The Silversmiths Wife

 The Silversmiths Wife

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       March 7, 2014

 

Author  Sophia Tobin

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ISBN:                 978-1-47112-809-7
Publisher:         Simon & Schuster
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It’s 1792 and a silversmith, his body surrounded in blood is found by the night watch, lying in Berkley Square. His wife, withdrawn, depressed and known in the area for her strange ways has wet slippers and no idea of how this came about. In her mind she believes she may have been the one who murdered her husband.

The story of Mary, the silversmiths wife unfolds, as do the stories of all those silversmith Pierre Renard touched in his life, making an intricate puzzle of human life and all its frailties.

Several stories combine to make a tale rich in the telling as Mary begins to come out from the oppression of her husband only to eventually discover he had been planning to murder her  in order to follow what he considered his true love, that a of wife of a member of the aristocracy and one of his clients.

How all the many pieces fit together is told in a compelling manner, uncovering so much about secrets, lies and the fact that Renard appeared to have more enemies than friends. But who carried out the murder remains unsolved despite the efforts of the local magistrate, who also has his secrets in a time when, to have political connections in the wrong area could prove to be fatal in several ways.

Mystery rubs shoulders with jealousy and longing all tied together with the craftsmanship of the Silversmith.

An involving read which needs to be taken slowly to be enjoyed as there is so much going on. It is easy to lose track of who and what, which in a good crime read, which this is, does not help you solve the mystery without resorting to the last page. In this case this will not help as the answer does not lie there.

Fiction