Sto caricando le informazioni...

Dead Man's Bones

di Susan Wittig Albert

Serie: China Bayles (13)

Utenti	Recensioni	Popolarità	Media voti	Citazioni
541	10	44,674	(3.8)	13
Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:Susan Wittig Albert�??s exciting mysteries have been praised as �??unique�?� (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and �??fascinating�?� (Booklist). Now, a dead man�??s bones are uncovered�??and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive�?� When China�??s teenage son finds some skeletal remains during a local cave dig�??remains that show a not-so-accidental death�??it�??s a disturbing development. But China doesn�??t let it distract her from the opening of the new community theater donated by the elderly Obermann sisters. Unfortunately, the haughty, bullying Jane Obermann�??and her frail, frightened younger sister�??made the donation with a condition: that the first production be a play written by Jane about their aristocratic family history. The premiere party ends with a bang when a ne�??er-do-well local handyman is shot dead by Jane while breaking into the Obermann estate. It seems like a clear-cut case of self-defense. But China senses something else going on behind the scenes. Now, the key to catching a killer might be the mysterious bones in the cave�??a clue from the past that coul… (altro)

tutti i membri

▾Utenti

Aggiunto di recente da

slfinic, Bandmember, TiggerBenji, JennyOlson, vernellp1, Laurie2, river8152, Markober, beverly.susan, TMartin82

▾Etichette

▾Consigli di LibraryThing

▾Liste

Nessuno

▾Ti piacerà?

Sto caricando le informazioni...

Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro.

▾Conversazioni (Su link)

Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.

» Vedi le 13 citazioni

▾Recensioni di utenti

data ▼ | voti

1-5 di 10 (prossimo | mostra tutto)

China's stepson finds a 30 year old skeleton in a cave. The Obermanns have donated land and money for a new community theater providing the first production is a play written by Jane Obermann about her father. Jane is a haughty shrew and a bully used to pushing people around including her more timid sister Florence. She has written an awful play but China's friend, Ruby (cast as Jane's mother) finds a way to improve the play angering Jane. A local handyman with a grudge against the Obermanns seems to have broken into their home with a knife and ended up dead. It turns out that this is related to the skeleton.

taurus27 | May 20, 2018 |

Bones have been unearthed in the cave in Mistletoe, Texas. Some were old but some were the remains from a not-so distant and not-so accidental death. I liked the book. Some of the characters were very humerus. I just like books with a little more "meat" to them and not so much "cutesy". My mother reads everything this authors writes and loves them so it's just a difference in tastes. If you like milder mysteries, this is your series of books. (

)

Carol420 | May 31, 2016 |

Synopsis: Brian is working with people from the university to excavate some ancient Indian relics but finds a skeleton of someone from the current century. Meanwhile China is landscaping the new playhouse that has been donated by two elderly ladies, one of whom is driving everyone crazy with her demands. Then the local handyman is shot breaking into the house of the two old women.
Review: Most of the book was interesting, but there were several loose ends that never were resolved and the murders (three, eventually) should have been tied together more closely. (

)

DrLed | Jun 12, 2015 |

China Bayles is a former defense lawyer but now runs an herb shop and tea shop with her friend Ruby in a small town in Texas. One day, her teenage son finds a human skeleton during a caving expedition that appears to have been shot. Later, a mean and disliked elderly woman shoots the town handyman saying he broke in and threatened her. China gets involved with all this plus both of her friends’ romantic troubles.

This was a decent cozy that had a lot going on. Besides the two main murders of the handyman and the skeleton in the cave, there were two minor mysteries with two other characters. It was clearly written and not confusing. A fair amount of the story involved China and her relationships with family and friends but I found them likable and enjoyed them. I guessed who the killer was about half way through but still enjoyed finding out how China and others figured it out. (

)

gaylebutz | Apr 3, 2015 |

I skipped "Dilly of a Death" by accident, but Albert does a pretty good job of catching you up with what you might have missed that you need to know so I didn't feel lost. For some reason though I didn't connect with this story as much as other books of the series. I did have the mystery more or less figured out very early on (perhaps that was why I was a little less enthralled?). Despite that, I'm hoping to go back to Dilly of a Death if I can find it locally sometime soon and plan to continue reading the series. I do have the next book waiting for me on the shelf when I ready to move forward. (

)

fiberfool | Sep 14, 2012 |

data ▼ | voti

1-5 di 10 (prossimo | mostra tutto)

▾Recensioni da fonti esterne

nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione

▾Altri autori

» Aggiungi altri autori (1 potenziale)

▾Relazioni tra serie ed opera

Appartiene alle Serie

China Bayles (13)

▾Premi e riconoscimenti

guarda la cronologia

▾Informazioni generali

Devi effettuare l'accesso per contribuire alle Informazioni generali.

Per maggiori spiegazioni, vedi la pagina di aiuto delle informazioni generali.

Titolo canonico

Dati dalle informazioni generali inglesi. Modifica per tradurlo nella tua lingua.

Dead Man's Bones

Titolo originale

Titoli alternativi

Data della prima edizione

2005-04

Personaggi

Dati dalle informazioni generali inglesi. Modifica per tradurlo nella tua lingua.

(mostra tutte le voci 6)

Luoghi significativi

Dati dalle informazioni generali inglesi. Modifica per tradurlo nella tua lingua.

Pecan Springs, Texas, USA

Eventi significativi

Film correlati

Epigrafe

Dedica

Incipit

Dati dalle informazioni generali inglesi. Modifica per tradurlo nella tua lingua.

I've been thinking a lot lately about hidden things, things that are enclosed, interior, inner, concealed.

Citazioni

Ultime parole

Dati dalle informazioni generali inglesi. Modifica per tradurlo nella tua lingua.

(Click per vedere. Attenzione: può contenere anticipazioni.)

Nota di disambiguazione

Redattore editoriale

Elogi

Lingua originale

DDC/MDS Canonico

LCC canonico

▾Riferimenti

Risorse esterne che parlano di questo libro

Wikipedia in inglese (1)

China Bayles

▾Descrizioni del libro

Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:Susan Wittig Albert�??s exciting mysteries have been praised as �??unique�?� (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and �??fascinating�?� (Booklist). Now, a dead man�??s bones are uncovered�??and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive�?�

When China�??s teenage son finds some skeletal remains during a local cave dig�??remains that show a not-so-accidental death�??it�??s a disturbing development. But China doesn�??t let it distract her from the opening of the new community theater donated by the elderly Obermann sisters. Unfortunately, the haughty, bullying Jane Obermann�??and her frail, frightened younger sister�??made the donation with a condition: that the first production be a play written by Jane about their aristocratic family history.

The premiere party ends with a bang when a ne�??er-do-well local handyman is shot dead by Jane while breaking into the Obermann estate. It seems like a clear-cut case of self-defense. But China senses something else going on behind the scenes. Now, the key to catching a killer might be the mysterious bones in the cave�??a clue from the past that coul

▾Descrizioni da biblioteche

Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche

▾Descrizione degli utenti di LibraryThing

Descrizione del libro

Riassunto haiku