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The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

de Gigi Pandian

Sèrie: Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery (Short Story Collection)

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A treasure trove of nine locked room mysteries from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Gigi Pandian, all set in the Jaya Jones world. Appearing here for the first time, novelette The Cambodian Curse: When an ancient and supposedly cursed Cambodian sculpture disappears from an impenetrable museum, and the carving's owner is killed by an invisible assailant while a witness is a few feet away, historian Jaya Jones and her old nemesis Henry North team up to solve the baffling crime. Additional stories include: "The Hindi Houdini," "The Haunted Room," "The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn," "The Curse of Cloud Castle," "Tempest in a Teapot," "A Dark and Stormy Light," "The Shadow of the River," plus the bonus novella Fool's Gold. The Cambodian Curse & Other Stories includes an introduction from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King addressing why we love locked rooms, and a foreword from impossible crime mystery historian Douglas G. Greene, teasing out the tradition of John Dickson Carr that Pandian is following. This collection is filled with ingenious stories of magic, mystery, and history.… (més)
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My favorite of these locked-room, Jaya Jones (historian), stories was the final novella-length one titled: Fool's Gold. Its setting was Edinboro, Scotland, during the Fringe Festival, with Jaya's magician friend, Sanjay, playing a significant role in solving the crime. There's also an informative Introduction by Laurie R. King, plus an interesting Foreword that gives a good bit of history on Locked-room mysteries. Besides all that, the narrator, Allyson Ryan, does such an excellent job with all the various dialects, making this audio collection of stories an entertaining and satisfying listen. ( )
  PaperDollLady | Jun 10, 2023 |
This is a collection of short stories--some feature Jaya Jones, the historian/detective at the center of most of Gigi Pandian's books. Some of them feature Sanjay, her best friend who is a master of illusion and misdirection. Some of them I had already read due to them having been in print before. While I like the Jaya Jones ones the best, they are all interesting reads for anyone who's a fan of a locked-door mystery.
I found the list in the foreword to be very enlightening; it details the eight methods that can be used to furnish a locked-room mystery. I would be interested to keep this list handy anytime I'm reading a book of that sort to see if the solutions really do all fall within those eight categories. ( )
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A treasure trove of nine locked room mysteries from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Gigi Pandian, all set in the Jaya Jones world. Appearing here for the first time, novelette The Cambodian Curse: When an ancient and supposedly cursed Cambodian sculpture disappears from an impenetrable museum, and the carving's owner is killed by an invisible assailant while a witness is a few feet away, historian Jaya Jones and her old nemesis Henry North team up to solve the baffling crime. Additional stories include: "The Hindi Houdini," "The Haunted Room," "The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn," "The Curse of Cloud Castle," "Tempest in a Teapot," "A Dark and Stormy Light," "The Shadow of the River," plus the bonus novella Fool's Gold. The Cambodian Curse & Other Stories includes an introduction from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King addressing why we love locked rooms, and a foreword from impossible crime mystery historian Douglas G. Greene, teasing out the tradition of John Dickson Carr that Pandian is following. This collection is filled with ingenious stories of magic, mystery, and history.

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