- Gebundene Ausgabe: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: St. Martin's Minotaur; Auflage: 1 (Dezember 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0312300972
- ISBN-13: 978-0312300975
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,4 x 14,7 x 2,4 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.914.867 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The tenth entry in Bland's series starring Marti MacAlister, an African American detective, formerly of the Chicago Police Department and now working in nearby Lincoln Prairie, is a historical excavation as well as a mystery. As MacAlister and partner Vik Jessenovik investigate suspicious deaths connected to the site of an archaeological dig, readers will learn a great deal about remains from Potawotami Indians as well as from runaway slaves seeking the Underground Railroad. A young archaeology student is hired to excavate on the grounds of a mansion whose inhabitants have long been plagued by bad luck. The student ends up crushed to death by a boulder, as does a workman sent after her to excavate. Unearthing a trove of long-kept secrets, MacAlister suddenly finds herself in the middle of a fight between preservationists and developers. A skillful blend of history and mystery, enlivened by MacAlister's jauntily determined character. Connie Fletcher
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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When Marti MacAlister and her partner Matthew "Vik" Jessenovik respond to a report of skeletal remains found on a wooded piece of land, the pair has no idea it's just the first indication of a convoluted case of murder and conspiracy dating back hundreds of years. The skeleton turns out to be quite a mystery in itself, leading Native American groups and historians specializing in the Underground Railroad to flock to the site.
Unfortunately for all involved, the violence associated with the area is not confined to the distant past, and soon reports of mysterious accidents and suspicious deaths are coming in faster than Marti would like. A small contingent of locals even swears the land is haunted by a ghost intent on exacting a vicious revenge for some unknown grievance. Marti knows there must be a more traditional explanation, and it's her job to find out what it is. Eleanor Taylor Bland is at the top of her form in this taut, well-researched, suspenseful entry in her award-winning Marti MacAlister series.
Unfortunately for all involved, the violence associated with the area is not confined to the distant past, and soon reports of mysterious accidents and suspicious deaths are coming in faster than Marti would like. A small contingent of locals even swears the land is haunted by a ghost intent on exacting a vicious revenge for some unknown grievance. Marti knows there must be a more traditional explanation, and it's her job to find out what it is. Eleanor Taylor Bland is at the top of her form in this taut, well-researched, suspenseful entry in her award-winning Marti MacAlister series.
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Fatal Remains
23. September 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I always enjoy Eleanor Taylor Bland's books. Fatal Remains is no exception. Good research into some of the early history of Native, African and European settlers in the Des Plaines area. Her descriptions of Native and African relationships since the European settlement of North America. Research wise, I did wonder about Isiah's supposed Ethiopian ancestors though. That needed explanation given what is generally known about the slave trade.
Bland continued developing the relationship between the two police partners. Her books indicate they have become a well-oiled team over time as well as good friends.
Her story line completely held my attention. I hope Ms. Bland continues to turn out more Marty McAlister stories. They maintain the readers rapt attention without the slash and gore of many of today's detective stories.
Bland continued developing the relationship between the two police partners. Her books indicate they have become a well-oiled team over time as well as good friends.
Her story line completely held my attention. I hope Ms. Bland continues to turn out more Marty McAlister stories. They maintain the readers rapt attention without the slash and gore of many of today's detective stories.
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Great! Eleanor is back!
1. Juli 2004
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
She's up there with great ones. A pleasure just to read a real sleuthing novel for a change, without a lot of fluff or blaxploitation.
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Suspenseful and gracefully written
9. Dezember 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Multiple murders dovetail seamlessly with displaced American Indian and fugitive slave history in this latest Marti MacAlister mystery. It all begins with a skeleton on a piece of scrub land in Lincoln Prairie where the African-American former Chicago cop now works and lives with her mother, husband and three children.
The skeleton turns out to be a Potawotami Indian, but before Marti and her partner "Vik" Jessenovick can identify him, a budding archaeologist working on a dig for the prominent Smith family is killed in an apparent accident on the site. The family has been plagued by peculiar accidents throughout its history, which dates from Ibdash Smith, reputed to be a link on the Underground Railroad.
Meanwhile, point of view switches among characters out of the police orbit, which include a black man researching his family history and an Indian trying to put his behind him, as well as the Smith family patriarch, striving to keep the family secrets buried.
These voices give the reader a bit of a lead over the cops, but Marti's boys help fill her in on local history (while Marti reflects on how little was taught of her heritage in her schooldays) while cop smarts and outside experts put them so far inside the picture, they become targets themselves. Bland works family life in without having to create any formula tension and the police procedure is logical, absorbing and spiced with action. A strong series, getting stronger.
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