Tom Christmas, Vicar at Thornford
Regis, has arranged a fund raiser for his church that he fears may
end his life and that of several parishioners. He has agreed to
parachute out of an airplane as part of the Leaping Lords display.
The lords jump from much higher and do stunts on the way down, but no
one expects to see two of the lords start to fight like schoolboys.
Although not killed in the jump, Tom
sprains his ankle badly and so becomes a weekend guest at Eggescombe
Hall, the site of the fund raiser. The two lords who engaged in
fisticuffs are also members of the party and before the weekend is
over one of them is found dead in the labyrinth, one of the
attractions at Eggescombe Hall.
Ten Lords a Leaping is a very English
mystery. There is much more talk than action, so if you're a fan of
thrillers, this is not your book. The characters, however, are
delightful from Max, the rather pompous ten year old heir, to
Margarite, the dowager countess.
I enjoyed the book. The setting is
wonderful and very well described. The plot has many twists and a
myriad of relationships among the characters. However, it is a very
leisurely read, don't expect to whiz through it.
I reviewed this book for Amazon Vi
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