Rick Blechta
Auteur van Orchestrated Murder
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Blechta, Rick
- Geboortedatum
- c. 1950
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Geboorteplaats
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Westchester County, New York, USA
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Opleiding
- McGill University (BMus|1971))
- Beroepen
- musician
music teacher
graphic designer
crime novelist - Organisaties
- Crime Writers of Canada
- Korte biografie
- The fact that Rick Blechta (pronounced Blek' ta) has been a musician all his life is clearly apparent in all his writing. He brings a musician's viewpoint to the thriller genre in much the same way Dick Francis used his experiences in the world of horse racing. The results are "most entertaining" (Regina Leader Post). All of his novels have been critically praised for the "insider's knowledge of the music world" (Canadian Book Review Annual) which he injects into his plots. But Blechta has been equally praised for his "engaging characters" (Globe and Mail) that are "always convincing, never phony or stiff" (Regina Leader Post).
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Rundown (Pratt & Ellis Mystery, 3) door Rick Blechta
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.I received this book as a librarything giveaway. It was a quick read with a fast paced plot. The two detectives were realistic characters. The plot was also realistic. It was fun to read as I knew most of the locations mentioned.
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EDIT October 14th:
The author contacted me to correct a mistake I presumably made in this review. My ARC has expired since writing the review, so I'm not able to check it. But apparently where I in my spoiler stated nine months, this should be nine years, making everything more logical. I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you!
I was so glad I was auto-approved by Dundurn, the publisher, that I really wanted to try it immediately, and that's how I came to read Roses for a Diva. I was a nice and quick read, even though it's more than 400 pages long.
Marta is a world famous opera singer who's been receiving bouquets of beautiful roses after her performances from a stranger. It doesn't seem to dangerous until Marta finds out this fan/stalker might have invaded her life a lot more than she first expected.
I've for some reason always loved books about - normally - the ballet world and now the opera world (which seems at a first glance quite the same). It was one of the parts of this story I enjoyed the most. The story is fast paced, a lot happens, and I was indeed wondering who this stalker could be. The detective-plot could however have been a bit sharper, in my opinion.
The book is in Marta's first-person POV, which took some time for me to get used to. I never really like first-person POV and it felt a bit weird in this book. Besides, it is also sometimes changed for a third-person POV with Shannon, Toby and Dan. Marta herself was not really a likeable character either. I get the point she's very famous (or rather infamous) singer, but she's arrogant and always jumps to conclusions in a non-logical way (One of the roses in a bouquet is damaged, this must mean something bad is going to happen to me).
One thing that really bothered me, though, was the timing. In the end,
Alan has been stalking her for two years, but his mother only killed herself nine months earlier. Why start the stalking before that?
It appears there's another novel by Rick Blechta about Marta, The Fallen One, which is set a few years and deals with a story that is only briefly mentioned in this book. However, I at first didn't know there was another book set before this one, and I'm not quite sure, once again, of the timing fits. But perhaps there is a mentioning of the bouquets in this first novel, so I can't really commend on this.
Overall, I enjoyed reading Roses for a Diva, it was a nice, quick read, but it had it's flaws. However, I might check The Fallen One as well...… (meer)
Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com
EDIT October 14th:
The author contacted me to correct a mistake I presumably made in this review. My ARC has expired since writing the review, so I'm not able to check it. But apparently where I in my spoiler stated nine months, this should be nine years, making everything more logical. I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you!
I was so glad I was auto-approved by Dundurn, the publisher, that I really wanted to try it immediately, and that's how I came to read Roses for a Diva. I was a nice and quick read, even though it's more than 400 pages long.
Marta is a world famous opera singer who's been receiving bouquets of beautiful roses after her performances from a stranger. It doesn't seem to dangerous until Marta finds out this fan/stalker might have invaded her life a lot more than she first expected.
I've for some reason always loved books about - normally - the ballet world and now the opera world (which seems at a first glance quite the same). It was one of the parts of this story I enjoyed the most. The story is fast paced, a lot happens, and I was indeed wondering who this stalker could be. The detective-plot could however have been a bit sharper, in my opinion.
The book is in Marta's first-person POV, which took some time for me to get used to. I never really like first-person POV and it felt a bit weird in this book. Besides, it is also sometimes changed for a third-person POV with Shannon, Toby and Dan. Marta herself was not really a likeable character either. I get the point she's very famous (or rather infamous) singer, but she's arrogant and always jumps to conclusions in a non-logical way (One of the roses in a bouquet is damaged, this must mean something bad is going to happen to me).
One thing that really bothered me, though, was the timing. In the end,
Alan has been stalking her for two years, but his mother only killed herself nine months earlier. Why start the stalking before that?
It appears there's another novel by Rick Blechta about Marta, The Fallen One, which is set a few years and deals with a story that is only briefly mentioned in this book. However, I at first didn't know there was another book set before this one, and I'm not quite sure, once again, of the timing fits. But perhaps there is a mentioning of the bouquets in this first novel, so I can't really commend on this.
Overall, I enjoyed reading Roses for a Diva, it was a nice, quick read, but it had it's flaws. However, I might check The Fallen One as well...… (meer)
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.#3 Pratt & Ellis Toronto Ontario
Toronto homicide detectives Pratt and Ellis are brought in to investigate a series of hit-and-runs. Someone seems to be trying to kill random people using stolen cars.
Although I thought this was okay (3.5 stars means 'you'll probably enjoy this if this is your genre') at the time, I don't remember much about it now.
My apologies to the publishers for not rating this when the book was fresh in my mind. The rating was given at the time I read it. I received this through the Library Things Early Reviewers programme.… (meer)
Toronto homicide detectives Pratt and Ellis are brought in to investigate a series of hit-and-runs. Someone seems to be trying to kill random people using stolen cars.
Although I thought this was okay (3.5 stars means 'you'll probably enjoy this if this is your genre') at the time, I don't remember much about it now.
My apologies to the publishers for not rating this when the book was fresh in my mind. The rating was given at the time I read it. I received this through the Library Things Early Reviewers programme.… (meer)
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.I received this book through a librarything Early Reviewer giveaway. It is a great quick read and really enjoyable. The characters, as well as the plot, are believable and interesting. Perfect book for a plane trip or a lunchtime at work.
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 14
- Leden
- 150
- Populariteit
- #138,700
- Waardering
- 3.4
- Besprekingen
- 41
- ISBNs
- 36
