mixture of the American and English spellings. All these points are minor and should not detract from the enjoyment of the story.My main complaint with the Kindle edition is the very poor quality of transcription. I cannot imagine the printed version had so many errors. I assume the process of scanning then character recognition can only have been poor quality. Apart from single characters being mistaken, two characters into one and occasionally words difficult to recognize. This must not have been the authors fault.

Death at Gallows Green is the second installment in the Victorian Mysteries by Robin Paige. It is even more delightful than the first. Kate Ardleigh meets Beatrix Potter at a house party and invites her to Bishop's Keep for a visit and adventure. They certainly have an adventure when a police constable is found murdered, and subsequent inquiries try to blacken his name which would deny his young wife and daughter a pension. The daughter, Betsy, is a remarkable little girl and a delight, as is the characterization of Beatrix Potter. Bea knows Sir Charles Sheridan, who arrives to help solve the murder, and she realizes that Kate and Charles have strong feelings for each other. Sir Charles believes Kate has two other suitors whom she prefers, and Kate is unsure of Charles' regard, or the advisability of becoming involved with a man at all when she wants to remain a mystery author. The two do a much better job of solving the mystery; Sir Charles with new forensic science (very well depicted by the authors) and Kate with her keen intellect and ability to sense motivations. They are a perfect partnering, and Paige handles there characterizations with a loving and light touch that are a pleasure to read. As mentioned above, the advent of forensic science is a major theme in the Victorian Mystery series, and the authors (Paige is a husband-wife writing duo) have researched the field well. They present not only the the implementation of these new techniques but the dubious responses they received by the general public and juries. All in all, a delightful and engaging mystery.

This is a GREAT series... this book is the second in the series and Kate and Sir Charles are both excellent characters. Kate is a spirited protagonist who has very definite opinions and acts to suit herself rather than society. Sir Charles has more inate respect for society although he is definitely free spirited for his station.The other characters and stories mixed into this mystery were very well done... it was a great introduction to Beatrix Potter, animals, sketches, stories, and all... and Ned and Inspector Wainwright were very well done for showing the choices and limitations of policing in that time period.For the editing it's AWFUL... there are entire gaps where sentences just don't end, entire sections of words and phrases are missing, letters are mixed up (lots of m's for rn's and vice versa) and overall just really requires quite a bit of context to fill in the missing pieces for pages at a time. I might try to get a paper copy and see if the editing problem is just in the Kindle version.To the benefit of the story filling in the missing pieces was never difficult because the story flowed and the characters were consistent and you could tell what the missing pieces were so it didn't disrupt the read tremendously.Wonderful series though, great ideas and settings and characters.

I've read several of this author's--actually these authors`--works and have enjoyed the characters and the settings very much. Since I have a Master's Degree in history, I find their attention to detail and the information they share about the actual historical figures they include in their story very enjoyable.This book includes a delightful personality, that of Beatrix Potter, with whose actual life story I only recently became acquainted with through a film based on her early life. It was interesting to learn of her other pursuits, particularly her interest in mushrooms and other fungi, and the significant part that they played in her overall development as a person, particularly as a female person in Victorian England.The story is a marvelous development of the story of Peter Rabbit, and I enjoyed the characters of the people involved and of the supposed use to which Ms Potter put them in her stories.The plight of the little girl was very well developed, and reminded me of Martha Grimes at her best in the Inspector Jury Mysteries.Another good addition to the Kate Sheridan series of mysteries.

An interesting and thoroughly enjoyable read. I admit I guessed who the leader of the villains was, but it didn’t spoil the story.Shall certainly be reading the others in this series.

Having reviewed the first book in the series I was tempted to skip this and review the series as a whole but I must draw attention to Chapter 20 relating Betsies relationship with god!!! Sheer brilliance read it slowly then read it again

Got this for my mum. Hope she likes it. If not then I can sell it the lady who runs a book shop.

A good story let down buy use of local dialect Spelling which takes away some of the enjoyment and meaning of the story

Love Robin Paige's books. It's rare for a couple to pull off a good writing collaboration but these certainly do. I haven't met a book by these authors that I didn't find both interesting and a really good read.The seller is highly recommended as the book arrived well before official date specified