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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Pint of Murder (1980)di Alisa Craig
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. In rural New Brunswick, the murder of an old lady (followed by the accidental death of her doctor) upset the community and puts one of the leading families under a microscope. The story is fun, but the motive for the crime is a little farfetched. It says a great deal for detective Madoc Rhys and his Janet that they are are charming and engaging enough to overcome a little goofiness. Fun read. Fun. There's really not much to the story - it's very light - but the characters are great, the situation is interesting, the murders are twisty - the first one uses a very non-obvious weapon, and if the murderer hadn't slipped up it would not have been detected at all. A happy ending and part of another, and a solidly proven case - very nice. I enjoy Madoc very much - unlike the Grub-and-Stakers, nobody here quite goes over the edge into self-parody. And Janet and Madoc are great as people. This isn't my favorite of them - that's Trouble in the Brasses, for some reason - but it's one of my favorites. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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I picked this up at a book sale on a whim because the title sounded funny and it’s set in New Brunswick. It’s a bit cozy and slow-paced for my tastes. It took half the book for the Mountie to show up, and several scenes felt like they were spinning their wheels or filling up pages for the sake of it. I mean I did like that the Mountie was doing most of the investigating, rather than Janet (although she does gather a lot of information by simply being a resident of the town), but I was left with an overwhelming feeling of “so what?” This is one of those books that I might have enjoyed more had I read it as a teenager, when I was more into the cozy-mystery genre. ( )