- Taschenbuch: 259 Seiten
- Verlag: Five Star Trade (November 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1410402045
- ISBN-13: 978-1410402042
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 50,3 x 21,1 x 2 cm
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Librarian Gwen Barlow is happy in her little town of Apple Creek, Ohio, where she helps support her mother, Lillian, and her younger brother, Preston. Life is calm and peaceful--until Lillian inherits her uncle's brand-new wedding cake-shaped showboat. Amazingly, Lillian decides that the three of them need to leave Ohio immediately and go to Hickory Bend, Missouri, where her inheritance is docked on the banks of the Mississippi. Gwen soon discovers that her uncle's death was no accident, and that almost everyone in the town, and on the boat, had reason to hate him. Forbidden by a rather inept sheriff to leave until the murder is solved, Gwen, too, begins looking for clues. Although a second murder is committed, the need for food and supplies forces Gwen, now the theatrical manager, too, to go on with the show. Thomason has written an interesting turn-of-the-century mystery with a nice balance of humor and suspense, leaving the reader eager for the librarian-turned-sleuth's next adventure. Shelley Mosley
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engaging historical amateur sleuth
26. Dezember 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
In 1898 Apple Creek, Ohio, Lillian Barlow learns that her brother Eli died in a freak accident on his showboat, the Jubilee Palace. Eli's lawyer informs Lillian that she inherited the showboat. The showboat is deep in debt. Still Lillian persuades her reluctant adult children, college librarian Gwen Barlow and hard good store worker Preston, that they need to move to Hickory Bend, Missouri to manage the boat.
In Hickory Bend, Gwen ends up taking charge of the showboat as her mother cannot handle anything negative and her brother is Stagestruck with one of the performers. Gwen quickly realizes that several people had the motive to murder Eli as she agrees with the constable that a homicide occurred. Gwen wonders if one of the performers, the workers, the townsfolk, or the handsome captain she just hired to run "Eli's Folly" killed her uncle.
Readers will enjoy this engaging historical amateur sleuth tale that emphasizes the Mississippi River at the end of the nineteenth century. The who-done-it is cleverly worked to the pleasure of mystery readers. The strong characters whether the troupe or the townsfolk are a delight especially the embattled Gwen. However, STAGESTRUCK is a winner due to Cynthia Thomason making 1898 Missouri seems vividly alive.
Harriet Klausner
Intriguing Historical Romance
22. November 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
This engaging historical romance will take you through the doors of a showboat to a unique place in American history. A spunky sleuth, distinctive secondary characters, and a solid mystery will keep you turning pages. Cynthia Thomason really places you in a scene and makes you feel as though you're there. You'll be wanting to cruise down the river after reading this charming whodunit.
U.S.A. Missouri - 1898
14. Juli 2009
Format:Taschenbuch
Upon the murder of her uncle, 28 year old Gwen Barlow with her 19 year old brother and mother inherits the Jubilee Palace, a lavish Mississippi river showboat. Waiting for them to take possession is the theater company and a raft of debts incurred by her uncle. Before the theater can open its doors and set off for a hopefully lucrative season on the river, the perpetrator of the uncle's murder must be found. When others of the troupe meet the same fate, and the town constable seems notably incompetent, Gwen knows she must solve the murders herself.
The idea of a mystery involving a showboat, theater troupe, and life along the Mississippi has great appeal. This story offers nice details of the boat itself and the workings of a late 19th century stage. Expanded transportation in the latter part of the19th century greatly expanded the professional theater industry throughout the United States. Most of the plays embraced romantic plots, as seen by the one performed by the Jubilee Palace group. The difficulties of managing the Mississippi river also are touched on, including the disreputable "shanty boats." It is a bit of a push, however, to believe that Gwen, previously a librarian in a small Ohio town, could so rapidly relocate to Missouri and jump into the role of investigator, theater financier, manager, and director, all without the aid of her flaky brother and mother. And with no help from the sullen acting troupe. Readers might also spot a few minor historical lapses such as the importance to the plot of rolls of tape, given that adhesive tape was invented in the 1920s.
The author's main forte is as a writer of romance novels. This, her first mystery, seems to lack crime solving tension. Gwen is a likable character, nevertheless, and descriptions of her dress, demeanor, and even her new found freedom riding a bike are right on. First of a Gwen Barlow series. No author notes.
The idea of a mystery involving a showboat, theater troupe, and life along the Mississippi has great appeal. This story offers nice details of the boat itself and the workings of a late 19th century stage. Expanded transportation in the latter part of the19th century greatly expanded the professional theater industry throughout the United States. Most of the plays embraced romantic plots, as seen by the one performed by the Jubilee Palace group. The difficulties of managing the Mississippi river also are touched on, including the disreputable "shanty boats." It is a bit of a push, however, to believe that Gwen, previously a librarian in a small Ohio town, could so rapidly relocate to Missouri and jump into the role of investigator, theater financier, manager, and director, all without the aid of her flaky brother and mother. And with no help from the sullen acting troupe. Readers might also spot a few minor historical lapses such as the importance to the plot of rolls of tape, given that adhesive tape was invented in the 1920s.
The author's main forte is as a writer of romance novels. This, her first mystery, seems to lack crime solving tension. Gwen is a likable character, nevertheless, and descriptions of her dress, demeanor, and even her new found freedom riding a bike are right on. First of a Gwen Barlow series. No author notes.
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