Title: Seating Arrangements
Author: Maggie Shipstead
Publisher: Knopf (June 12, 2012)
Format: Hardcover; Pgs 320
Genre: Fiction
Source: Paperbackswap.com
Overview
Winn Van Meter is heading for his family’s retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff. Winn’s wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphne’s sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn, the son of her father’s oldest rival, is an eager target for the seductive wiles of Greyson’s best man; Winn, instead of reveling in his patriarchal duties, is tormented by his long-standing crush on Daphne’s beguiling bridesmaid Agatha; and the bride and groom find themselves presiding over a spectacle of misplaced desire, marital infidelity, and monumental loss of faith in the rituals of American life.
Winn Van Meter is heading for his family’s retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff. Winn’s wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphne’s sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn, the son of her father’s oldest rival, is an eager target for the seductive wiles of Greyson’s best man; Winn, instead of reveling in his patriarchal duties, is tormented by his long-standing crush on Daphne’s beguiling bridesmaid Agatha; and the bride and groom find themselves presiding over a spectacle of misplaced desire, marital infidelity, and monumental loss of faith in the rituals of American life.
Author: Michael Innes
Publisher: Penguin (1962)
Format: Paperback 275
Genre: Mystery
Source: Paperbackswap.com
Series: Inspector Appleby #1
Overview
Inspector Appleby is called to St Anthony's College, where the President has been murdered in his Lodging. Scandal abounds when it becomes clear that the only people with any motive to murder him are the only people who had the opportunity - because the President's Lodging opens off Orchard Ground, which is locked at night, and only the Fellows of the College have keys...
Inspector Appleby is called to St Anthony's College, where the President has been murdered in his Lodging. Scandal abounds when it becomes clear that the only people with any motive to murder him are the only people who had the opportunity - because the President's Lodging opens off Orchard Ground, which is locked at night, and only the Fellows of the College have keys...
7 comments:
Good books came in your mailbox.
They both look good....ENJOY!!
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
http://silversolara.blogspot.com/2012/08/mailbox-monday-813.html
Enjoy! both your books.
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/08/mailbox-monday_13.html
I hope you enjoy your books!
I love books with a good setting, and it sounds like that first one fits the bill.
Thanks for linking up at 5 Minutes for Books.
As a New Englander, I like the idea of "Seating Arrangements" and reading what goes on in this island.
Mike Draper
Guilford, CT.
PS Please stop over at my blog and say hi.
A lot is going on in this situation, all sorts of people attending one special event. LOL.
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