Marjorie Torrey (1891–1964)
Auteur van Our First Murder (Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
Over de Auteur
Fotografie: Marjorie Torrey, sketch in International News Reel in 1922
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Werken van Marjorie Torrey
Gerelateerde werken
Alice in Wonderland [and] Peter Pan [Dandelion Library: Edited and Abridged] (1957) — Illustrator — 96 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Torrey, Marjorie
- Officiële naam
- Chanslor, Marjorie Torrey
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Hood, Marjorie Torrey
- Geboortedatum
- 1891-11-10
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1964-09-01
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
- Opleiding
- Art Students League, New York
- Beroepen
- illustrator
author - Relaties
- Chanslor, Roy (husband)
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Besprekingen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 6
- Ook door
- 9
- Leden
- 90
- Populariteit
- #205,795
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 4
That said, I felt no great urgency to continue reading it, the plot was rather overplotted (too many suspects, too many clues, and far too much of the detective knowing things but not letting the audience, or the hapless narrator, know).
It's perhaps most enjoyable for its evocation of a then-contemporary 1940s New York City. As the main characters have only recently arrived, you get more of a sense of what it might have felt like than from most period novels set there, but taking it for granted.
She wrote only one other featuring the same detectives, and I may well check it out to see if things improve, but will be in no great rush to do so.
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).… (meer)