I stared at him, not quite taking in the fact that he had just collapsed at my feet. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor.įunny! A possible suggestion of future romance (dude, this is how my mind works - I make predictions based on 27 words)! A twitching body! A mystery (Why is he twitching? Why is he almost dead? Why is the narrator so flip?)! In other words, a hell of a hook!Īnd then, the next paragraph made me happy, too: To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Silent in the Grave grabbed me from the first paragraph: What I'm getting at is that if I not only start a book in the car, but continue and finish* it in the car as well, that is a Big Thing. Highway driving isn't quite as bad as driving around town, as it doesn't have the stops and the starts and the twists and the turns and the changes in speed and oh, yick, I'm making myself ill just thinking about it. Dismissing his warnings that the investigation will be difficult, if not impossible, Julia presses forward, following a trail of clues that lead her to even more unpleasant truths, and ever closer to a killer who waits expectantly for her arrival.Anyone who knows me (or reads this blog with any regularity) knows that I am not a read-in-the-car girl. Determined to bring the murderer to justice, Julia engages the enigmatic Brisbane to help her investigate Edward's demise. It is a reaction she comes to regret when she discovers damning evidence for herself, and realizes the truth. Prepared to accept that Edward's death was due to a long-standing physical infirmity, Julia is outraged when Brisbane visits and suggests that her husband was murdered.

Before he can show them to Nicholas Brisbane, the private inquiry agent he has retained for his protection, he collapses and dies at his London home, in the presence of his wife, Julia, and a roomful of dinner guests. 'Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.' These ominous words are the last threat that Sir Edward Grey receives from his killer. Only from New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn, go back to where it all began with the original Lady Julia Grey historical mystery series.

Silent in the grave by deanna raybourn