The Crimson Rooms, Katharine McMahon
The Crimson Rooms, Katharine McMahon
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The Crimson Rooms
A Novel

Author: Katharine McMahon

Narrator: Josephine Bailey

Unabridged: 14 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/29/2010


Synopsis

Evelyn is a young woman who has defied convention to become one of the country's pioneer female lawyers. Living at home with her mother, aunt, and grandmother, Evelyn is still haunted by the death of her younger brother James in the First World War. Therefore, when the doorbell rings late one night and a woman appears claiming to have mothered James's child, Evelyn's world is turned upside down.

Evelyn distrusts Meredith at first, but she also finds that this new arrival challenges her work-obsessed lifestyle. So far her legal career has not set the world alight. But then two cases arise that make Evelyn realize that perhaps she can make a difference. The first concerns a woman called Leah Marchant, whose children have been taken away from her simply because she is poor. In the second case, Stephen Wheeler—a former acquaintance of Daniel Breen, her boss—has been charged with murdering his own wife. It is clear to Breen and Evelyn that Wheeler is innocent but he won't talk.

After being humiliated in court, Evelyn is approached by the dashing lawyer Nicholas Thorne. She is needled by his privileged background and old-fashioned attitudes, but, despite being engaged, he cannot seem to resist sparring with this feisty young female. In the meantime, Meredith makes an earth-shattering accusation about James. With the Wheeler case coming to a head and her heart in limbo, Evelyn takes matters into her own hands.

About Katharine McMahon

Katharine McMahon, a former English teacher, writing instructor, and actress, is a historical novelist living in Hertfordshire, England. Her many books include The Alchemist's Daughter, Footsteps, Confinement, and A Way Through the Woods.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale

Two and a half stars. Evelyn Gifford is still mourning the death of her younger brother James in the trenches several years earlier. When the doorbell rings late one night . On the dootstep is a woman with a six year old son Edmund, claiming the child’s father is James. Evelyn is left in no doubt. He......more

Goodreads review by Carole

Evelyn Gifford (30) ~ the narrator ~ is a young woman who is living in the past, present and future. The Past - The year is 1924 and Evelyn, who is a trainee solicitor, lives a lonely, unhappy life with her mother, grandmother and elderly aunt Prudence in a big rambling decaying house, still mourning......more