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Bezig met laden... The Bat (origineel 1926; editie 2013)door Mary Roberts Rinehart (Auteur)
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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. mysterious prowler attacks house rented by indomitable spinster I could see the Murder by Death crowd acting out this farce. It had every cliche in the book. In fact, this probably WAS the book that all the cliches came from. Locked rooms, Japanese inscrutable butlers, mysterious murders, an old lady sleuth, a forbidden love affair, a bank robbery, a faked death, a country house, and lots of lights going on and off with thunder and rain. And that was in the first three chapters. Book group chose this 1920 work. It was a good little mystery with the feeling of masterpiece theater throughout. No need for multiple settings. I marveled at some of the word choices....such as sepulchrally and terrorization and sauvitity... The butler (Japanese) was addressed frequently in a manner with which I was uncomfortable. Smoking was rampant throughout. It was a "drug the doctor (Wells) forbade his patients but prescribes for himself" I can't see that flying today. And........It was a story with an actual plot and no sexual overtones needed... All in all... It was an interesting look into the world of suspense circa 1920. The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart was originally published in 1926. Unfortunately I found the story quite dated. The mystery was alright, but presented in a melodramatic style that quickly became too much. The background details, the settings, styles and manners of the time period were of more interest to me. There were some definite racial slurs, mostly aimed at a Japanese Butler that I found quite distasteful. But she also made sure the overwrought ghost-believing maid, Lizzie, was identified as Irish many times. An older woman leaves New York City to take a house in the country for the summer. She brings along her maid and her niece. The rural area is the haunt of a master criminal called the Bat. Before too long the residents of the house are experiencing nightly noises and strange sights. Add to this a dead man who isn’t quite as dead as everyone thinks and a bank robbery where the cash is missing, mix with some very stereotypical characters and the end result is The Bat. I prefer my older mysteries to be low-keyed and to use humor and/or wry observations to advance the plot. The Bat, on the other hand is presented in an over-blown, clichéd style that just didn’t hold up or keep my attention. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: An infamous thief hides in the countrysideâ??where cunning Cornelia Van Gorder picks up the trailâ??in a mystery from the #1 New York Timesâ??bestselling author. For months, the city has lived in fear of the Bat. A master criminal hindered by neither scruple nor fear, he has stolen over one million dollars and left at least six men dead. The police are helpless, the newspapers know nothingâ??even the key figures of the city's underworld have no clue as to the identity of the Bat. He is a living embodiment of death itself, and he is coming to the countryside. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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