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Book 2 of the Joe Swallow detective series. (Didn't know there was book 1, so reading now!) A dead pawn shop proprietor is found a,week after the murder. And his sister is missing. Did she kill him and run? Boxes of silver and place settings are found in the shop, but not listed on inventory. Swallow is on the case, that takes him to London and back. Of course there is a fractured relationship in Swallows ife too.4.5 ⭐️

I have been submerged in the criminal, political, & social world of 1887 Dublin. Det. Joe Swallow walks its streets, meets a myriad of people in pubs(he drinks Medoc wine,Tullamore whiskey) all the while on the hunt for stolen goods & murderers.The crimes are as a result of the recent Land Acts,which allowed estates to be transferred to peasants,& its owners are compensated by Great Britain.He is tenacious,daring,intelligent,& has an instinct 🔽

‘Bodies can tell you a lot.There can be an eloquence about the dead. But you have to be able to interpret what they‘re telling you.‘ Coroner Dr. Lafeyre to Detective Swallow & his team during an autopsy.
Reference to title of the book.

#coffeeandbooks #porchlife #birdsong #morningpeace

Enjoying an early morning coffee.

#poe #catsoflitsy #poeinabasket

That black book to left of Poe is the tagged book that i am reading. Poe is happy.😻

Love, love this image!
“They would mill about the forecourt,stout like, strutting their little authority.”-Lady Margaret (comparison to her tenants).Haughty distain!
She deeded her land over to her tenants.Under Lord Salisbury‘s government(Prime Minister of the House of Lords),if she acted now she would get the “best price” for her property.She was glad to get out- bills,creditors, rot & damp infiltrated the house-it was falling down around her.

#map #Dublin1887 #Victorianera

#coffeeandbooks #catsoflitsy

Is it the book or the tiramisu Em is curious about? Whenever I sit she wants my lap. 😻

#booksandcoffee #travelthroughbooks
Reading while awaiting an oil change. Books are the best! Love this map of Dublin in this book. Someday I hope to get there myself. Not just through books. But in the meantime, the author‘s descriptive powers truly make me feel I am visiting Dublin in 1887. 📚❤️☕️ Having coffee too.

#TitleintheBook

#LandLeaguers #IrishLandWar #Stoat
“They clerks,officials] would mill about the forecourt, stoat-like, strutting their little authority.” Stoat? Had to look that one up. A stoat is like an ermine, in the weasel family. Appropriate in that Lady Margaret Gessel had sold out her home & land,as “...the way to pacify Ireland is to give it back to the Irish, field by field, farm by farm.” The “stoat-like” officials were there to auction her goods.

#BookReport #Feb152020
Finished:
#Botmbuddyread- TheChelsea Girls
#OverBookedClub- The PostMistress
#bookclub-Jefferson‘s Daughter

To be continued:
#ReadingEurope2020 #TheNetherlands

New Reads:
#BookSpin #12: The Library Book
#Justforfun #historicalmystery
TheEloquence of the Dead