The Bones in the Orchard and The Question of the Wedding Pearls
I didn't realize that the third book in Patricia Rice's Gravesyde Priory Mysteries series was available until shortly before the fourth book was released. So I read The Bones in the Orchard and then The Question of the Wedding Pearls right afterward. This was not a bad thing, given how complicated the plots are. Now I have to wait until September for the fifth book, The Case of the Purloined Pages.
The Bones in the Orchard
Patience: Humming a happy tune, she recognized the scent of jasmine wafting around the cart as she reached it. She really did need to find out if she could grow the vine here. If the countess had loved it, then they should provide her ghost with what pleasures they could.
Gravesyde Priory church windows:
- a shepherd kneeling in a flock of sheep to tend a lamb, guaranteed to put a man to sleep
- an angel overlooking a field of sheep and grain
Clara to Patience: We have an attic full of children and cellars full of furious men and the aristocracy arriving on our doorstep! Does this sound like a time to abandon us?
The Question of the Wedding Pearls
So many suspects, with all the wedding guests and servants
With a frown, Meera picked up her skirt and followed Clare toward the gunfire. Apparently gunshots caused more injury than old ladies. They didn’t know the aunts very well.
Clare gave up adjudicating and settled into the sofa to enjoy her tea. Someday, if she ever had time to write again, she’d find a way to work this into a novel. No one could possibly believe this story was anything but fiction.
Lday Spalding: I shall take the dower house, when I choose to visit. For now, Wycliffe Manor entertains me more.
Lady Lavinia: There will be babies. And possibly more murders. And marriages. They need our advice.