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S'està carregant… Wake the Dead (1992 original; edició 1992)de Dorothy Simpson
Informació de l'obraWake the Dead de Dorothy Simpson (1992)
   Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  pgchuis | May 5, 2017 |    ) Reedley1 | Feb 25, 2012 | Inspector Thanet is a likeable character & I enjoyed his talks with his wife Joan. Quite a number of intersting family sketches. Too much talk about food for my liking - it made me hungry. (  ) catsalive | Apr 29, 2009 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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A quaint English village's summer gala is interrupted by murder in this award-winning mystery series starring the mild-mannered Detective Inspector Thanet. The Thaxden Fête is one of the highlights of the Sturrenden social calendar, and this year it promises to be better than ever. Local celebrities have descended on Thaxden Hall to raise money for the town hospice. The food is exquisite, the music lovely, and the company divine. Det. Inspector Luke Thanet and his wife are having a wonderful time at the party--until murder intervenes. The victim is the mother of Hugo Fairleigh, local member of Parliament and organizer of the fête. An elderly woman who suffered a stroke just a few days before, she's an unlikely target for a killer, yet someone saw fit to hold a pillow over her face until she breathed no more. Suspecting the killer came from Fairleigh's own circles, Thanet begins investigating the MP's family, certain of only one thing: This party is over. Written by the CWA Silver Dagger-winning Dorothy Simpson, Wake the Dead is a perfect English mystery novel: at once tightly plotted, understated, and utterly shocking. Wake the Dead is the 11th book in the Inspector Thanet Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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This was a pretty run of the mill detective story. Thanet and his colleagues were normal people with happy marriages, which I always appreciate. It was a little dated in its attitudes to e.g. the roles of women and class, and also heavy-handed in its treatment of e.g. having a Downs Syndrome child or a child with dyslexia. The solution was perhaps slightly over the top, but it was foreshadowed competently. I wonder what happened with Pamela and Hugo... (