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Bezig met laden... The Case of the Murdered Muckrakerdoor Carola Dunn
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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. I didn't like this book as much as the earlier books in the series. Daisy is in New York and the bits contrasting American and British English was fun. However, the whole train chase and cross-country airplane chase was a bit too much! But still a fun read. ( ) Alec and Daisy are in America working after their honeymoon voyage. However, while Alec is in Washington DC, Daisy remains in NY to meet with her editor and to write. When she arrives at the printing offices, she sees the same man from an earlier argument in her hotel. As he glances down the elevator shaft for his coming car, a gun shot sends him falling to his death and leads Daisy into a new mystery. As she pursues the culprit, she must also be wary of the American police and Tammany Hall politics. Ultimately, she and Alec end up on a cross-country air pursuit of the killer. This was not my favorite book in this series. Parts of it would have been better if edited for pacing, several subplots that weren't relevant, and some elements seemed contrived. fest, spoof, culture-shock, murder, murder-investigation, the-scottish-play, historic-buildings, historical-fiction, historical-figures, historical-places-events, historical-research, NYC***** Is it a farce? A satire? Who cares! It's a whole lot of fun! The cast of characters allude to many real people and scandals of the time which are somewhat unknown to Daisy as she visits with American publishers, her editor, and a famous former NYC reporter and her (dippy) sister, as well as a NYC DA, a new federal agent sent to "keep an eye on her", a barnstormer, and a whole lot more. The fact that she keeps referring to a couple of them as Rosenkranz and Guildenstern might give a clue! Simply too much fun. As a cozy it is full of twists, misdirection, and red herrings! Loved it! Even the narrator got caught up in it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Daisy Dalrymple (10)
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
In late 1923 the newly married Daisy Dalrymple and her husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, come to America for a honeymoon visit. In the midst of a pleasure trip, however, both work in a bit of businessâ??Alec travels to Washington, DC to consult with the US government, Daisy to New York to meet with her American magazine editor. While in New York, Daisy stays at the famed Chelsea Hotel, which is not only close to the Flatiron Building offices of Abroad magazine, where she'll be meeting with her editor, but home to many of New York's artists and writers.After her late morning meeting, Daisy agrees to accompany her editor, Mr. Thorwald, to lunch. But as they are leaving the offices, they hear a gunshot and see a man plummeting down an elevator shaft. The man killed was one of her fellow residents at the Chelsea Hotel, Otis Carmody, who was a journalist with no end of enemiesâ??personal and professionalâ??who would delight in his death. Again in the midst of a murder investigation, Daisy's search for the killer takes her to all levels of society, and even a mad dash across the country itself, as she attempts to solve a puzzle that would baffle even Philo Vance Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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