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Lädt ... Criminal Goldvon Ann Aptaker
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. this wasn't perfect - there are a few things that didn't ring true - but this is fun. i don't read a lot of noir so i don't know how authentic it is, but if it's not, it's good imitation. the language and the over the top metaphors and the time period and the drama were all clicking and working well. the "objectification of women" part of the noir package, i understand, but it was a little disappointing that there was so much of it. (and i didn't buy that cantor would believe anything authentic in celeste's feelings. and definitely that they would ever stay in the basement of the butcher shop when they didn't find clues.) but minor mistakes aside, this was a really fun start to a series. my favorite example of the noir language: "Her eyes go hard while her mouth, so red and tempting it should be arrested on a morals charge, shuts tighter than a bank teller's window at closing time." Zeige 2 von 2
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Midnight, New York Harbor, 1949. Cantor Gold, dapper dyke-about-town, smuggler of fine art, waits in her boat under the Brooklyn Bridge for racketeer Gregory Ortine. In the shadow of the bridge, he’ll toss Cantor a satchel of cash, and she’ll toss him a pouch containing a priceless jewel. But the plan, and the jewel, sink when a woman in a red sequined dress drops from the bridge and slams onto Cantor’s boat. She is Opal Shaw, Society Page darling and fiancée of murder-for-hire kingpin Sig Loreale. Through a night of danger, desire, and double-cross, Cantor must satisfy Loreale’s vengeance, stay ahead of an angry Ortine, and untangle the knots of murder tightening around Opal’s best friend and keeper of her dirty secrets, Celeste Copley, a seductress who excites Cantor’s passion but snares her in a labyrinth of lies. The lies explode in a collision of love, loyalty, lust#133;and death. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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But the ending was pretty damn good! And I did really like the language and the historical aspect.
Overall, good job and I do recommend it. ( )