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The Hunt Ball: A Novel: Jane Arnold Series, Book 4
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That this latest offering from Brown is an extended homage to foxhunting with a thin mystery plot tossed in doesn't really matter. Not even the huge cast of characters in the front of the book--a daunting 16 humans and 25 animals--will dissuade fans of the prolific Brown, who has earned the devotions of diverse readers through an entertaining mystery series starring her cat, Sneaky Pie, and numerous mainstream novels, both -historical and contemporary. Her latest in the Jane Arnold series (Outfoxed, 1999) is short on plot but big on fun, with her quirky animal and human characters providing plenty of high jinks. And Virginia native Brown convincingly evokes the beauty of the central part of that state, while imparting interesting facts about its history. This story centers again on Jane "Sister" Arnold, the seventysomething master of foxhounds at the Jefferson Hunt Club. This time the venerable Sister joins with the headmistress of neighboring Custis Hall, the local prep school, to solve the murder of a costumed faculty member found dead following the -Halloween festivities. Brown's passion for foxhunting is evident throughout; fellow bloodsporters will be fine with the minute details of the hunt, but others may be less than entranced. Jenny McLarin
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Full Cry
“A great ride with heroine ‘Sister’ Jane Arnold.”
–Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“A quality tale that is over all too soon.”
–Charleston Post and Courier
Hotspur
“A dashing and vibrant novel . . . The reader will romp through the book like a hunter on a thoroughbred, never stopping for a meal or a night’s sleep.”
–Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Brown combines her strengths–exploring southern families, manners, and rituals as well as the human—animal bond–to bring in a winner.”
–Booklist
Outfoxed
“A snappy mystery . . . [Brown] does a masterly job of putting you in the saddle.”
–Baltimore Sun
“Compelling . . . engaging . . . [a] sly whodunit [with] a surprise finish.”
–People
From the Hardcover edition.
Full Cry
“A great ride with heroine ‘Sister’ Jane Arnold.”
–Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“A quality tale that is over all too soon.”
–Charleston Post and Courier
Hotspur
“A dashing and vibrant novel . . . The reader will romp through the book like a hunter on a thoroughbred, never stopping for a meal or a night’s sleep.”
–Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Brown combines her strengths–exploring southern families, manners, and rituals as well as the human—animal bond–to bring in a winner.”
–Booklist
Outfoxed
“A snappy mystery . . . [Brown] does a masterly job of putting you in the saddle.”
–Baltimore Sun
“Compelling . . . engaging . . . [a] sly whodunit [with] a surprise finish.”
–People
From the Hardcover edition.
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Wer schon die Mrs. Murphy Mysteries von Rita Mae Brown liebt, wird die Geschichten um Sister Jane und die Jefferson Hunt genauso genießen.
The Hunt Ball ist ein spannender Krimi bis zum Schluss, aber, wie es bei den tierischen Protagonisten nicht anders zu erwarten ist, auch mit viel Humor und Ironie gespickt.
RMB gelingt es wieder mal, den Leser mit auf die Fuchsjagd zu nehmen und auf die Fährte des Killers, und wie kein anderer Autor schafft sie es, nicht nur einen intelligentes, spannendes und humorvolles Buch um die Suche nach einem Mörder und dem Motiv zu schreiben, sondern auch noch geschichtliche Hintergründe und ihre Leidenschaft, die Fuchsjagd, einzubringen.
Letzteres ist vielleicht die einzige Schwachstelle des Buches. Wer kein besonderes Interesse an Fuchsjagd hat, könnte die genauen Beschreibungen von und über die Hunde, Pferde und Füchse zu langatmig finden.
Ich kann nur jedem raten, sich darauf einzulassen, wer das tut, wird sich während dem lesen praktisch mitten im Jagdfeld wiederfinden, auf der Fährte eines Fuchses und/oder des Täters...
The Hunt Ball ist ein spannender Krimi bis zum Schluss, aber, wie es bei den tierischen Protagonisten nicht anders zu erwarten ist, auch mit viel Humor und Ironie gespickt.
RMB gelingt es wieder mal, den Leser mit auf die Fuchsjagd zu nehmen und auf die Fährte des Killers, und wie kein anderer Autor schafft sie es, nicht nur einen intelligentes, spannendes und humorvolles Buch um die Suche nach einem Mörder und dem Motiv zu schreiben, sondern auch noch geschichtliche Hintergründe und ihre Leidenschaft, die Fuchsjagd, einzubringen.
Letzteres ist vielleicht die einzige Schwachstelle des Buches. Wer kein besonderes Interesse an Fuchsjagd hat, könnte die genauen Beschreibungen von und über die Hunde, Pferde und Füchse zu langatmig finden.
Ich kann nur jedem raten, sich darauf einzulassen, wer das tut, wird sich während dem lesen praktisch mitten im Jagdfeld wiederfinden, auf der Fährte eines Fuchses und/oder des Täters...
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Interesting read about hunting in America...
27. Oktober 2005
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I had read older books about hunting in England and found it to be a tad distasteful. The thought of a bunch of wealthy and overdressed hoodlums chasing after a fox with dogs trained to kill, and then corner the poor thing and kill it while putting the blood of the fox on the person who brought the fox down like ashes on Catholics on Ash Wednesday...the whole thing struck me as very uncivilized. No wonder Britain was the place where the antivivisectionist movement started!
