05 March 2010

RMR Project: MacPherson's "A Veiled Antiquity"

Published by St. Martin's. Copyright 1998.

Genealogy and murder are entwined in this mystery by Rett MacPherson.


Tense

Past.

POV

First person. Woman. Victory, called Torie. Two daughters. Tour guide for historical buildings in town.

Deaths

Page 6. Marie Dijon. Appears to be a fall-down-the-steps accident.
Page 34. Newspaper accusations of a 70-year-old murder. Page 39. Accused was 19 at the time of the suicide, now alleged to be murder.
Page 99. Ambulance needed for someone known by the narrator.
Page 128. The truth about the death from page 34 is revealed.

Suspects

The out-of-town mourners.
Yvonne Mezalaine, who claim to be victims half-sister wasn't on family tree

Other

Feels like too much back story, but the narrator is into history/genealogy.

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