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Bezig met laden... The Truth of All Thingsdoor Kieran Shields
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |  When newly appointed Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called in to investigate a prostitute's murder in Portland, Maine, he's surprised to find the body laid out like a pentagram and pinned to the earth with a pitchfork. He's even more surprised to learn that this death by "sticking" is a traditional method of killing a witch. Baffled by the ritualized murder scene, Lean secretly enlists the help of historian Helen Prescott and brilliant criminalist Perceval Grey. Distrusted by officials because of his mixed Abenaki Indian ancestry, Grey is even more notorious for combining modern investigative techniques with an almost eerie perceptiveness. Although skeptical of each other's methods, together the detectives pursue the killer's trail through postmortems and opium dens, into the spiritualist societies and lunatic asylums of gothic New England. Before the killer closes in on his final victim, Lean and Grey must decipher the secret pattern to these murders--a pattern hidden within the dark history of the Salem witch trials. Set in a vividly imagined Victorian Portland,Maine this intelligently written tale takes a while to get going. It is filled with incredible historic detail that slows it down and sometimes at the cost of characterisation. For example I found widowed lonely town librarian Helen Prescott a walking cliché and Lean's wife was not developed at all as were many other secondary characters. However the period detail, sharp dialogue and a wonderful spooky atmosphere make this a fine début novel. ( ) jan.fleming | Nov 9, 2015 |  ) ComicGirl178 | Mar 14, 2014 | travel.bug | Feb 7, 2014 |  )1  rqdavis | Aug 27, 2013 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Archie Lean & Perceval Grey (Book 1) Prijzen
Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, in the summer of 1892, a grisly new witch hunt is beginning.... When newly appointed Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called in to investigate a prostitute's murder in Portland, Maine, he's surprised to find the body laid out like a pentagram and pinned to the earth with a pitchfork. He's even more surprised to learn that this death by "sticking" is a traditional method of killing a witch. Baffled by the ritualized murder scene, Lean secretly enlists the help of historian Helen Prescott and brilliant criminalist Perceval Grey. Distrusted by officials because of his mixed Abenaki Indian ancestry, Grey is even more notorious for combining modern investigative techniques with an almost eerie perceptiveness. Although skeptical of each other's methods, together the detectives pursue the killer's trail through postmortems and opium dens, into the spiritualist societies and lunatic asylums of gothic New England. Before the killer closes in on his final victim, Lean and Grey must decipher the secret pattern to these murdersâ??a pattern hidden within the dark history of the Salem witch tria Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.46)
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