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Bezig met laden... A Clue for the Puzzle Ladydoor Parnell Hall
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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. The first clue came with a corpse. The body lay next to a gravestone in the Bakerhaven Cemetery. Police Chief Dale Harper stood in the pouring rain and looked down at it with displeasure. What was a corpse doing in the cemetery? Chief Harper was not unaware of the humor in the question. A body in the cemetery - the press would have a field day. Chief Harper frowned and wiped the water off his face. I love puzzles and I love books so a book about puzzles was always going to be a winner. I loved it. Still it wasn't without it's issues and I'm sure not everyone will enjoy it. Cora was hilarious. She's such a nutter. I loved the whole cast of characters, Cora, Chief Dale Harper, Sherry and Aaron. The dialogue was fast and snappy with lots of word play. The murder itself wasn't terribly original - it was pretty obvious who the murderer was from the start but I did enjoy getting there. And there were a lot of laughs along the way. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4. Da grande amante dei cruciverba e dei gialli, non potevo farmi sfuggire questo libro che li fonde insieme: un'idea originale che l'autore ha saputo gestire con abilità, creando un cozy mistery piacevole e coinvolgente. Gli elementi del genere ci sono tutti: un delitto efferato in una rispettabile cittadina in cui tutti si conoscono, una protagonista brillante ed eccentrica (con l'immancabile nipote-spalla più posata e pragmatica) e dei toni leggeri e vagamente ironici; la tensione c'è, ma è più mentale che emotiva. Insomma un prodotto confezionato a puntino e pensato per un target specifico, che non resterà deluso. Il che non significa che sia un'opera priva di difetti: c'è qualche ingenuità di troppo e ogni tanto si nota che la trama è stata tirata per le lunghe, ma soprattutto i dialoghi (in particolare tra i due "giovani") risultano forzati. Non si può trasformare ogni conversazione in duello verbale, è divertente all'inizio ma in breve tempo diventa stucchevole. Sommando pro e contro, però, il bilancio resta comunque positivo: è un giallo senza pretese, a cui non si chiede altro che di intrattenerci per qualche ora e che assolve il compito piuttosto bene, lasciandoci anche la curiosità di leggere i volumi successivi. A major subgenre of mystery fiction is the amateur detective, and within that is the amateur detective with some job that seems antithetical to being a master sleuth. In this case, it's a crossword puzzle editor, though the difference between an editor and constructor is not made clear in the novel. The mystery is OK but padded out. The characters are fine, if a bit exaggerated. The weakest point is the dialog. There are repeated passages of multi-page two-person dialog clearly meant to be repartee of the "His Girl Friday" sort, but they just annoying. Your typical cozy mystery. This book was a disappointment for me. I was looking forward to a tricky mystery based on crossword puzzles and instead I got a formulaic cozy mystery with one-dimensional characters. The only bright spot in a pretty bleak piece of fiction was Aunt Cora - the puzzle lady herself. She was pretty sharp for an old lady who walks around half-sozzled all the time. I don't recommend this series at all. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: "Parnell Hall's is the most logical mind in the business. There's no one else who consistently creates such entertaining and challenging puzzles." . HTML:Cruciverbalists, rejoice!!! Pick up a pencil and get ready to solve the puzzle--and a puzzling murder--in this lively debut of a unique amateur detective, Miss Cora Felton, the reigning queen of crosswords. Cora's an eccentric old lady with a nationally syndicated puzzle column, an irresistible urge to poke into unsettling events, and a niece who's determined to keep her out of trouble. In a slyly amusing and wickedly suspenseful mystery, this delightful heroine takes her first crack at playing sleuth. Only this isn't fun and games....It's murder. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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