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S'està carregant… The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein (2010)de J. Michael Orenduff
   Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  Condorena | Apr 2, 2013 |   This Pot Thief book, like the others, moves pretty quickly. Schuze is asked to make copies of three pots by a mysterious stranger. Later Schuze is asked to appraise a large collection of pots and finds that the same copies are in the collection. This of course makes him start questioning what is going on. Then somebody connected to all this turns up dead, and Schuze is the leading suspect. This book won an "Eppie" at the "Left Coast Crime Convention" earlier this year, a national award for the "Best Humorous Mystery Novel." The book is very entertaining, Schuze has an ironic of life and a wide variety of friends and acquaintances, from Susannah Inchaustigui, his margarita drinking companion, to Detective Whit Fletcher who also has flexible ethics. If you love New Mexico you'll love this book. Schuze cooks authentic New Mexican dishes (Tex/Mex will never seem the same after you have had New Mexican cuisine) and his characters ring true. This is one of four "Pot Thief" books. I have read the other three: "The Pot Thief who Studied Pythagoras", "The Pot Thief who Studied Ptolemy", and "The Pot Thief who Studied Escoffier." According to the Pot Thief Series web site, Orenduff is working on "The Pot Thief who Studied D.H. Lawrence." I give "The Pot Thief who Studied Einstein" four stars out of five. It can hold its own against any of the best selling murder mystery novels I've read. (  ) YogiABB | Jul 17, 2011 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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A shady pottery collector is murdered in sunny New Mexico in this mystery in a "winning series" (Susan Wittig Albert). Maybe it was the chance to make an easy $2,500. Or maybe it was the opportunity to examine a treasure trove of Anasazi pots--or maybe it was just a slow day at the antiques shop that convinced Hubie Schuze to agree to a strange proposition. A reclusive collector wants a confidential appraisal, with one catch: Hubie must be blindfolded and driven to an unknown location by a chauffeur. Sure, it's an odd setup, but what could possibly go wrong? Hubie's nonchalance fades fast when he finds three replicas among the genuine antiquities. Worse, after returning home, he can't seem to find the $2,500 cash that the collector gave him. Incensed at the rip-off, Hubie is determined to recoup the money, but Detective Whit Fletcher interrupts his scheme, dragging him instead to the morgue to identify a John Doe. When the sheet is pulled back, Hubie is shocked to see the body of the unknown art collector. Hubie is not a suspect--yet. But the longer he pursues this mystery, the more tangled he will become in the dead man's shadowy life. The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein is the 3th book in the Pot Thief Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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In this book Hubie our main character is reading a book about Einstein while casing a joint, but of course only in an honorable way! I learned about Einstein and the uncertainty principle which is a theory of how thrown electrons behave.
All of the books in the series have some scientific principle that aids in the solving of a crime. It is fun. (