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Cordelia Frances Biddle

Autor von Murder at San Simeon

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Cordelia Frances Biddle teaches creative writing at Drexel University's Pennoni Honors College. She is the author of Beneath the Wind, Without Fear, Deceptions Daughter, and The Conjurer, as well as a contributor to magazines, including Town and Country and Hemispheres. She is a descendant of mehr anzeigen Francis Martin Drexel, grandfather of Saint Katharine Drexel. Visit CordeliaFrancesBiddle.com. weniger anzeigen

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1.5
DNF @59%

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It’s winter in 1842 Philadelphia and Martha Beale’s father has disappeared, presumed dead, while out hunting. No body has been found and yet Martha still hopes he will show up. Since Martha doesn’t believe her father is dead she asks the mayor’s aide, Thomas Kelman, to help her find her him. In the meantime, there are several other storylines running alongside this one and they may or may not all be connected. I have no idea because I gave up at 59%. The writing is awkward and stilted. The separate stories don’t seem to have any connection to the disappearance of Lemuel Beale. And, quite frankly, I think it’s boring as all get out. I skipped to the end to see what happened to Martha’s asshole pops, and I was right in what I suspected. I will not give that away in case others want to give this book a whirl.… (mehr)
 
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AVoraciousReader | 6 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 12, 2019 |
This historical mystery is set in Philadelphia in 1842. Martha Beale is the unmarried daughter of Lemuel Beale, a wealthy financier who went out hunting with his dogs and mysteriously disappeared. When mayoral aide, Thomas Kelman, is sent to look into is disappearance, Martha teams up wih him to help discover what happened to her father. Before they can find anything, Kelman asked to investigate a series of murders of young prostitutes. Eusapio Paladino is an Italian who has become the toast of Philadelphia society, by fascinating them with his feats of mesmerism, somnambulism, and conjuring. During a seance, he describes the death of the first child which brings him to the attention of investigators. Soon the two stories start to interweave.

This book did a great job of depicting the differences between the rich and the poor of Victorian Philadelphia. The author also did a great job of giving the reader a look at how Victorian women were treated. Many parts of the book were disturbing, especially those related to the lives and deaths of the child prostitutes. I think the flow of the story was a bit slow but the series has so much potential I will definitely read another one in the future.
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Olivermagnus | 6 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 9, 2017 |
A fictional take on the murder of Thomas H. Ince, who's death was famously hushed up. The story takes place in both the present and the past. A young lady searches for answers about her ancestry, and discovers that her grandmother worked for Marion Davies and was in proximity to Ince at the time of his death. The cast of characters is familiar: William Randolph Heart, Marion Davies, Charlie Chaplin, Louella Parsons, Elinor Glyn. The setting: the magnificent Hearst Castle. A worthwhile read.
 
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briandrewz | 1 weitere Rezension | Apr 15, 2017 |
 
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mongoosenamedt | 6 weitere Rezensionen | May 14, 2016 |

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