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A Medal for Murder: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
Written by Frances Brody
Narrated by Elizabeth Jasicki
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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It's no rest for the wicked when Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to the wealthy neighborhoods of Harrogate - and murder is only one step behind. A night at the theater should have been just what the doctor ordered, until Kate stumbles across a body in the doorway. The knife sticking out of its chest definitely suggests a killer in the theatre's midst. Kate likes nothing better than a mystery - except solving it. So when a ransom note demands GBP1,000 for the safe return of the play's leading lady, Kate must piece together clues - and lure criminals out of their lairs.
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Frances Brody
Frances Brody is a pseudonym for Frances McNeil, the scriptwriter, playwright, and author of four novels and the winner of the Elizabeth Elgin Award. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies, and Jehad was nominated for a Time Out Award.
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Reviews for A Medal for Murder
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kate & Sykes have been hired by Mr. Moody, a most discreet pawn broker, after being robbed. He requests that they go to his clients and explain the loss and the circumstances of restitution should their valuables not be recovered.While Kate is in Harrogate attempting to locate one of Mr. Moody's clients (who has given a false name , de Vries, and address) she stays to go to the theater.... After the play a man (Milner) is found dead of a knife wound, the young woman he planned to marry (Lucy) goes missing as does the young woman (Alison) she supposedly spent the night with, and a ransom note for Lucy shows up. In order to avoid going to the police Lucy's grandfather asks Kate to step in.As Kate investigates: Lucy's grandfather is not who he appears to be; Milner turns out as a blackmailer & womanizer; Alison is hiding out; Mrs DeVries is right under Kate's nose; Kate's "friend" has sticky fingers; one of the Grandfather's tenants has a secret past & habitually eavesdrops on the old man's conversations.Part of the background story goes back to the Boer War and the egregious actions of the British Military & their concentration camps, which intercepted the reading of the book's current events. The other part of the background story involves the aforementioned, Lucy's grandfather & Lucy's "inheritance" (which she demands to be given in order to attend a London based drama academy).There was a lot going on in this book, all tied up neatly in the end. The characters were realistic and not unlikable.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The second in the Kate Shackleton series, this is well-plotted. I found this one particularly interesting because key characters have a connection to the Boer War and the novel features several flashbacks to that period. This series so far has been interesting with lots of references to historical events but not heavy "period pieces" either.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5After the second book in the series I'm still undecided as to whether or not to keep going. The plot was over-complicated and I guessed one of the key clues quite early on in the book.I also didn't warm to any of the main characters in the book as they were just so unlikeable, But I do like the idea of Kate, not quite a war widow, setting herself up as a private investigator and I do like her relationship with Sykes, which looks to develop in interesting ways. Am less convinced by the relationship with Inspector Marcus Charles, but we will see how this develops in the next book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A better book than her first. And that’s not faint praise. Well plotted. Interesting diversions that keep interest in the characters and nice plot twists near the end. (More than 1).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another excellent murder.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I really enjoyed the first book in the series but this story just appeared to have too much going on. It wasn’t my favorite.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Boring, didn't finish. Returned to library.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5If you want to participate in a kidnapping, try harder. And don't stab people with fancy daggers.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kate Shakleton is engaged in a simple mission, to inform some people about their missing goods after a pawn-shop robbery, things change when she goes to the theatre and ends up being caught up in a murder mystery alongside a kidnapping, but nothing is as it seems and it's all very complicated.Interesting and it did keep me wondering throughout.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5'Medal for Murder' is the second Kate Shackleton mystery by Frances Brody, eagerly awaited and highly enjoyable! Murder mysteries always elude me - watching the detectives is more my style - but the puzzle kept me engrossed, and I was surprised by certain twists and false clues. Now a fully fledged private investigator, with an assistant and a cherrywood filing cabinet, Kate Shackleton is hired to investigate a robbery at a pawnbrokers in Leeds. A strange coincidence leads her investigation to Harrogate, where an eccentric theatre acquaintance is also staging her first production. After the play, Kate and her friend find the body of one of the play's sponsors in a doorway, and a starlet from the cast goes missing. Her grandfather, a veteran of the Boer war, is sent a ransom note, and asks Kate to help find her. Involved in three apparently separate cases, Kate's inquisitive nature is aroused, but the deeper she delves, the more secrets are uncovered.I vastly prefer 'cosy' detective mysteries to the more hardcore police procedural series out there, and the Kate Shackleton books have the added bonus of being set in 1920s Yorkshire! Kate is a thoroughly modern lady of independent means, running a business with former policeman as an assistant, driving her own car, and flirting with Scotland Yard detectives. Although Frances Brody keeps the post-WW1 era in mind, her brave and intelligent heroine is never held back in her determination to find the truth, and even uses her 'gentle sex' and genteel appearance to her advantage. The only time in this novel that I thought Kate was perhaps being rather too daring was the romantic development towards the end, but I suspect that relationship is going to continue with the series, so maybe Kate knows best after all!I really enjoyed the South African backstory and the guided tour around Harrogate, which Frances Brody obviously researched well, and I didn't suspect the real murderer at all. My only gripe is that I had to wait so long for the sequel!