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Bezig met laden... Mad as the Dickens (2001)door Toni L. P. Kelner
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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. Laura and her husband Richard have traveled from their home in Boston to Byerly, North Carolina so can Richard can direct a production of "A Christmas Carol" for Vasti, one of Laura's relations. When Scrooge turns up dead, Laura and the local police chief, a woman named "Junior," know that it is murder, but since Junior is on vacation, she turns the investigation over to her deputy after securing the scene. Someone is playing practical jokes on the play as well, but after the murder investigation is underway, the mischief seems to intensify. I might have enjoyed the characters in a different story, but this one just had some issues with the plausibility of the plot. Add that with what for me was a pretty obvious resolution to the case, and it's a pretty mediocre read. I probably won't be picking up others in the series anytime soon although I am somewhat curious as to whether the author does a better job with her stories in non-Christmas installments of the series. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Publishers Weekly called Kelner's sassy Southern whodunits "lively, light-hearted and ebullient." Now, in her seventh outing, a radiantly expectant Laura Fleming heads back to her hometown of Byerly, North Carolina, for a holiday-time production of A Christmas Carol -- and murder. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The series has a weak premise for Laura's involvement in murder investigations. It's improbable that a law enforcement officer, even on vacation, would ask a civilian to lead a murder investigation. At least Laura isn't one of the “too stupid to live” variety of amateur sleuths. The Christmas Carol production firmly anchors the book in the Christmas season. It's an average cozy, but it gets an extra half star for the Christmas shopping scene that was so funny that it had me laughing out loud. ( )