What could make a successful, happily married man take a gun and shoot
himself? What made a young artist on the brink of fame throw himself to
his death? These are the questions facing Chief Inspector Lamb and his
assistant, Detective Sergeant Cogan. Neither victim left a note behind
to explain what drove him to take his own life, and it appears that
nothing untoward had occurred in the weeks preceding their deaths.
Having briefly met both victims, Lamb struggles to connect the
impression he gained of the men with their final actions, and his close
attention pays off when a postmortem reveals some surprising results.
With one case now looking like a suspicious death, Lamb looks for links
between the two men. All paths seem to lead to the enigmatic figure of
Mrs. Isobel Amberley and a mysterious event that took place one winter’s
night in Vienna. Beautifully written and highly evocative of the
bustling streets of London and Vienna in the early twentieth century,
Last Nocturne is an intriguingly complex mystery of passion and the
devastating repercussions of a single action.
I was very impressed with this. I loved that it was a mystery set in the art world. Even though I know absolutely nothing about art, I feel that books in this setting make for the most interesting characters. It was well paced and kept you guessing as to what was really going on. There are a lot of characters, but written in a way that is not confusing at all.
4 stars
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