- Taschenbuch: 288 Seiten
- Verlag: Grand Central Publishing (15. Januar 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0446608351
- ISBN-13: 978-0446608350
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,7 x 11 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 137.146 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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If Noel Coward or P.G. Wodehouse wrote mysteries, they would probably be very much like the books that Charlotte MacLeod writes, featuring the charming art detective Max Bittersohn and his socially connected wife, Sarah Kelling. There would be lots of style and witty dialogue, people with names like Tweeters Arbuthnot and Calpurnia Zickery, but not much meaty content.
MacLeod's latest mystery meringue begins at a fancy Boston wedding staged by Sarah for Max's nephew, where missing rubies, long-lost neighbors, the crash of a hot air balloon, and the discovery of a dead body are last-minute additions to the festivities. Things go downhill from there, with smoke bombs going off, more corpses piling up, and both Max and his 3-year-old son, Davy, soon among the missing. This is the kind of book that requires a dozen pages in the last chapter to explain everything, and that should be read with little finger firmly extended. Fans of Poirot, and of Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles, will be delighted. --Dick Adler -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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The tone in this madcap mystery is so arch that even the corpses seem to have their tongues firmly in their lifeless cheeks. The lovely Max Bittersohn and his wife, Sarah Kelling, own a massive house on the Boston North Shore, where the book opens with a charming set piece describing the wedding staged for Max's nephew and his lovely bride. Max, stolen-art tracker extraordinaire and Sarah, related to numerous batty and redoubtable relatives with funny names, get through the wedding just fine. But then there is the unplanned landing of a hot-air balloon with two old, eccentric neighbors in it and, later, the finding of a corpse underneath the balloon, to say nothing of the Kelling ruby parure--necklace, bracelets, tiara, etc., long vanished by foul means and suddenly reappearing among the wedding gifts. Rescues happen by bizarre means, and the odd thefts and murders are solved mostly off-page by using such tools as Aunt Theonia's psychic powers, but if you check your skepticism at the door, a fine time is guaranteed. GraceAnne A. DeCandido
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Yes, we meet them all again, Sarah, Max, Davy - who is less wooden than in previous books, more alive, if not yet perfect, but then a child can't be the shrewd, hardheaded original, as MacLeod's grownups usually are - Well, to continue, Theonia and Brooks, Jem and Egbert... Anybody out there, who did not know them yet? Read the other books! Because my only point of criticism is, that this new sequel lacks the "outer world". The good ones (old aquaintances!) are good. And the bad ones don't feature as much as they used to.. I miss some uglies, like the yachtclub-crew from "The Bilbao Looking Glass" or some new convincing crazies like in "The Convivial Codfish". Does it only seem to me, that the darker side of the previous stories has faded some, because none of the now very closely woven group can be sacrificed? (Like in other books, where at least one Kelling or several other group-members die?). OK, I don't mind! From time to time I want to read books where husbands are wonderful, eternal honeymoon is the rule, creeps and crazies are either family or dealt with efficiently, - well, Charlotte MacLeod will get you hooked on that easily accessible wonderful world of her literature. And this book is one of the entrances to it!
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Maceod has such a talent for zany details and irrelevant (therefore,quite realistic!) conversation that it's easy to ignore the emotional content of her mysteries. As a devoted series reader,I've always been grateful for the way the spotlight moves from Sarah & Max to others in their circle and then back again -- it keeps the series fresh, I think.
This time, the focus is on Sarah & Max (and Davy) with a vengeance! The joyous confusion of Max's nephew's wedding is a grand setting for the return of an old,sad problem (set with rubies) from Sarah's first marriage. After confusion piled on confusion ("Damn it," sputtered Max, "can't we stop conversing in questions?") causes us and the characters to wish for something decisive to happen...it does...they do -- whatever! And then things don't STOP happening...
MacLeod keeps the drama of real and painful emotions balanced with the melodrama of the ridiculous. The people and the plot are delicious, and although I didn't want to put it down, I wasn't afraid to go to sleep,either. Silly & scary is a great combination! The wrap-up is classic MacLeod: confection, compassion and confusion.
If you're new to this series I would recommend that you read "The Family Vault" and "The Palace Guard", at least, before you tackle any of the others. My own preference would be to line 'em all up and knock 'em back one after another (Uncle Jem must be rubbing off on me), but it isn't essential...and certainly most of Sarah & Max's relatives would never be that logical!
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It was fantastic that some of the loose ends from the beginning of the series were finally wrapped up. It is time to move on - forget Alexander and have a sibling for Davy. This episode was interesting and exciting and made me wish for more!!!
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