A good, pacey whodunnit in the best English tradition....with larger-than-life characters and a great sense of place. Georgia Pattison is funny and an excellent sleuth.

 

The plot twists like a pole-dancing python...

 

... through it all runs a deep and knowledgeable seam of musicality that lifts "Dearly Ransomed Soul" out of the ordinary and into a higher realm.

 

It has the taciturn detective and musicality of Morse and enough plot twists and red herrings to keep Miss Marple happy.

 

Fantastic Crime novel! Thoroughly enjoyed Georgia's debut. The humour is low-key and relevant to the character, and so very believable. I learned a lot about singing Elizabethan and early English music for a living, though none of it was force-fed or interrupted the story. In fact it quite whetted my appetite. This novel should come complete with a soundtrack

 

With Dearly Ransomed Soul, Avril Field-Taylor has created a thoroughly entertaining and vivid story-line that is easy to read but rich enough to avoid being frivolous. This is an imaginative setting for a lively whodunit.

 

A really impressive debut novel from Avril Field Taylor.  Georgia is a feisty and endearing character and has rarely amongst fictional detectives, male or female a great sense of humour and a lovely turn of phrase.

 

Good plot, a range of believable characters and all supported by an obvious thorough knowledge of the music world. A good twist at the end. Had to keep reading - a real "I can't put it down" novel!

Dearly Ransomed Soul

 

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To celebrate the Tainted Archive's Sherlock Holmes weekend, Avril is interviewed about her new Holmes novel and her views on all things Sherlock. Read it here.