- Gebundene Ausgabe: 278 Seiten
- Verlag: St Martins Pr; Auflage: Revised. (April 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0312343388
- ISBN-13: 978-0312343385
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,7 x 15,1 x 2,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 374.904 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Praise for Dorothy Cannell and Withering Heights
“Cannell is a master of subtle wit and humorous asides that lift her cozies to great heights. Before the influx of writers trying to out-humor Janet Evanovich, there was Dorothy Cannell. Long may she write!”
---Library Journal
“A veritable meringue of a book, light and crisp and airy, but with enough of a puzzle to engage as well as entertain the reader.”
---The Denver Post
“It is the absurd predicaments of her central characters that readers find themselves recalling, and Cannell is cunning at devising outlandish situations for them.”
---Chicago Sun-Times
“Witty…a funny, entertaining puzzler.”
---Publishers Weekly
“Archly literate and witty, with a soft center.”
---Kirkus Reviews
“One of the year’s funniest and most engaging mysteries.”
---Elizabeth Peters, New York Times bestselling author of the Amelia Peabody mysteries
Kurzbeschreibung
“Ellie, the headmistress wants to see you.”
Words to strike terror in the heart of any inmate of St. Roberta’s boarding school who has failed to turn in her Latin prep, left out London on a map drawn of England, or prowled the ruins of the medieval abbey at dead of night. Ellie has been guilty of all these sins and more.
Fortunately, however, she is no longer a pudgy, insecure adolescent but a happily married interior designer with three lively children and a beautiful home by the sea. The only cloud in the sky on this lovely day in June is the message relayed by her friend Dorcas, who became games mistress at St. Roberta’s when the former coach, Ms. Chips, retired. Having heard of Ellie’s success as an amateur detective, the headmistress, Mrs. Battle, wants Ellie to come and find out who has stolen the Loverly sports trophy and is seeking to bring embarrassment to the school.
Her less than rosy memories of St. Roberta’s notwithstanding, Ellie cannot refuse Dorcas’s entreaties and finds herself in the thick of boarding school life, where an apparent schoolgirl prank soon gives way to murder.
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Ellie's friend Dorcas Critchley, now Lacrosse coach at their old boarding school St. Roberta's, asks Ellie for help in recovering the Loverly Cup. Ellie has more than her share of misgivings to go back to her old school, because she only seems to have not so fond memories of her time there being the pudgy girl and all that. Nevertheless Ellie agrees to use her sleuthing skills in order to uphold the school's reputation. The indomitable Mrs Malloy cannot accompany her to St. Roberta's, so Ellie has to rely on her own impressions and enlists the help of Ariel Hopkins, daughter of Ben's cousin and now "inmate" at St. Roberta's. She meets her old nemesis Rosemary Martin and Philippa Boswell, the cause for Ellie's still gnawing conscience. Ellie soon learns that nothing much has changed: the school is still a den of alliances, rumors, accusations, friends and false friends..
Do you remember the "St. Clare's" series by Enid Blyton ("Hanni und Nanni" in German)? I was an addict. And "Goodbye, Mrs Chips" pleasantly reminded me of the St. Clare series. Add misdemeanor, a possible felony plus quirks and witticism and you have "Goodbye, Mrs Chips".
"Goodbye, Mrs Chips" was an easy and entertaining read. If the mystery part had been a tad more developed and the end a little less rushed, it would have merited five stars!
Do you remember the "St. Clare's" series by Enid Blyton ("Hanni und Nanni" in German)? I was an addict. And "Goodbye, Mrs Chips" pleasantly reminded me of the St. Clare series. Add misdemeanor, a possible felony plus quirks and witticism and you have "Goodbye, Mrs Chips".
"Goodbye, Mrs Chips" was an easy and entertaining read. If the mystery part had been a tad more developed and the end a little less rushed, it would have merited five stars!
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an entertaining and witty read
21. April 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
A word of warning: if you're looking for a cunning mystery novel full of plot twists and turns that keep you guessing till the very end, this isn't really the book for you. "Goodbye, Ms Chips" is an enjoyable, engrossing funny book -- but it really isn't the mystery read of the year.
Ellie Haskell's good friend, Dorcas Critchley, wants Ellie to turn her detecting skills towards discovering who has stolen the sports cup from the trophy case in the assembly hall of Ellie's old school, St. Roberta's. The trouble is that Ellie would much rather not to return to the very place where she really blotted her copy book by committing an act of great cowardice. But Dorcas (and he headmistress, Mrs. Battle) are afraid that news of the theft will tarnish the school's reputation, and rather hope that Ellie will take on the case and discover who stole the cup before news of the cups becomes public knowledge. Unable to resist Dorcas' entreaties, Ellie soon finds herself back at St. Roberta's, going undercover and emersing herself in boarding school life, sifting through the rumours, trying to figure out of the theft is a case of a prank gone wrong or if something more dire is underfoot...
Reading "Goodbye, Ms Chips" reminded me of all those English boarding school books I used to be addicted to as a child, Dorothy Haskell did a wonderful job of making this Ellie Haskell installment an entertaining and enjoyable salute to the genre. It is true that the "mystery" bit of this book took a while to get going, but the book was such a humorous and witty read that I didn't find that this was too much of a detraction. If I had any criticism of "Goodbye, Ms Chips" it was that it was not very well edited (and this is more a criticism of Ms Cannell's publishers than anything else), and that the ending was a little too rushed for my taste. "Goodbye, Ms Chips" may not be the mystery read of the year, but it certainly was a delightfully sharp and pleasurable read.
