The Feast of Stephen

Looking for a great book with a little bit of everything? If so The Feast of Stephen is the book that you are going to want to read! This story contains a hidden love story, some drama, and lots of mystery. Ellis Portal is a had-been. He used to live the perfect life with a wife, a daughter named Ellen, and he was a judge. They all lived in a beautiful house in Toronto. When Ellis begins getting in to bad drinking habits, his wife walks out on him taking Ellen with. Ellis quits his job as a judge and now lives on the streets. The only person that he keeps in touch with is his friend Queenie. Queenie is uneducated and refers to Ellis only as "your honor". She lives on the streets also. When Queenie's friend Melia dies and the cops hide all information on the case she instantly takes action in to her own hands. Her and Ellis begin finding stranger and stranger clues. Each case is linked together could Ellis be the next victim? This book is a great page-turner. I have a really hard time finding books that actually keep me interested enough to finish them. This book kept me reading. I never wanted to put it down! Rosemary Aubert has a superb writing style that will keep you interested. She is very descriptive with an interesting perspective. -The park was full of children sliding down its steep slopes on pieces of cardboard and plastic, the almost fluorescent blues, purples and pinks of their winter jackets making a bright confetti splash of color against the snow- this was one of my favorite lines out of the book. I really felt as if I was there when I read this line. Overall this is a really great book. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a great mystery. A lot of this book contains a lof of court context though, so you have to have a slight interest in the court system. I really enjoyed this book and I hope that you will too!

I always liked Dorothy Sayers assumption that her readers were intelligent, educated and well read. Rosemary Auberg seems to start with the same assumption while leading her reader through interesting avenues. Her characters seem so real that one must decide if one is up to meeting them. Her clues so honest and wickedly devious they are a joy.