Title: Outstanding non-Regency
Product review: The events in this book take place a little earlier than the Regency era one typically finds as the setting in a Heyer novel. The story is set in Sussex rather than London, and the lack of high society "glitter" combined with the pre-Regency time period make for a nice change.The main characters are artfully drawn, as usual. I disagree with the earlier review in one respect -- Sir Tristram and Lady Sarah Thane ARE the main characters, not Ludovic and Eustacie. The secondary characters contribute to the story rather than acting as filler, as with many authors, and the fist two Bow Street runners the reader encounters have to be among Heyer's best drawn third tier characters.There are two Heyer novels that always make me cry, no matter how many times I've read them, and this is one of them. Even though I've read it at least half a dozen times, I finished it -- again-- today, and I laughed so hard I cried during Sarah's encounter with the Runners.Absolutely entertaining!
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