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Mary Saums

Autore di Thistle & Twigg

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Sull'Autore

Comprende il nome: Mary Saums

Fonte dell'immagine: photo by Lee Saums

Serie

Opere di Mary Saums

Thistle & Twigg (2007) 131 copie
Mighty Old Bones (2008) 97 copie
Midnight Hour (2000) 15 copie
The Valley of Jewels (2001) 9 copie

Etichette

Informazioni generali

Sesso
female
Luogo di residenza
Alabama, USA
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Attività lavorative
recording engineer
Organizzazioni
Mystery Writers of America
Sisters in Crime
Women's National Book Association
Middle Tennessee Archaeological Society
Alabama Archaeological Society
Breve biografia
[from Macmillan Publishers website]
Mary Saums once worked as a recording engineer in Muscle Shoals on gold and platinum albums by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Buffett, and many others. She is the author of novels—including Thistle and Twigg (available from St. Martin's Press)—and several short stories, and her poetry has won a Tennessee Writers Alliance Award. Born and raised in Alabama, she now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Recensioni

Almost as good as the first one in this series.
 
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cynthiakcoe | 3 altre recensioni | Oct 16, 2016 |
This southern cozy is a mystery with a twist – there is a supernatural air about it. Jane Thistle, widow, is a new resident of Tullulah, Alabama, and finds the small town a delight from the get-go. Her friendship with Phoebe Twigg seems a bit odd at first, since the two women are so different, but maybe that is why they get along so well. But circumstances seem to thwart their every move – they find a dead body, are nearly caught in an explosion, and are the subject to other threats. The ladies are determined to get to the bottom of things, but if they will succeed before anyone else is hurt remains to be seen. And, speaking of seen, could those “people” that Jane is seeing really be ghosts from a bygone era? An interesting mystery with likable characters, this first novel in the series leaves a bit to be desired as far as character development is concerned, but is it a promising beginning.… (altro)
 
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Maydacat | 10 altre recensioni | Jun 12, 2016 |
There is more to Jane Thistle than meets the eye. Seemingly a little old widow woman who has moved to Tullulah, Alabama, a small town that has been hunting her since she first drove through it years before. She moves into an old haunted house on the edge of a wildlife refuge and quickly becomes good friends with Phoebe Twigg. Jane also manages to befriend the cantankerous Cal Prewitt, her eccentric neighbor and the owner of a piece of untouched wilderness. When Jane and Phoebe find a body on Cal’s land, Cal becomes the chief suspect in the murder. Jane is determined to prove him innocent and so starts the adventures of Thistle and Twigg.
The two heroines are completely opposite in character. With Phoebe what you see is what you get, but Jane has many hidden secrets which the reader becomes privvy to – but has not been revealed to Phoebe yet.

A lot goes on in this not so cozy cozy – there are ghosts, ghost hunters, Native American mythology, bombs, land protection, kidnapping, unlikely friendships and a dog. All the elements I need for a great story. My only complaint is that I didn’t like the way the story kept cutting between the points of view of Jane and Phoebe. Yhat is a tiny niggle in an otherwise great debut series.
… (altro)
 
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sally906 | 10 altre recensioni | Apr 3, 2013 |
As if I didn't have enough projects, I've set myself another. I'm going to read a mystery set in each of the states of the Union, and to make it more interesting, it has to be a book by an author who's new to me.

So, to start with Alabama, I couldn't count the Anne George book I read recently. Fortunately, I had THISTLE AND TWIGG by Mary Saums waiting on
the TBR shelf. The motto for this book, and the series to come, might be "Never underestimate the power of a woman -- especially two women."
The much-traveled Thistle and the small-town, trusting Twigg each have hidden strengths that become apparent as they battle murderers and
despoilers of the environment. There is a supernatural element to the story as well, which is not a problem for me, especially as it is tied
in so well with the local history and love for the land that infuse this book.

I've spent all of 9 weeks in Alabama in my life, in WAC basic training at Fort McLellan near Anniston. Saums' fictional Tullulah is set in
northwest Alabama, but since it and Anniston both lie near National Forests, I had a memory of red clay soil and pine trees that is probably
fairly accurate. Mary Saums filled in the picture with evocative description of the land. It is not surprising that she is also a
published poet. I'll be looking forward to more of Thistle and Twigg.


… (altro)
 
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auntieknickers | 10 altre recensioni | Apr 3, 2013 |

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Statistiche

Opere
5
Utenti
261
Popolarità
#88,099
Voto
½ 3.6
Recensioni
16
ISBN
14
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