Title: Bleeding Heart Square
Author: Andrew Taylor
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Source:LibraryThing Early Reviewer from February 2009 batch that arrived in January 2010
Lydia Langstone leaves her aristocratic husband to live with her father in the seedy Bleeding Heart Square until she decides how to proceed with her life. It is 1934 – she has no money and no practical skills to earn a living. Her mother and stepfather would only urge her to return to her husband which she won’t do after he hit her. Her father is a stranger to her but the social niceties of the era will not allow him to turn her away. The boarding house he lives in is under scrutiny by the police.  Without meaning to, Lydia finds herself involved in the mystery of what happened to the boarding house owner’s wife. Can she trust anyone who lives in Bleeding Heart Square?
Taylor has created an atmospheric mystery with twists. Some of the twists are obvious but not all of them. Months after reading this, the plot is easy to recall but the characters aren’t as easy. This was enjoyable while reading but won’t leave a lingering impression.
Sometimes that’s just the kind of book I need.
I remember really wanting to read this back when it first came out.
I have had this book forever and keep forgetting to read it but I do really want to…