The book has an engaging storyline with lots of adventure and a large cast of characters from all classes of Regency England. Would you listen to What Angels Fear again? Why?Ībsolutely. This is first rate literature all around, not just as a mystery novel. In that sense, the series also offers an enlightening view of human nature. The series also retains the reader's attention with complex, evolving characters, their psychologies enfolding across the novels as both the characters and the reader grasp hidden motivations, needs, and outlooks, becoming more self-aware and wise with time and maturity. The politics of the time offer insights into repercussions still felt today. The way real people and events are woven throughout the series is impressive, always based upon real timelines and interests. History would be a much more intriguing subject in school if taught through the personal, human, lens employed by Harris. It's greatest strength is the sense of time and place, wrought with the aid of prodigious historical scholarship. While dark and occasionally gothic, it avoids crossing over into blood and gore horror. It is definitely not a "cozy" mystery, but neither is it bogged down by procedural minutiae or ever-increasing levels of violence intended to shock jaded readers. This series is the type of mystery novel I love best.
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