Till Sudden Death Do Us Part

By Simon R. Green

A wedding. A murder. A 200-year-old curse: Ishmael Jones is plunged into a baffling investigation when he answers an old friend’s call for help.

Although he hasn’t seen Robert Bergin for 40 years, Ishmael feels duty bound to respond when his old friend calls for help. Robert’s daughter Gillian is about to be married, and he is afraid she’ll fall prey to the ancient family curse.

Arriving in rural Yorkshire, Ishmael and his partner Penny learn that the vicar who was to perform the ceremony has been found dead in the church, hanging from his own bell rope. With no clues, no evidence and no known motive, many locals believe the curse is responsible. Or is someone just using it as a smokescreen for murder? With the wedding due to take place the following day, Ishmael has just a few hours to uncover the truth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers
• Release date: Jun 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781448302192

Simon R. Green

Simon R. Green was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, where he still lives. He is the New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Nightside, Secret Histories and Ghost Finders series, the Ishmael Jones mysteries, the Gideon Sable series and the Holy Terrors mystery series. Simon has sold more than four million copies of his books worldwide.

Reviews for Till Sudden Death Do Us Part

[jalenv_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Till Sudden Death Do Us Part is the seventh book in the Ishmael Jones mystery series. As I have from the first of these books that I read (number five, Into the Thinnest of Air), I've suspected that Mr. Green was paying homage to the late William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki the Ghost Finder. Reading about the curse that has plagued the family of Ishmael's old friend, Robert Bergin, for centuries made me chortle because I recognized which Carnacki case was getting homage this time. Did my knowledge of the original help me figure out the original? No. Mr. Green created reasons enough to suspect plenty of the limited cast.

[lostinalibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

When an old friend asks for Ishmael Jones' assistance, Ishmael feels he must go even though it means having to step out of the shadows where he has tried to live since his alien ship landed on Earth in the early '60s. The friend's daughter is getting married but there is a curse on the family - the man who marries any daughter born into the family will die on their wedding night. One small problem - the man has not seen Jones in decades and although Jones has taken on human form, he doesn't age. One really big problem - Jones doesn't remember what his alien side was like but now it is fighting to get out and he's pretty sure this doesn't bode well either for Jones or for the planet. I always enjoy Simon R Green's books in the Ishmael Jones Mystery series and Till Death Do Us Part is no exception. They're kind of a mash-up of paranormal and cozy locked room mysteries and they're great fun to read. This is a fast read with plenty of action and twists and turns but perhaps the most compelling part of this book is Jones' efforts to maintain his humanity. Thanks to Netgalley and Severn House for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review

[kurt.rocourt · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This series keeps finding a way to make me enjoy reading it. The writer keeps crafting a new mystery all while pushing the overarching narrative forward with each new installment. This book crafts a mystery that you don't see through. At the last minute it through a curveball that you couldn't see coming to wrap the whole story together. I don't have many series that I could recommend more then this one.

I read this book via NetGalley. I thank them for this book.