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Hulbert Footner (1879–1944)

Auteur van Rivers of the Eastern Shore

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Werken van Hulbert Footner

Rivers of the Eastern Shore (1944) 56 exemplaren
Madame Storey (1925) 10 exemplaren
The Death Of A Celebrity (1938) 9 exemplaren
The Almost Perfect Murder (1933) 9 exemplaren
A Backwoods Princess (1926) 8 exemplaren
The Velvet Hand (1928) 8 exemplaren
The Under Dogs (1925) 8 exemplaren
The Mystery of the Folded Paper (1930) 8 exemplaren
The Murder That Had Everything (2014) 8 exemplaren
Murderer's Vanity (1940) 7 exemplaren
The Doctor Who Held Hands (1929) 7 exemplaren
The Owl Taxi (2018) 7 exemplaren
Murder in the Sun (1938) 7 exemplaren
Unneutral Murder (2014) 7 exemplaren
The Deaves Affair (Dodo Press) (2010) 7 exemplaren
The shanty sled (1926) 7 exemplaren
Ramshackle house (1922) 6 exemplaren
The Dark Ships (1937) 6 exemplaren
New York (City of Cities) (1937) 6 exemplaren
The House with the Blue Door (2014) 6 exemplaren
Thieves' Wit (2013) 6 exemplaren
The Huntress (2015) 6 exemplaren
Death of a saboteur (2014) 5 exemplaren
Easy To Kill (1931) 5 exemplaren
New Rivers of the North (2007) 5 exemplaren
A Self-Made Thief 5 exemplaren
Dangerous Cargo (1934) 5 exemplaren
The Nation's Missing Guest (2014) 5 exemplaren
The Handsome Young Men (1926) 4 exemplaren
The Viper (1930) 4 exemplaren
Orchids to murder (2020) 3 exemplaren
The Island of Fear 3 exemplaren
The Kidnapping Of Madame Storey (1936) 3 exemplaren
Murder of a bad man 3 exemplaren
The Casual Murderer (1932) 3 exemplaren
Dead man's hat (1932) 3 exemplaren
The Fur Bringers (2009) 3 exemplaren
Putting Crime Over (1926) 3 exemplaren
Queen of clubs (1927) 3 exemplaren
Murder Runs in the Family (1934) 3 exemplaren
Sinfully Rich (2009) 3 exemplaren
The ring of eyes (1933) 3 exemplaren
Officer! 3 exemplaren
Who Killed the Husband (2019) 3 exemplaren
The Substitute Millionaire (2018) 3 exemplaren
Madame Storey Intervenes (1924) 2 exemplaren
The Richest Widow (1935) 2 exemplaren
Trial by Water 2 exemplaren
The Fugitive Sleuth (1918) (1918) 2 exemplaren
The Ashcomb Poor Case (2010) 2 exemplaren
Antennae 2 exemplaren
On Swan River 2 exemplaren
Cap'n Sue 2 exemplaren
Peace Without Women 1 exemplaar
The Obsession 1 exemplaar
Red Refuge 1 exemplaar
Assorted Chips 1 exemplaar
The Sealed Valley (1914) 1 exemplaar
Roger Manion's girl 1 exemplaar
Tortuous trails 1 exemplaar
Rich man, poor man 1 exemplaar
Anybody's pearls 1 exemplaar
Country love 1 exemplaar
Scarred jungle 1 exemplaar
The new made grave 1 exemplaar
More than bread 1 exemplaar
The wild bird 1 exemplaar
A new girl in town 1 exemplaar

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On the surface, a fairly routine mystery. Amos Lee Mappin, amateur detective of New York City's cafe society, decides to intervene in the case of a murdered playwright, an author (the "celebrity" of the title) that he had known for many years, and who had a number of friends (or "friends") that in the opening chapters show their motives for doing in the author. Which duly happens. He's shot, with a note in his own handwriting. Much drama ensues as the sleuth chases (literally) the murderer through New York City, including a fierce chase through "Pennsylvania Terminal." (It's more correctly called Penn Station later.) The revelation of the murder isn't truly satisfying, but some of the characters were a bit cardboard, anyway. Some of the oddities in the book crop up if you read Wikipedia. Like the murderer, Footner typed two-fingered; albeit on a Corona, though the brand is name-checked. Footner was also a playwright that lived in New York City, which does account for a fairly authentic flavour of at least the setting, if not the characters. This book came fairly late in his career; Footner died in 1944, about six years after this book came out. Something of a period piece, but not much to recommend it otherwise. It's likely gone out of print.… (meer)
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EricCostello | Dec 2, 2019 |
Joshua Barney was a competent Naval Officer. While John Paul Jones was 12 years older, Barney rivals him as a warrior and as a person of character. Good read. Excellent footnotes
 
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RobertGiles | Mar 2, 2014 |
An interesting read for its historical significance--an early female detective with a female sidekick, interesting setting of New York City in the 1920's. That said, the stories (the book contains four long short stories) are nothing special. I enjoyed reading it, but only its rarity made me hesitate before deciding not to keep it.
 
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93
Ook door
9
Leden
386
Populariteit
#62,660
Waardering
½ 3.5
Besprekingen
3
ISBNs
75
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