Mrs. Roberto

by Van Reid
Category: "Fiction - Historical"
Pages:339
Year of Publication:2003
Date Added:05/19/2004
Date Read:05/14/2004
Notes:Subtitle: Or the Widowy Worries of the Moosepath League.

The fourth book in the adventures of the Moosepath League.

Comic, ruefully romantic and ever so tongue-in-cheek, this genteel and entertaining if sometimes meandering farce once again chronicles the league's lighter-than-air antics. Though Chairman Tobias Walton has faithfully promised his fiancee, Miss Phileda McCannon, that he will "enter no intrigues, nor court unusual company" while she's out of town, he and his faithful assistant, Sundry Moss, can't help addressing the mystery of depressed Hercules, a pig once the very soul of Fern Farm. Meanwhile, a trio of Tobias's fellow Moosepathians-Joseph Thump, Christopher Eagleton and Matthew Ephram-engage in an adventure of their own. When they attend While She Waits in Silence, a play with a very intriguing second act, they become convinced that Mrs. Roberto, a celebrated Ascensionist (she parachutes from a hot-air balloon "in her attractive suit of tights"), must be rescued from some unknown peril. Soon, Thump's humble look-alike, Thaddeus Q. Spark (proprietor of the Faithful Mermaid), and Mailon Ring, a mysterious street urchin, are involved in this comedy of errors, which is further complicated by Fuzz Hadley and his vile gang.
My Rating: 8

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Review - Mrs. Roberto

MRS. ROBERTO is perhaps not quite as good as the first three books in the series, but it is still well worth the read and amused me throughout. Reid is great at setting up amusing situations and at creating characters that I really care about.

Reviewed by Roger on 2004-05-19 16:23:27

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