· Old animosities between the U.S. soldiers and the English people uprooted from their homes come into play, but a psychic claims that the Armada Boy--a survivor of the Spanish Armada is the one to www.doorway.ru Ellis writes a fine mystery but what makes this book so compelling is her descriptions of the people and countryside of England.5/5(5). · In The Armada Boy, a group of former American servicemen are visiting Tradmouth. They were stationed at a base close by during WWII and this is a trip down memory lane. When one of the veterans is found murdered near the ruins of an old church, used then and now for illicit trysts, the police follow several trails to catch a killer/5(). Kate Ellis's The Merchant's House, with its blend of history and detection, moved beyond the familiar territory of the British cozy. Unfortunately, The Armada Boy falls well short: dull characters and no sense of plot cripple it from the start. One can't help but feel cheated when the solution to the murder is, literally, handed to the detectives (in the form of an ancient letter), breaking all the rules of mystery fiction/5().
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The Armada Boy. Norman Openheim is an American Veteran of the D Day Landings, on a sentimental journey with his old unit to their West Country base. His is the last body archaeologist Neil Watson expects to find in the ruins of an old chantry chapel. Neil naturally turns to his old friend from student days, Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson, for help. In Kate won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for her crime writing. It was the second time she had been shortlisted for the award, and she has also twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger. Visit her online at: www.doorway.ru Start reading The Armada Boy on your Kindle in under a minute. www.doorway.ru: The Armada Boy (Audible Audio Edition): Kate Ellis, Gordon Griffin, Soundings: Audible Books Originals.
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