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Bezig met laden... Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill: A Novel (editie 2008)door N. M. Kelby
Informatie over het werkMurder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill: A Novel door N. M. Kelby
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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. Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, Laurence Shames she's not..but this is a light, funny, and entertaining read. I was able to get through it in less than 8 hours. It's Florida, a retirement community once known as the Tiki Gardens, with a Tiki Bar in its midst: *Danni the bar owner is trying to save the mangroves from becoming a golf course. *Whit & his attorney, Bill are up to no good...they want the land the bar is on & the mangroves. *Sofia, Whit's blind daughter, is trying to work things out with her husband, who wants her dead and her inheritance much to the consternation of *Wilson the security guard, her "protector", who has a penchant for singing Beach Boys tunes. *Solas McKay Kilt wearing, Scots Warrior/puppet master who has come to avenge the death of his homeless brother Peter (remains were found in the dumpster behind the bar)....who is accompanied by *Karla & Marie the very tall, grey braided Swedish twin crones who love to shout "Ta-Da!" *Mandy the shi tzu that looks like Barry Manilow *Poe the Vulture *The residents of the "community" that like to play act "Mayberry". It's not deep, but it works. Another "DNF" or Did Not Finish. Too many weird characters with no one in the entire book who was in any way sane or normal. I don't need a lot, but my logical soul does need at least one "normal" character, one who reacts to death as awful, not interesting, one who doesn't wander off on the beach, in the rain, when she's blind. Wasn't my style, which I might have known since it is compared to Carl Hiaasen, another author too weird for me. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Prijzen
Take a slasher-movie actress, a Scottish circus clown, an FBI school dropout, a blind heiress, a junk-food-loving millionaire developer, and a Buddha-quoting bluesman, add a couple of murders in a normally sedate retirement community in south Florida, and you get an irresistible tale that’s part Carl Hiaasen and part Gabriel García Márquez. It all goes down as easy as a Key lime pie martini, the signature drink of the Bad Girl’s Bar & Grill. N. M. Kelby’s last three novels have received glowing reviews in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, People, and the Atlantic Monthly. Carl Hiaasen has called her “a natural-born writer,” and Kirkus praised her “black humor that sizzles.” Sit back, put up your feet, and get ready to lose yourself in a rollicking good story. 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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My reactions
Reminds me of Carl Hiassen, but not quite so well written. Still it’s a fun, ridiculous romp of a tale that kept me entertained and engaged despite its total outlandishness. Frankly, none of these characters made sense to me, and the plot was completely unbelievable. But I did laugh out loud a few times and it was a fast read.
If you’re looking for a cozy mystery… well this is more gristly than that. If you want a hard-boiled crime novel … well this is too quirky for that. It doesn’t fit the bill for a suspense thriller either, because there is little suspense. The biggest mystery, as far as I’m concerned, is how Kelby came up with this crazy story.
Like Hiaasen, Kelby does impart a message about husbanding the natural environment and about the greed of developers. ( )