Lucy Arlington
Autor/a de Buried in a Book
Sobre l'autor
Nota de desambiguació:
(eng) Lucy Arlington is a pen name used by Ellery Adams, Sylvia May, and Susan Furlong. The concept for the Novel Idea Mysteries was originated by Ellery Adams and Sylvia May. Together, they penned the first three novels of the series. Susan continues their legacy with the new books in the series.
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Obres de Lucy Arlington
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Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- female
- Nota de desambiguació
- Lucy Arlington is a pen name used by Ellery Adams, Sylvia May, and Susan Furlong. The concept for the Novel Idea Mysteries was originated by Ellery Adams and Sylvia May. Together, they penned the first three novels of the series. Susan continues their legacy with the new books in the series.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 5
- Membres
- 797
- Popularitat
- #31,988
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 68
- ISBN
- 15
- Preferit
- 2
All of this happens in the first ten pages of Buried in a Book. Luckily that pace slows down – but the murder of what appears to be a homeless man pops up pretty quickly, and right on the sofa in A Novel Idea literary agency’s reception area!
This is the first mystery that I’ve read with an eye toward actually figuring out who the killer was; I caught little comments that I considered clues, made note of whose whereabouts were unknown at the time of the murders (yep – at least one more murder happens), and made an educated guess based on the evidence I found.
I was right – and I was right about the killer’s accomplice too; but I’m not considering that a deficit in the novel; I only got one killer right, and I worked this book like a jigsaw puzzle to see the whole picture.
Drawbacks: the main character repeatedly wished she could just rest her head on the broad shoulder of her love interest, so that he could make it all better and solve her problems for her. That’s such an outdated sentiment, even for a 2012 novel. I also couldn’t get past the unlikely setting of a fairly large literary agency handling bestselling authors operating outside of New York City, in a small town in North Carolina. The story was an easy read though, and there were some entertaining characters, including Lila’s psychic mother Althea.… (més)