Apparently, this has changed significantly in the U.S. and for the better. There are still going to be people who object to this form of entertainment as stressful for the foxes, but I don't know. Having studied animals for years and seeing that almost all of the mammals have a tendency to play (do things for no reason except entertainment...like otters), I can see where foxes would enjoy a hunt. They apparently ceased to kill the fox and actually help these animals survive during harsh winters and move them if their dens are close to danger. This is a big difference in attitude.
The book is a mystery, but the mystery in this one tends to take the background to the hunt and the history of the hunt. The mystery is interesting in that it involves the stealing of valuable parts of American history in preparatory schools. I get the feeling that this book was written on something that came up in the news down in Virginia or that area. It would be all too easy to create fakes for things like George Washington's epaulettes, and then sale the real thing to the highest bidder (who often is someone out of our country).
I enjoy Rita Mae Brown's books, especially the conversations of the animals about us humans, who could take a few lessons from them. I know Brown is anthromorphizing her animals, but we really cannot say what they are and are not capable of doing. So in the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy Brown's mystery and history.
Karen Sadler
Apparently, this has changed significantly in the U.S. and for the better. There are still going to be people who object to this form of entertainment as stressful for the foxes, but I don't know. Having studied animals for years and seeing that almost all of the mammals have a tendency to play (do things for no reason except entertainment...like otters), I can see where foxes would enjoy a hunt. They apparently ceased to kill the fox and actually help these animals survive during harsh winters and move them if their dens are close to danger. This is a big difference in attitude.
The book is a mystery, but the mystery in this one tends to take the background to the hunt and the history of the hunt. The mystery is interesting in that it involves the stealing of valuable parts of American history in preparatory schools. I get the feeling that this book was written on something that came up in the news down in Virginia or that area. It would be all too easy to create fakes for things like George Washington's epaulettes, and then sale the real thing to the highest bidder (who often is someone out of our country).
I enjoy Rita Mae Brown's books, especially the conversations of the animals about us humans, who could take a few lessons from them. I know Brown is anthromorphizing her animals, but we really cannot say what they are and are not capable of doing. So in the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy Brown's mystery and history.
Karen Sadler
6 von 6 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Another great visit with Sister and the JHC
16. Dezember 2005
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The Hunt Ball kept me enthralled in the continuing story of Sister and the central Virginia Jefferson Hunt Club. I love the way the animal characters are full participants in the plot development. (Do I detect the influence of Sneaky Pie Brown?) While each novel works independently, I can hardly wait to see how the next book in the series picks up the continuing plot lines and takes off with them. Tally Ho!
6 von 7 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
fine personification mystery
31. August 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
In Virginia, the students led by the "Three Musketeers" protest that their all girls' prep school Custis Hall fails to properly credit slaves for creating some of the crafts on display. Though worthy, nothing really comes of their protest at least that is what everyone involved thought at the time.
Everybody associated with Custis Hall seems to like good natured Al Perez. That is everyone except the person who murdered the director of alumnae affairs and fund raising for the school. His corpse hangs next to a "dummy" dead body at the students' Halloween dance. Though stunned by the homicide, Headmistress Charlotte Norton remains calm and keeps everyone else relatively composed.
At about the same time, seventy-two years old "Sister" Jane Arnold, the Master of the Virginia Jefferson Hunt Club, learns of the death. She begins making inquires assisted by her beloved animals but no motive seems to surface. Still Jane assisted by the Three Musketeers and her assortment of foxhounds, horses, foxes, birds, and other "house pets" keeps digging not realizing that someone is watching how close the menagerie gets to the truth
Though Sneaky Pie is not a co-author, the animals have distinct personalities, names and traits and are able to communicate with one another; something the dumb humans except Jane fail to comprehend. The hunt and its related ball are vividly described so that the audience gets a taste of an upper crust event. The who-done-it is cleverly developed but takes a back seat to the antics of the animals (as is the case in most of Ms. Brown's novels). Fans of the author will enjoy watching the humans OUTFOXED by the animals at THE HUNT BALL.
Harriet Klausner
Everybody associated with Custis Hall seems to like good natured Al Perez. That is everyone except the person who murdered the director of alumnae affairs and fund raising for the school. His corpse hangs next to a "dummy" dead body at the students' Halloween dance. Though stunned by the homicide, Headmistress Charlotte Norton remains calm and keeps everyone else relatively composed.
At about the same time, seventy-two years old "Sister" Jane Arnold, the Master of the Virginia Jefferson Hunt Club, learns of the death. She begins making inquires assisted by her beloved animals but no motive seems to surface. Still Jane assisted by the Three Musketeers and her assortment of foxhounds, horses, foxes, birds, and other "house pets" keeps digging not realizing that someone is watching how close the menagerie gets to the truth
Though Sneaky Pie is not a co-author, the animals have distinct personalities, names and traits and are able to communicate with one another; something the dumb humans except Jane fail to comprehend. The hunt and its related ball are vividly described so that the audience gets a taste of an upper crust event. The who-done-it is cleverly developed but takes a back seat to the antics of the animals (as is the case in most of Ms. Brown's novels). Fans of the author will enjoy watching the humans OUTFOXED by the animals at THE HUNT BALL.
Harriet Klausner
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