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Poor Tom is Cold di Maureen Jennings
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Poor Tom is Cold (edizione 2001)

di Maureen Jennings (Autore)

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In this third adventure featuring the lovable detective William Murdoch, he becomes involved with the apparent suicide of Constable Oliver Wicken - a man who was the sole support of his mother and invalid sister. But further investigation by Detective Murdoch takes him far afield and he begins to suspect that the Eakin family, whose house adjoins the one where Wicken died, is more involved with the case than they admit. Whether describing a tooth extraction, the unquestioning prejudice toward the few Chinese immigrants in the city, or the well-intentioned, but bizarre, treatment of mentally ill women, Maureen Jennings once again brings the period vividly to life.… (altro)
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Titolo:Poor Tom is Cold
Autori:Maureen Jennings (Autore)
Info:Thomas Dunne Books (2001), Edition: 1st, 256 pages
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Enjoyed this one a lot, everything seemed to come together. Looking forward to the next in the series. ( )
  dorie.craig | Jun 22, 2017 |
PLOT OR PREMISE:
Constable Oliver Wicken is dead -- the result of an apparent suicide while on duty. But Murdoch doesn't buy it, so he starts to investigate only to find a woman who claims to have just jilted him, hence the suicide. He still isn't satisfied, but with nothing else to go on, what can he do? Then another woman comes forward to say SHE was his girlfriend -- a second one and neither had ever been mentioned to his mother with whom he lived!
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WHAT I LIKED:
I liked the investigation trail and the confusing leads. As well, a little more development on the social side for Murdoch is well-written.
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
The social side is a little too introspective, not enough activity, and the links to a sub-story is poorly done, hence the death is explained but not well justified by the storyline. The treatment of some mentally unbalanced people is not particularly well done, and not just in terms of being politically incorrect.
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BOTTOM-LINE:
A good initial premise, but poorly executed.
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow her on social media. ( )
  polywogg | Mar 19, 2016 |
Jennings has done something wonderful by taking the murder mystery and setting it in 1890s Toronto. She carefully describes the era in detail, not only the physical descriptions of settings but gets into the moods and thoughts of the people of the time. Poor Tom is Cold was the third book featuring William Murdoch as he investigates the apparent suicide of a fellow officer. While the corner finds the evidence to be irrefutable, Murdoch follows the leads to find the situation is not what it seems to be.

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  steven.buechler | Oct 6, 2014 |
Oddly, quite a sudden ending. We saw it coming, but the usual summing-up never happened. True, it wasn't needed, but one is used to having it, that's all. ( )
  iamiam | Sep 22, 2010 |
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Poor Tom's a-cold -- From King Lear [III.iv.]
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In this third adventure featuring the lovable detective William Murdoch, he becomes involved with the apparent suicide of Constable Oliver Wicken - a man who was the sole support of his mother and invalid sister. But further investigation by Detective Murdoch takes him far afield and he begins to suspect that the Eakin family, whose house adjoins the one where Wicken died, is more involved with the case than they admit. Whether describing a tooth extraction, the unquestioning prejudice toward the few Chinese immigrants in the city, or the well-intentioned, but bizarre, treatment of mentally ill women, Maureen Jennings once again brings the period vividly to life.

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