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    Death Shall Come: A country house murder mystery

    By Simon R. Green

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    Ishmael Jones is faced with a dead body and a missing mummy in this highly entertaining, genre-blending mystery.

    Death shall come on swift wings to whoever desecrates this tomb …

    Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been summoned to remote Cardavan House, home of the world’s largest private collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, for the unveiling of George Cardavan’s latest acquisition: a bone fide Egyptian mummy.

    When a bloodstained body is discovered beside the empty sarcophagus, Ishmael is dismissive of the theory that the mummy’s curse is to blame. Instead he sets out to uncover the human killer responsible. But how can Ishmael explain the strange, shuffling footsteps that creep along the corridors? Who is playing games with them … and why?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateSep 1, 2017
    ISBN9781780108964
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    Death Shall Come: A country house murder mystery
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    Simon R. Green

    Simon R. Green was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, where he still lives. He is the New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Nightside, Secret Histories and Ghost Finders series, the Ishmael Jones mysteries, the Gideon Sable series and the Holy Terrors mystery series. Simon has sold more than four million copies of his books worldwide.

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    • 4/5
      Quite a while ago I had read the first book of the author's other series, enjoyed it very much, and somehow never got back into his work. When I saw his name pop up on Netgalley, it seemed like a fine idea to give him a try again – and, thank goodness, it actually was. The Ishmael Jones series is a slightly mad mélange of genres (say that three times fast). There's a science fiction element, of course, in that Ishmael Jones himself is an alien in human form, with no memory of his previous, extraterrestrial, life. And there is a fantasy element in the circumstances of the murder(s) (though not the fantasy element you might think). Otherwise, regardless of the murder weapon (of which I say no more), this was almost pure English Country House Mystery – locked and unlocked rooms, a dwindling population of characters, endless hallways and staircases and people going off when they oughtn't. One somewhat small thing that kept this from getting the full five stars was simply a running gag between Ishmael and his lady love, Penny Belcourt. Every now and then she felt an irresistible need to make the same suggestion about the identity of the murderer, to the point that I wanted to throw her down a handy staircase or stuff her in a sarcophagus. I think it was supposed to be cute – that she was playing on Ishmael's tendency to take everything seriously … and this is something that might play much better in an audiobook, where the narrator could make her constant comment 'I still say we shouldn't rule out …' mischievous, with Jones not picking up on the mischief … but I didn't listen to an audiobook, and it drove me up a wall. Along with Jones. I looked at her. ‘If I offered you a large amount of money, would you stop saying that?’‘How large?’ said Penny.It's a fascinating bit of world-building, with a group to clean up after starship crashes, secret even to the secret group Ishmael belongs to. Ishmael seems thoroughly human … except when he's really not. I'm looking forward to going back and starting at the beginning. The usual disclaimer: I received this book via Netgalley for review.
    • 2/5
      Ishmael Jones is asked as a favour by the Colonel, working for the same Organisation, to spend the weekend at Cardavan house where a recently discovered mummy would be on display. Then the murders start.
      A murder mystery with a twist of supernatural/alien content which although was interesting enough for me to read to the end, the plot and the characters really didn't engage me.
      A NetGalley Book
    • 4/5
      This book took a few big steps forward with the lead characters. I've read the Ishmael Jones books and I think this one took the character somewhere it needed to go. The story acknowledges that maybe the manor house mystery is getting repetitive. but that's alright. By introducing a new extension into the leads background that opens the door for a new set of problems. Keeping the bigger picture going is why I liked this book. The rest was good while not overhauling anything that came before in previous books. It was what I've come to expect from the author so it was worth reading.

      I read this book via NetGalley. I thank them for this book. #NetGalley
    • 5/5
      Death Shall Come(Ishmael Jones #4)by Simon R. GreenI have always been a fan of this author but somehow missed this series of his. I didn't read the previous books but was able to jump right in and not get lost. A great supernatural mystery with mummies, archeology intrigue, and rich family tensions. Ishmael and Penny are there to help sort things out. Fun read! Ishmael is literally out of this world!?!