Splendour Falls, The

from booklovers2

Set in the village outside of the Chauteau of Chinon, the fantasy of seeking the mystery of hidden treasure of long ago tantalize the vacationers of Hotel Paris. Mix in the missing cousin of hotel guest Emily Braden who has come to search the history of the hidden diamonds, the guests join togeth...

from ang709

I would rate this 3.4 stars. Overall it was a pleasant read. I wouldn't exactly classify this as a mystery book. Mostly it read like a book about a woman on holiday. The mystery seemed secondary. It took Emily about 150 pages to suspect anything was wrong. Even then, she let a fellow hotel guest ...

from BookDivasReads

The town of Chinon, France is mired in legend and mystery. The mystery surrounds the disappearance of a treasure hidden by Queen Isabelle in 1205. There's also a local legend centering on another Isabelle from World War II. Emily Braden isn't really hung up on legend or mystery, but she looks for...

from bookczuk

Not exactly sure where I picked this one up, but it was just what I needed for a sleepy summer weekend, when the weather turned soggy. Reminded me of my high school days curled up in the library stacks reading Mary Stuart and Jean Plaidy, learning history wrapped in romance and mystery. Kind of t...

from Bduke

I didn't think a Susanna Kearsley book existed that I wouldn't like, but this is it. I didn't like the main character, I didn't like the potential love interests, pretty much the only person I really liked was killed off. The setting was amazing, though. Don't start with this one if you've never ...