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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Palace Guard (1981)di Charlotte MacLeod
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. As a treat. Max Bittersohn takes Sarah Kelling to the Madam’s Museum, a venerable institution of artwork left to the city by Mrs. Wilkins, known as “the Madam” after a witticism of one of Sarah’s numerous blue-blood ancestors. Their visit is marred, however, by the sudden death of one of the guards, who apparently leaned too far over a guardrail and plunged to his death a few stories below. That guard had a particular affinity for one of the paintings in his section, and he had been loudly complaining that the painting had “changed” in the days before his death, which leads Max and Sarah to wonder if the death was, indeed, accidental…. In the third novel of this series, we are given a look into Max’s world as opposed to Sarah’s; that is, the world of art, art theft and international intrigue. We are also introduced to some more of Sarah’s innumerable relatives, a boisterous and enigmatic Russian Countess, and several of Boston’s more celebrated philanthropists. This being a mystery series, it is not a surprise to find some of those characters are not as they seem, and the fun lies in figuring out who is more blatantly duplicitous amongst the group! Recommended, but I do think that this is a series where one should begin with the first novel (“The Family Vault”) and carry on from there. The body of a security guard being pushed off the third floor balcony of Madam Wilkin’s Palazzo is the beginning of a mystery with a couple of murders and a mishmash collection of art with questionable provenance. Sarah Kelling, of the Boston Kellings and landlady of an elegant Beacon Hill boarding house, acts as assistant to Max Bittersohn, art expert and boarder, in investigating the various aspects of the case. This is not their first case and won’t be their last. Among the suspects is a Countess who makes her money forging antique icons, some of the most inept security guards and staff, and one of the Kelling cousins. Screaming peacocks lend an unusual touch, along with the impresario who provides the musical talent for the museum concerts, knows quite a bit about the museum and staff. The murder takes place during one of the concerts so there are plenty of witnesses/suspects…maybe. It is a cozy read with humour, a touch of romance and some good twists and turns. cozy-mystery, Boston, murder-investigation, fun, vintage Sarah and Max come up right in the middle of things once again! Sarah is surrounded by relatives and also her boarders as murder intrudes once again, but romance is finally in the air for Sarah and Max as well as cousin Brooks Kelling and an interesting boarder. I love this vintage series! Andi Arndt is great as narrator! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A museum robbery leaves a guard dead, and two Boston sleuths investigate: "If this is your first meeting with Sarah Kelling, oh how I envy you" (Margaret Maron). It has only been a few months since Sarah Kelling's elderly husband passed away, and she is struggling to adapt to life as a penniless young widow. To make ends meet, she converts her stately Boston home into a boardinghouse, a decision that brings something even better than money: the company of art-fraud investigator Max Bittersohn. The budding couple is standing on a balcony, recovering from a second-rate concert at a third-rate museum, when something plummets past them. The museum has been robbed, and a guard has fallen to his death. Dozens of priceless paintings have been stolen and replaced with forgeries, and to recover these masterworks will mean tearing the lid off the quiet life of the Boston upper crust. But it is a chance Sarah and Max must take, lest they join the guard on his long trip down. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I liked this book better than Family Vault. Max is obviously sweet on Sara and there’s plenty of funny situations and hijinks to make it a quick and amusing read. It is dated however. ( )