Ellie Haskell's good friend, Dorcas Critchley, wants Ellie to turn her detecting skills towards discovering who has stolen the sports cup from the trophy case in the assembly hall of Ellie's old school, St. Roberta's. The trouble is that Ellie would much rather not to return to the very place where she really blotted her copy book by committing an act of great cowardice. But Dorcas (and he headmistress, Mrs. Battle) are afraid that news of the theft will tarnish the school's reputation, and rather hope that Ellie will take on the case and discover who stole the cup before news of the cups becomes public knowledge. Unable to resist Dorcas' entreaties, Ellie soon finds herself back at St. Roberta's, going undercover and emersing herself in boarding school life, sifting through the rumours, trying to figure out of the theft is a case of a prank gone wrong or if something more dire is underfoot...
Reading "Goodbye, Ms Chips" reminded me of all those English boarding school books I used to be addicted to as a child, Dorothy Haskell did a wonderful job of making this Ellie Haskell installment an entertaining and enjoyable salute to the genre. It is true that the "mystery" bit of this book took a while to get going, but the book was such a humorous and witty read that I didn't find that this was too much of a detraction. If I had any criticism of "Goodbye, Ms Chips" it was that it was not very well edited (and this is more a criticism of Ms Cannell's publishers than anything else), and that the ending was a little too rushed for my taste. "Goodbye, Ms Chips" may not be the mystery read of the year, but it certainly was a delightfully sharp and pleasurable read.
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A charming cozy
29. Mai 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Dorothy Cannell was born in England, and moved to the United States where she currently lives in Maine. The first Ellie Haskell book, The Thin Woman, was published in 1984. This is the twelfth in the series.
Interior designer Ellie lives in a charming small English village, in a large house, with three adorable children and a wonderful husband, Ben, who is a chef and a writer of cookbooks. Her life is complicated by her wacky older housekeeper, Mrs. Malloy. The two of them have a reputation for solving the odd mystery.
Old school chum Dorcas is sent to convince Ellie to return to her school, St. Roberta's, to solve the mystery of the silver lacrosse cup that goes missing before it has to be displayed at the big competition, where it will likely be given up to a better team.
Ellie does not have many good memories of school, where she broke the games mistress's nose with a lacrosse ball. Ellie was horrible at sports. Ms. Chips, of the broken nose, is now retired and living nearby. She has inherited a lot of money and paid for a new gymnasium.
When Ellie returns she finds several old school "chums" ensconced in the retreat cottage for Old Girls (alumni). Everyone suspects the students, primarily matron's nervy great niece Gillian, but Ellie enlists the help of her cousin's precocious daughter Ariel, and uncovers a malicious nasty reason of the rumors.
When Ms. Chips is found dead at the bottom of some slippery rock steps, at first it is assumed it is an accident, but Ellie is not so sure. Is it one of the staff? One of the visiting Old Girls? And what or who is the "Grey Nun" that everyone keeps spying at night flitting around the ruins of the old rectory?
Goodbye, Ms. Chips will enchant you with its re-creation of the small private girls' school atmosphere, and the occasionally poisonous relations of students and staff.
Armchair Interviews says: A charming cozy mystery.
Interior designer Ellie lives in a charming small English village, in a large house, with three adorable children and a wonderful husband, Ben, who is a chef and a writer of cookbooks. Her life is complicated by her wacky older housekeeper, Mrs. Malloy. The two of them have a reputation for solving the odd mystery.
Old school chum Dorcas is sent to convince Ellie to return to her school, St. Roberta's, to solve the mystery of the silver lacrosse cup that goes missing before it has to be displayed at the big competition, where it will likely be given up to a better team.
Ellie does not have many good memories of school, where she broke the games mistress's nose with a lacrosse ball. Ellie was horrible at sports. Ms. Chips, of the broken nose, is now retired and living nearby. She has inherited a lot of money and paid for a new gymnasium.
When Ellie returns she finds several old school "chums" ensconced in the retreat cottage for Old Girls (alumni). Everyone suspects the students, primarily matron's nervy great niece Gillian, but Ellie enlists the help of her cousin's precocious daughter Ariel, and uncovers a malicious nasty reason of the rumors.
When Ms. Chips is found dead at the bottom of some slippery rock steps, at first it is assumed it is an accident, but Ellie is not so sure. Is it one of the staff? One of the visiting Old Girls? And what or who is the "Grey Nun" that everyone keeps spying at night flitting around the ruins of the old rectory?
Goodbye, Ms. Chips will enchant you with its re-creation of the small private girls' school atmosphere, and the occasionally poisonous relations of students and staff.
Armchair Interviews says: A charming cozy mystery.
Saccharine and Unrealistic
15. April 2012
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This must be the most saccharine mystery I have ever had the misfortune of reading. Calling the steps "the dribbly drops?" Please. And it is utterly unrealistic that any private school would have essentially no security, allowing people to wander in and out of buildings and roam around the grounds at night.
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