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Lucille Kallen (1922–1999)

Auteur van The Tanglewood Murder

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Geboortedatum
1922-05-28
Overlijdensdatum
1999-01-18
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Los Angeles, California, USA
Plaats van overlijden
Ardsley, New York, USA
Woonplaatsen
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
New York, New York, USA
Beroepen
scriptwriter
lyricist
novelist
mystery novelist
comedy writer
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Lucille Kallen was born in Los Angeles and moved with her mother to Toronto at age three when her parents separated and divorced. She was raised by her grandparents after her mother's death. As a teenager, she founded a theater troupe, for which she wrote songs and sketches. Ms. Kallen moved to New York City at age 16 to pursue further training as a concert pianist at the Juilliard School. She wrote a musical revue that was spotted by producer Max Liebman, who became her mentor. She was teamed up with Mel Tolkin, who would become her longtime writing partner, and the two were hired in 1948 to write for a television show produced by Mr. Liebman, ''The Admiral Broadway Review,'' starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. The following year, Ms. Kallen became the only female writer for ''Your Show of Shows,'' the next vehicle for Caesar and Coca, a 90-minute comedy variety show that was broadcast live each week on NBC-TV. She helped create a series of now-classic sketches alongside many writers who later became famous, including Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, and Woody Allen. In 1952, she married Herbert Engel, a businessman with whom she had two children. She wrote and freelanced for several other 1950s TV shows before embarking on a second career as a mystery novelist. She also wrote the novel Outside There, Somewhere (1964), exploring the competing demands of career and motherhood.

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Sloan’s Ford is a small village where Margaret Rome and her husband live. Margaret (aka Maggie) is a reporter for the “Sloan’s Ford Reporter.” It’s the local weekly paper published by C.B. Greenfield.

Greenfield’s cleaning lady of 15 years, Mrs. Lacey, gives notice. She is no spring chicken and says it’s time. Maggie finds it’s up to her to find a replacement. Problem is finding on as good as Mrs. Lacey was.

The one Maggie finds barely speaks English, but at least she gets the idea of what is required. Maggie leavers her on her own, but returns later to find the lady dead from a brutal beating and Greenfield’s new state-of-the-art stereo system is missing.

There has been a string of burglaries in the village and the police have yet to get a handle on it. Is Greenfield’s one of them? If so, why the murder? Greenfield is determined to find out who and get his expensive stereo system back. Maggie becomes the main sleuth on the case.

This is a fun, light read; a good variety of characters and good dialogue between them. Humour runs through the book along with the search for clues and answers.
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ChazziFrazz | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 6, 2022 |
reporter used as roving detective by editor
 
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ritaer | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 15, 2020 |
attempt to embarrass Moral Majority turns to murder solved by irrascible editor and reporter
 
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ritaer | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 15, 2020 |
One of the very first mysteries I ever read, and still one of the most enjoyable. Lucille Kallen brings Tanglewood, Lenox, and Western Mass. alive as few can. And C.B. Greenfield is one of the most quirky, enjoyable, and occasionally frustrating detectives in all of literature.
 
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Werken
7
Leden
380
Populariteit
#63,551
Waardering
½ 3.3
Besprekingen
7
ISBNs
29

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