Snow White Red-Handed
Ratings3
Average rating2.7
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Ratings3
Average rating2.7
"Miss Ophelia Flax is a Victorian actress who knows all about making quick changes and even quicker exits. But to solve a fairy-tale crime in the haunted Black Forest, she'll need more than a bit of charm. 1867: After being fired from her latest variety hall engagement, Ophelia acts her way into a lady's maid position for a crass American millionaire. But when her new job whisks her off to a foreboding castle straight out of a Grimm tale, she begins to wonder if her fast-talking ways might have been too hasty. The vast grounds contain the suspected remains of Snow White's cottage, along with a disturbing dwarf skeleton. And when her millionaire boss turns up dead--poisoned by an apple--the fantastic setting turns into a once upon a crime scene. To keep from rising to the top of the suspect list, Ophelia fights through a bramble of elegant lies, sinister folklore, and priceless treasure, with only a dashing but mysterious scholar as her ally. And as the clock ticks towards midnight, she'll have to break a cunning killer's spell before her own time runs out"--Page [4] of cover.
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There were so many characters and so much going on. It was worth it in the end though. I like the way the fairy tale is tied in with the mystery. There were lots of red herrings and people with their own agendas.
I loved all the fairy tale references and the way the characters were true to themselves. The narrative is a little complicated; even though Ophelia is the main sleuth, several other characters are followed as well, and we jump between them without any pattern as far as I could tell. That said, the plot is very clever, and I'll definitely be reading the sequel!
