- Taschenbuch: 224 Seiten
- Verlag: Avon; Auflage: First THUS (1. Juli 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0380726793
- ISBN-13: 978-0380726790
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 16,8 x 10,7 x 1,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (2 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 617.914 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"Spending time with author Craig on matha's vineyard is the next best thing to vacationing on the island yourself." -- "Minneapolis Star-Tribune""Reading Philip R. Craig isarmchair traveling at its finest."-- "Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine""This is a good one"-- "Chattanooga Times"
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Vineyard wedding bells are about to chime for ex-Boston cop-turned-island-fisherman J.W. Jackson and his lady Zee Madieras. And Zee's Automatic Teller tells them rather substantial "present" has been deposited in the bride-to-be's account: one hundred thousand unexplained dollars.
The bank screams, "computer glitch"! And sure enough, two days later, the windfall has flown. But, coincidentally, the college student lying dead in J.W.'s driveway'a young woman done in by a dose of locally grown poison'recently withdrew a hundred grand from her own account. And now, before exchanging vows with his love, J.W. must first match wits with a murderer who may be gearing up to kill again.
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It all started with a bluefish blitz at Metcalf's Hole on South Beach. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Excellent character in JW Jackson. Also Zee, his wife. Having known the author and his wife, I see a lot of both of them in the characters portrayed in all his books. Congratulations on another winner!
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JW Jackson is an excellent character. Find the first four books in the series and enjoy. Martha's Vineyard sounds interesting and the lifestyle of the characters makes good reading. Find them and those that follow and enjoy.
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Best read with Vineyard sand in your shoes
16. März 2003
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OK, the "Vineyard" series does not represent great literature. However, that's not the point about these 'atmospheric' novels is it? You read these kind of books while you're on the Cape or to bring you mentally back to the place. This one has a better plot that the others I have read in the series but the dialogue remains the weak point. Enough with the fishing and the traffic jams too, please. All in all, since we go to the Cape every year, this series is a fun read for me. However, if you want read a good series with excellent dialogue and a strong sense of place, find one of the Dibdin novels. They are set in Italy and they are wonderful.
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Like the rest of his books
12. April 2001
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Craig's biggest downfall is the third-rate dialogue he employs. It's often trite and unrealistic, I criticism I noted in another review of one of his books. The storyline is actually better in this book than in others. There's an unexpected twist that throws you at the end, which makes it better reading than Craig's other works. As with his other "Martha's Vineyard Mysteries," the story centers on another adventure with retired Boston cop (and Vineyard resident), J.W. Jackson. He finds a dead girl in his driveway, and goes about solving her murder. There are subplots that don't really add to the story, and as I said above, the dialogue is crap. I'm sure the reason I keep reading Craig's books is that if you are a Vineyarder (as I am), there are few better ways to conjure up images of the island than his books. His descriptions of such things as the traffic jams and night life on the Vineyard are incredibly realistic and offer a respite to someone like me who only gets to spend a week or two per year on the island. Non-Vineyarders would do better to find something else.
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Mystery or fishing story
16. Januar 2001
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This novel seems to be a little bit of mystery added into a story about fishing on Martha's Vineyard with a travelogue of the island. The author puts a little too much emphasis on the fishing. An interesting basis was developed for the crime, i.e., manipulating inter-bank transfers, with intelligent criminals fumbling the implementation, but maybe there are one too many characters/complications/side issues.
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