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    Home by Nightfall
    Home by Nightfall
    Home by Nightfall
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    Home by Nightfall

    Written by Alexis Harrington

    Narrated by Amy Rubinate

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    About this audiobook

    In 1918, Susannah Braddock is devastated by the news that her beloved husband, Riley, has been killed in battle in France. Heartbroken, she turns to Tanner Grenfell for support. Though technically the Braddocks’ hired hand, Tanner has been helping Susannah run the family horse farm since Riley shipped out, and he has become a true and trusted friend. As time passes and Susannah’s grief begins to ebb, her friendship with Tanner deepens into love. They marry, committing their lives to running the farm and raising Tanner’s two young nephews.

    But Susannah and Tanner’s newfound happiness is short lived. Two years after being reported dead, Riley Braddock returns home, shell-shocked and with no memory of his life before the war. All he can remember is Véronique, the French woman who rescued him during the final days of the war and nursed him back to health. Now the Red Cross has returned him to America—and to the wife he no longer knows. As for Susannah, she is torn between her love for Tanner and her loyalty to Riley.

    Anchored by this dramatic dilemma, Alexis Harrington’s Home by Nightfall is a stirring testament to the incredible power of love to heal the human spirit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 3, 2012
    ISBN9781455881024
    Home by Nightfall
    Author

    Alexis Harrington

    Alexis Harrington is the award-winning author of more than a dozen novels, including the international bestseller The Irish Bride. She spent twelve years working in civil engineering before she became a full-time novelist. When she isn't writing, she enjoys jewelry making, needlework, embroidery, cooking, and entertaining friends. Harrington lives in her native Pacific Northwest, near the Columbia River, with a variety of pets who do their best to distract her while she's working.

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    • 5/5
      It’s 1876. Our hero Charles Lenox is torn between two locales. In London, his detective agency is going through a rough patch, with a rival agency being asked to assist the London coppers in finding a missing pianist. But in Sussex, Charles’s older brother Edmund is grieving the sudden passing of his wife – and both his sons are away and unaware of their mother’s death. Charles decides to stay with his brother for a time in their childhood home, Lenox House, where Sir Edmund is lord of the manor. After all, Charles can stay in touch with his agency partners via telegraph and return by rail quickly if needed. In the village of Clavering, there are strange doings – nothing major, but the local cops are stymied. A local insurance agent knows someone has been in his house but he can’t find anything missing. But others in town are noticing thefts of small items. It’s a great opportunity for Charles and Edmund to bond and to have Edmund occupied with something other than thoughts of his late wife. So the brother-sleuths are on the case. Meanwhile in London things are going from bad to worse.This is a wonderful historical mystery series and Home by Nightfall may be the best one yet. Readers will be able to figure out what’s going on fairly early, but there are details to work out and that’s the fun of this book. Charles Finch has a knack for moving his hero around geographically, so he doesn’t get too tied to one place. One book was almost entirely set on sea with Lenox away from his family. Another was very family- and London-centered. Mixing it up like that makes sure the series doesn’t get stale.
    • 4/5
      This series has been sort of like riding a roller coaster for me. It's had its ups & downs. When I first started reading it, I loved it. Then when Charles Lenox started working in the Parliament I didn't like it all. Now that he's left Parliament and has his own detective agency, I love it again. I'm extremely glad that the author decided to go that route so Charles can freely detect again because the whole Parliament thing was tedious and boring!!

      In this book, Charles' brother Edward, goes through some major life changes so I'm curious to see what happens with him next. He's always enjoyed detecting with Charles so maybe he'll leave Parliament and start dabbling in detecting too. You never know... : )

      *I received this ARC from Minotaur Books and Goodreads Firstreads in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
    • 2/5
      I was excited to be reading an English mystery, but that excitement quickly disappeared, and loathing entered the story. Charles Finch attempts to impress with eloquent language, but he missteps in his grammar during this endeavor. I spent too much time rereading sentences to figure the writer's intention and lost all enjoyment of the story. The story seems to have left my memory immediately after the final chapter. Nothing in the story remains to ponder. The journey into the English countryside provoked nothing but ennui.
    • 3/5
      Great period detail and a meandering plot as Charles and his detective agency stay afloat. Charles is consoling his widowed brother and solving mysteries in his Yorkshire village as well as figuring out the disappearance of a German pianist in London. Afraid I lost the thread of what happened to the pianist.
    • 4/5
      My favorite Charles Lennox mysteries. Finch takes a chance here by writing in two simultaneous mysteries happening a hundred miles away from each other. Nice job.