- Taschenbuch: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: Crimeline (3. Februar 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0553573004
- ISBN-13: 978-0553573008
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17 x 10,7 x 2,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 805.039 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The ninth in a series (Black Ribbon, 1995, etc.) directed toward passionate dog fanciers--and if the audience seems a narrow one, meditate on the number nine. Detective/journalist Holly Winter covers the Alaskan Malamute National Specialty Show at a Hawaiian- theme hotel in Danville, Conn. She hangs out with her two canine contenders, Rowdy and Kimi; her cousin Leah, a handler; her boyfriend, a vet; her ex-boyfriend, a traveler in dog sex aids; oodles of her girlfriends, all fighting over dogs--and, as it turns out, a murderer. An elderly judge is killed, and the prize lamp bearing the fur of an ex-champion seems to have been the weapon. Though Conant is capable of a decent quip (``their noisy, smelly wedding was going to ruin our lovely dog show''), she specializes in ironic metaphors teased through run-on sentences of indecent length. She belabors her jokes, in other words, while revealing a steely-eyed and humorless determination to pack her prose with more dog lore than it can gracefully accommodate. The murderer was not a good dog person and is no loss. But, meanwhile, Conant risks losing mystery readers who might like warm puppies okay but who think happiness requires a wider worldview and a lighter wit. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Set during an Alaskan Malamute National Specialty Show, Conant's latest foray into the competitive world of purebred dogs proves lethal for the judge, who is found bludgeoned to death by a blunt object as tasteless as the murder itself. And who might benefit from the judge's death? Many, as it turns out--from the woman who has inherited his job to the organizer of the show, and the handler whose dog now has a good chance of winning.
Dog's Life writer Holly Winter is on the scene with two dogs entered in the show. She know who has access to the murder weapon, but it is a former lover, now working for a firm that specializes in canine reproductive technology, who unwittingly puts her on the trail of the killer.
Dog's Life writer Holly Winter is on the scene with two dogs entered in the show. She know who has access to the murder weapon, but it is a former lover, now working for a firm that specializes in canine reproductive technology, who unwittingly puts her on the trail of the killer.
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Never mind the Kirkus review. The dog facts weren't boring and I'm a cat lover who merely likes dogs. I liked the analogies that the author used in order to help those of us who aren't dog fanatics to understand the feelings of those who are. I chuckled and cringed over Holly's reunion with the man who had captured her heart when she was but a girl (and mother was right). Actually, I did a lot of chuckling and cringing during this book. It's a pity that no one thought to enter an unedited version of the final judging video to one of those amateur video shows because it probably would have won a prize. (Heaven knows that the donated lamp probably would have made a worthy entry in the Ugliest Lamp contest.) The bride's father probably would have envied the lucky dad in book/film version(s) of "Father of the Bride." I'm suprised the poor man didn't have a heart attack before it was all over. (Got a good chuckle out of Holly's unspoken appraisal of the groom, not to mention her opinion of a woman who would marry a man who's allergic to dogs.) I would have been more upset about the nasty way two fat characters were depicted if I hadn't already known from the author's e-mail response to my complaint to her publisher [over *Bloodlines* and *Black Ribbon*] that she was horrified when a friend pointed that out to her, apologizes, and hopes that her three latest books are not offensive. I stayed up until 11:30 to finish this book. I could have been in bed an hour earlier if I hadn't kept looking up at the TV to see if Scully and Mulder were doing anything exciting for the "X-Files" 2000 season finale. That was a mistake.
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This was one of my favorite Conant books. The prose is particularly well written, and bitingly sarcastic at times. I particularly appreciate S. Conant's emphasis on breed rescue, and how wonderful those dogs can be. The characters in her book are all just exaggerated enough so you can really get a feel for their personalities, and her descriptions of the back-biting and gossip that goes on at dog shows had me in stitches! If you like this series, I think you will love this one!
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Nikki and Rowdy two playful malamutes are entered into a National Specialty Show. Holly Winter tries to figure out the murders and keep to the malamutes. This is a breath taking book!
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