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Title: Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0-425-15007-0 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: December, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (24 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Blind Justice
Comment: This 18th-century mystery, set in London, struck me as being very cautious. The author certainly broke no taboos, and kept close to traditional, even sometimes hackneyed, mystery genre conventions. Nevertheless, it was readable and introduced interesting characters.
Alexander writes well, unremarkably, in a manner which calls no stylistic attention to itself. His setting, though not exactly untrodden in fiction, comes agreeably to life.
In Blind Justice, the young orphan Jeremy Proctor comes to London after his father's tragic death in the pillory, and becomes a protege of the blind magistrate Sir John Fielding (based on a historical personage). Fielding is certainly an original and appealing character, and the author never forgets to work his blindness realistically into the story. Proctor becomes involved in helping Fielding solve the murder of one Lord Goodhope. The plot moves along pretty well, though there's a hackneyed "drawing-room" scene at the end. I like my historical fiction a little grittier than this somewhat "nice" portrayal, and Alexander has an unfortunate tendency to tell rather than show.
I found this reasonably entertaining and it's worth noting that the third in the series, Watery Grave (I haven't yet read the second installment) is an improvement.
Rating: 4
Summary: A sophisticated mystery in 18th Century London
Comment: I have now read three of Bruce Alexander's books and altho this one is the first in the series, I believe I enjoyed "Person or Persons Unknown" better. I cannot believe how thoroughly entertaining Alexander's books are. I am attempting to read all of them this summer. I am wondering who Alexander is in reality as I understand that this is a pen name for a famous? author. Alexander's books are like walking back into time during the 18th Century. Alexander has quite a grasp of the culture and thought of the period. Having studied English history while an undergraduate, I really appreciate the dedication to detail in Alexander's books. (I must ask forgiveness of the reader of this critique because I do not know the sex of the author I must use the last name instead of him or her when describing something.) I look forward to reading the other three. These books are like popcorn, once you start, it is difficult to stop until it is all gone!!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: What it should be.
Comment: Good fun historical fiction mystery. Not as weighty as Follet's Pillars of the Earth, but doesn't need to be. It is not timeless literature, but an engrossing adventure with great historical detail for added flavor. An excellent plane or beach read.
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Title: Murder in Grub Street by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425155501 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Watery Grave by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 042516036X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Person or Persons Unknown by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425165663 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Jack, Knave and Fool by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425171205 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Death of a Colonial by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425177025 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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