No Graves As Yet is the first in a five book series set during the years of World War I. This first book begins in the summer of 1914 and takes place in the area surrounding the University of Cambridge, England where life is peaceful until it is not.
The reader is first introduced to Joseph Reavley when his brother, Matthew, comes to Cambridge to inform him that their parents have been killed in a car accident. Joseph is a former chaplain who is now teaching at Cambridge and Matthew is an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, now known as MI6. Their father, Joseph, had been on his way to London to show Matthew a document he claimed proves a conspiracy reaching all levels of British government with the power to disgrace England forever and destroy the civilized world. That is all Matthew knows about the document, except that it is now missing.
Joseph and Matthew soon discover the accident was actually murder and set out to find the truth. It is not long after that that one of Joseph’s most gifted students, Sebastian Allard, is found murdered at Cambridge. Sebastian seemed to be loved and admired by everyone who knew him. Why would anyone want to hurt him? Joseph is determined to find out.
Elsewhere, the Austrian
archduke is murdered by a Serbian anarchist and England’s peaceful existence is
threatened.
The book also introduces us to
the Peacemaker character and his nefarious cousin who appear to be at the head
of the conspiracy. But just who are these
two? Joseph and Matthew are hot on their
heels but you will have to read the other four titles in the series to find out
who they really are.
Perry’s writing style in this series
is very different from her other novels. It is very dense and every detail is
carefully examined so this is not a fast read. But the reader will feel like they
are right in the middle of the action.
3.68 stars on Goodreads, 4.2 on
Amazon
