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Sto caricando le informazioni... Secrets Typed in Blood: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery (edizione 2022)di Stephen Spotswood (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Wise cracking Willowjean Parker is back with brilliant investigator Lillian Pentecost. In this installment set in 1947, the team is investigating a series of murders which seem to be copycat murders based on Holly Quick's stories. At the same time, the pair is still trying to gain info on Olivia Waterhouse, an old adversary, so Will is masquerading as a secretary in a law office. Naturally, the duo uses interesting methods to solve the crimes, additionally helping the police solve the string of robberies in the city. Will also has a rule - not to mix business and pleasure, but when business is over, she is all in! I love this series. Smart, funny, yet culturally relevant. This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a Quick Takes Catch-up post, emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness. --- This was a nice step up from the previous books. Spotswood is gaining in confidence and it’s showing. The main client this time out was the best yet and was so believable—the crime was an interesting twist on a familiar setup (see the Castle pilot, for example). The secondary case was pretty much just filler (so much so that Pentecost was willing to give it up), but it still gave some good moments and set up some other promising things. There’s a side trip into an ongoing crusade of Pentecost’s that was really well done—I’m really interested in seeing how this progresses in the future. This is clearly a Nero Wolfe-inspired series, but it’s becoming less of one all the time—and that’s good. Even better because Spotswood’s Zeck is going to prove to be more formidable and subtle than Stout’s was. (although I wish he’d give Parker the same kind of privacy when it comes to her personal life as Stout gave Archie) Overall, I liked this. Thanks to Penguin Random House for an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I came to this novel with high expectations, having really loved the first two novels in the series. Secrets Typed in Blood seemed to lose steam. The propelling force in the series is the first person narration of Willowjean "Will" Parker, part of the detective duo of Lillian Pentecost and the spitfire Will. The premise was fascinating: a copycat murderer imitating fictional mystery stories. As it unfolded, the multiple mysteries in addition to a leftover mystery from earlier in the series made for a confusing and muddled plot. The differently-abled Pentecost, who has multiple sclerosis, continues to be a heroic character and Parker to add the hard-boiled flavor, but they seem to grow as far apart as closer together. Secrets between them cause the plot to plod as Parker is effectively sidelined from the action throughout the middle of the novel. While I did enjoy the book overall, the snap and sparkle were significantly dampened in this outing, and I can only hope that Spotswood sticks with one murder and regains the energy of the series. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"In the newest entry into the Nero Award-winning Parker & Pentecost Mystery series ("my new favorite sleuthing duo"-- Sarah Weinman, The New York Times Book Review), Lillian and Will are hot on the trail of a serial killer whose murders are stranger than fiction. New York City, 1947: For years, Holly Quick has made a good living off of murder, filling up the pages of pulp detective magazines with gruesome tales of revenge. Now someone is bringing her stories to life and leaving a trail of blood-soaked bodies behind. With the threat of another murder looming, and reluctant to go to the police, Holly turns to the best crime-solving duo in or out of the pulps, Willowjean "Will" Parker and her boss, famed detective Lillian Pentecost. The pair are handed the seemingly-impossible task of investigating three murders at once without tipping off the cops or the press that the crimes are connected. A tall order made even more difficult by the fact that Will is already signed up to spend her daylight hours undercover as a guileless secretary in the hopes of digging up a lead on an old adversary, Dr. Olivia Waterhouse. But even if Will is stuck in pencil skirts and sensible shoes, she's not about to let her boss have all the fun. Soon she's diving into an underground world of people obsessed with murder and the men and women who commit them. Can the killer be found in the Black Museum Club, run by a philanthropist whose collection of grim murder memorabilia may not be enough to satisfy his lust for the homicidal? Or is it Holly Quick's pair of editors, who read about murder all day, but clearly aren't telling the full story? With victims seemingly chosen at random and a murderer who thrives on spectacle, the case has the great Lillian Pentecost questioning her methods. But whatever she does, she'd better do it fast. Holly Quick has a secret, too and it's about to bring death right to Pentecost and Parker's doorstep"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Still, this series is very entertaining and I recommend it. ( )