Urn Burial (Phryne Fisher, #8) (1996 original; edició 2003)

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Kerry Greenwood - Urn Burial: It was enjoyable to get a new setting for the plot (do that more often, Ms. Greenwood). #cursorybookreviews #cursoryreviews ( )

Meh. I didn't enjoy this one a whole lot. Just meh. ( )

Even before they reach the country house to which they’ve been invited to stay, Phryne, Dot, Lin and his manservant Li find themselves rescuing a maid from assault in the woods; once at the house, they find an odd collection of guests and servants, and a host who appears preoccupied and afraid. That host, Tom, is a long-time friend of Phryne’s, who knows him as a bon vivant, and she is determined to find the cause of his changed demeanor, but before she can even begin, someone is murdered and urns are showing up all over the place….This is Ms. Greenwood’s homage to Agatha Christie; indeed, one of the guests is an elderly woman named Miss Mary Mead, in case the reader misses that fact! I quite enjoyed it, with its not-quite-cozy setting, the odd assortment of characters and motivations that animate them, and of course Phryne’s ability to survive everything from being thrown from a horse to nearly drowning in a basement. Lots of fun; recommended. ( )

I’m not sure if I’m going off this series, but this book seemed to drag a little. It was a bit long in the central part of the story. ( )

Kerry Greenwood has a knack for turning a classic Christie plot, the house cut off from land with a killer afoot, and have some fun with it. Still, it was a tricky thing, seeing how this series is set during the time with Christie was actually writing, honor the spirit while injected more modern story lines into the tale. She clearly had fun and it's a good one to read. ( )