Legacy of Lies

Naomi Blake #5

by Jane A. Adams

The new Naomi Blake mystery - Naomi and boyfriend Alec Friedman travel to the Fenlands for the funeral of Alecs beloved Uncle Rupert, who ran an antiques business and wrote books on local history. At the funeral, it becomes clear that there were some suspicious circumstances, and that the ostensible cause of death a heart-attack may not hold true. It soon becomes clear that Rupert may have had some secrets in his past...

Genres: Mystery

188 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2007

About the author

Some of her early books were published under the name of Jane Adams. This should not be confused with this Jane Adams who is a different author.

Reviews

[Julie Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was another twisty British crime drama where a legacy is more than it seems.

Alec's uncle has died and he and Naomi are once again faced with problems.

Well-written with a great sense of place, I enjoyed the mystery and unfolding of the truth.

Engaging from the start.

[Wendy Hearder-moan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just what I’m looking for in a book at the present time. Not too demanding, kept me interested through plot and character development.

[Julie Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was another twisty British crime drama where a legacy is more than it seems.

Alec's uncle has died and he and Naomi are once again faced with problems.

Well-written with a great sense of place, I enjoyed the mystery and unfolding of the truth.

Engaging from the start.

[Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fact that one of the sleuths in this book is blind makes this book stick out a bit within the crime genre, though it also turns the focus of the story from the crime drama towards the private drama of Naomi's strategies for dealing with being blind. Since this is a book in a longer series, hopefully future books shift more to a business as usual approach, where Naomi's disability is simply part of who she is, rather than the focus of the book. After all, her skills and background as a DI define her far more than her disability, or ought to. Still, within the context of the series, which my library doesn't possess in full, this was a decent novel and one I'd recommend for readers wanting more character diversity in their crime fiction.

[Robin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alec’s uncle dies and leaves him a nice little nest egg but also a lot of loose ends, including a very menacing and threatening stranger that wants “what coming to him” - whatever that is. Naomi, Alec, Harry and Patrick must race to discover if Uncle Rupert was actually murdered and also find what this man wants before his threat of violence gets out of hand. A very intense mystery where I didn’t know what was coming next.