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Lädt ... No Game for a Damevon M. Ruth Myers
Gaslamp Mysteries (56) Lädt ...
Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Though it was an easy, enjoyable, quick read with an interesting plot, the mystery could have been far better! ( ) This is a fun book that takes the old hard-boiled detective and turns "him" into a "her." I quite enjoyed it and would read more about this character. The backdrop is nicely developed and the mystery interesting, and we learn enough about the main character in well-timed tidbits to feel that she's someone we'd like to get to know better. Great little book to read while being sick over Christmas break! I like the character of Maggie Sullivan. She's independent, intelligent, and can hold her own around men. While she can physically defend herself and financially support herself with no help from parents or relatives, she also knows she's a woman and is not afraid to show off her legs when necessary (to get help or information from a guy, I suppose). Her character has never traveled outside of Ohio (even Dayton perhaps; I can't remember), so she also has the hometown advantage of knowing nearly everyone and having a working relationship with most of the police force; it's helpful her late father was a cop. Of course she got the bad guy in the end (with little to no help from the male cop who seems to have taken a shine to her although his rough Irish side hasn't openly revealed that attraction yet). She reminds me of an older, tougher Nancy Drew. Ms. Drew had the advantage of being in a well-to-do family and knowing other well-to-do people. Maggie seems to have learned independence and self-preservation from her dad, as well as having been born with bullheadedness and fearlessness. Downloaded this book for free on Nook through a special offer (Bookbub). Looking forward to reading other books in the series. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: A .38, a nip of gin and sensational legs get Depression-era private investigator Maggie Sullivan out of most scrapes â?? until a stranger threatens to bust her nose, sheâ??s hauled in on suspicion of his murder and she finds herself in the cross-hairs of a sadistic crime boss. Matching wits against dangerous men, with bits of information from a dime store waitress, a ragged newsboy and the girls at her rooming house, Maggie follows a path that leaves her drugged, in her DeSoto in a ditch. A gunman puts a bullet through Maggieâ??s hat. Her shutterbug pal on the evening paper warns her off. A new cop whose presence unsettles her thinks sheâ??s crooked. Before she finds all the answers she needs, she faces a half-crazed man with a gun, and a far more lethal point-blank killer. If you like Robert B. Parker's hard boiled Spencer series and strong women sleuths, don't miss this one-of-a-kind Ohio detective from a time in United States history when dames wore hats â?? but seldom a Smith &am Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999BewertungDurchschnitt:
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