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| ISBN: | 0718183932 (ISBN13: 9780718183936) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Frey & McGray #3 |
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Idols of the theatre Henry Irving and Ellen Terry are preparing to stage Macbeth in Edinburgh. But long before the actors hit the boards the play-house is hit with horror; the piercing, desolate wail of a banshee and a bloody message smeared on the street.Legendary Detective 'Nine-Nails' McGray and disgraced London sceptic Inspector Ian Frey are to investigate. While McGray flicks through tattered tomes on the supernatural, Frey is convinced the whole thing is just a publicity stunt.
But as the gory messages keep coming one thing is sure; whether by human hand or not, death is coming.
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| Title | : | A Mask of Shadows (Frey & McGray #3) |
| Author | : | Oscar de Muriel |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | February 23rd 2017 by Michael Joseph |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Crime. Fiction. Thriller |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 852 Users | 115 ReviewsColumn Containing Books A Mask of Shadows (Frey & McGray #3)
I love this series more and more! McGray has become one of my all time favorite literary characters. This book is so good! It has a mix of historical fiction and fact with characters including Bram Stoker, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, Oscar Wilde and others. The mystery is excellent as always and the interaction between Frey and McGray is hysterical! I was laughing out loud in places. I hope there will be many more books with these 2 detectives. I just can't get enough!Oscar de Muriel brings back the cantankerous "Nine-Nails" McGray and his colleague, Inspector Ian Frey, in the historical thriller, "A Mask of Shadows." Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry travel from London to Edinburgh in 1889. They will play the leads in the Scottish Play (it is bad luck to say "Macbeth" except during a performance). We also encounter Bram Stoker, Irving's theater manager and close friend, who is best known for his classic creation, "Dracula." De Muriel's mystery involves an
I had been eagerly awaiting the return of "Nine-Nails" McGray and Ian Frey - so much so that I ordered my copy of "A Mask of Shadow" from the UK because I couldn't wait until the fall to read the grumpy detectives' newest case. Oscar de Muriel has been delighting me with wonderfully Gothic, funny and creepy investigations in Victorian-era Scotland for two years, and he didn't disappoint with this third episode!"Macbeth" might not be Shakespeare's most cheerful play, but I think it's his most
The cursed Scottish play features. [asks in a Blackadder voice, you mean Macbeth?]The theatre is run by one Bram Stoker and some of the narrative is supplied via his diary entries. [which fits perfectly with Dracula, the epistolary novel] But it is edited by Frey, who keeps cutting out any criticisms or negative views of himself. [bwahaha.]McGray is too delighted to discover that Freys first name is Percy. The sledging continues. At this point, there is a banshee in town, and McGray knows from
1889 and Henry Irving has brought his production of Macbeth to Edinburgh. Ticket sales are not going well but when leading actress Ellen Terry finds a blood-soaked parcel in her dressing room and a banshee's howl is heard across the town followed by a prophecy written in blood, the theatre is suddenly inundated. Detectives Frey and McGray investigate the supernatural and corporal goings-on, trying to find out whether or not there is a threat to the production. however between madness, scandal
This is my first wonderful read of the Frey and McGray series and I adored it. Set in Victorian Edinburgh in 1889, the author uses real people and actual history to inform his novel. He does, however, take a few liberties here and there. The famous Henry Irving and Ellen Terry have bought their production of the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth, to Edinburgh, and even before the play has opened there are banshees and messages of death foretold written in blood on the wall of a nearby street.
Im not sure if I liked this. This series is my guilty pleasure series because its not very historically accurate and the female characters are often sexist stereotypes but I usually love the cases Frey and McGray get confronted with. In the first two volumes, The Strings of Murder and A Fever of the Blood, de Muriel delivers creepy, exciting gothic mysteries with intelligent twists and turns. This third book of the series seemed extra promising: The cursed Scottish Play, Macbeth, is coming to
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