No Graves As Yet: A Novel of World War I

The start of a wonderful series. Buffalo gal This first installment of the 5-book series sets the stage for all that is to come in the subsequent books. The series gives the best descriptions of World War I experiences I have ever read. The series is the story of four adult siblings whose parents are killed in an auto accident while attempting to deliver a document to their son who is a member of the British Secret Service. The contents of that document are so horrifying that its. Angela Hayes said Historical, suspenseful, disturbing. I purchased this book because I enjoy reading WWI-era novels. The mysteries in the story were compelling, the descriptions of Cambridge effectively set the scene for time and place and I liked the characters. The dialogue could get a little tedious. I found myself skimming some of the conversations. I doubted a couple of the plot points, but I'm ok with suspending disbelief long enough to enjoy a story. I highlighted several passages i. Interested mystery on the eve of WWI S J Perrott i have always enjoyed Anne Perry's mysteries. This book seemed a little slow in grabbing my interest. However, the family dynamics of the central family (two adult brothers whose parents die suddenly in a mysterious auto accident, as well as the dynamics in the family of one of the suspects in the eventual murder are quite interesting. This book takes place as WWI is about to start. There is a mystery to solve,of course, two of them, a

Joseph's brother, Matthew, an officer in the Intelligence Service, reveals that their father had been en route to London to turn over to him a mysterious secret document—allegedly with the power to disgrace England forever and destroy the civilized world. Or so it appeared.Meanwhile, England's seamless peace is cracking—as the distance between the murder of an Austrian archduke by a Serbian anarchist and the death of a brilliant university student by a bullet to the head becomes shorter with each day.. A paper so damning that Joseph and Matthew dared mention it only to their restless sister. On a sunny afternoon in late June, Cambridge professor Joseph Reavley is summoned from a student cricket match to learn that his parents have died in an automobile crash. And Joseph is soon burdened with a second tragedy: the shocking murder of his most gifted student, handsome Sebastian Allard, loved and admired by everyone. Now it has vanished.What has happened to this explosive document,

. From Publishers Weekly This absorbing mystery/spy thriller, set in tranquil Cambridge just before the onset of the Great War, marks a powerful start to bestseller Perry's much anticipated new series. Perry's title, a quotation from G.K. Against a backdrop of ominous news from the continent, Perry artfully weaves connections between pacifist students at Cambridge, one of whom is also murdered, and German agents who may be planning "a conspiracy to ruin England and everything we stand for." The intrigue is further complicated by jilted lovers and jealous spouses at the university, all with grudges against an alleged blackmailer in their midst who may also be privy to exam cribbing and other illicit goings-on. Chesterton, is a por