Reviewed by JoAnn S.
Warning: Wide Acre is not for the feint of heart.
Beatrice’s motive: to own Wide Acre, her father’s estate, at a time in England when women were not allowed to inherit land.
In this “who-dun-it” we know she “done it”, a lot of it, but will she be caught?
She and her lover killed her father.
Will she be caught?
She leads her lover into a trap, which severs his lower legs.
Will he seek revenge?
She tricks her sister-in-law into killing her mother.
When will she be discovered?
She manipulates her brother into fathering her two children. And he hasn’t a clue.
Surely, she’ll be found out, won’t she?
She destroys her husband’s reputation and encourages his addictions.
Others will see through her conniving, surely.
She is responsible for the death and starvation of many of her tenants.
Will justice ever emerge victorious?
In the final pages, an avenging stalker finds her alone on the Wide Acre estate.
Will the stalker’s kiss bring love or death?
Read Philippa Gregory’s 1st book of her Wide Acre trilogy only if you observe the warning!
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