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Chargement... MacPherson's Lamentpar Sharyn McCrumb
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Elizabeth's brother is set up by Confederate widows Although this is actually the sixth book in the Elizabeth MacPherson series, it’s the first I have read. Like some Hercule Poirot novels, the sleuth herself, although a first-person narrator, does not appear until midway through, after her brother has gotten himself into far too much trouble. He was negotiating the sale of a house for a group of elderly daughters of the Confederacy, only to find out, after it has gone through, that the ladies have fled (he is even suspected of murdering them) and the house had already been claimed by the state under eminent domain. Normally, I’m a fan of “cozy” or old-fashioned mysteries featuring detectives like Miss Marple, Kate Fansler, or Lord Peter Wimsey. My tastes in mysteries are escapist, not realist. Among that class, though, I demand good writing and interesting characters (I tire quickly of Aunt Dimity). This book has that to offer, in the form of a treasure-hunting millionaire, a female lawyer who moonlights as a Civil War reenactor, and a gaggle of old ladies on the lam and wanted for fraud. If you like this kind of thing, this novel is a lot of fun. Among the better entries in its genre. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Sharyn McCrumb is a born storyteller." Mary Higgins Clark Sharyn McCrumb's acclaimed sequel to MISSING SUSAN. Forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson heads to Danville, Virginia, to save her brother Bill--a novice lawyer--from a charge that could send him to prison. It seems that eight women, the daughters of Confederate veterans, had asked Bill to sell their antebellum mansion. But the real estate deal is the cover for a calculated deception. As Bill finds himself facing fraud charges, his clients suddenly disappear without a trace. It will fall to Elizabeth to follow a twisted trail of bitterness and resentment--one that leads to a Civil War secret that may be the key to the ugly truth.... A MAIN SLECTION OF THE MYSTERY GUILD Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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