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Lädt ... Ein dunkler Fleck (2014)von Ann Cleeves
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An elderly woman is killed on Metro, another woman killed later. Does the reason for murder lie in the past. Was surprised by the perp. A woman is stabbed aboard a train in which Joe and his daughter are passengers. The deceased woman resided at a boarding house on Harbour Street. The woman loved doing good works for the unfortunate, particularly women with a less than savory past. The more they investigate, the more Vera is convinced the murder is tied to the woman's past. What is the woman's well-guarded secret? Other secrets might be uncovered during the investigation as well. The setting is in the days leading up to Christmas although it's not really a Christmas story. Vera investigates the murder on a train of a woman who is a long time lodger of a once famous musician. I was convinced the lover of one of the characters would turn out to be her father. Was this a red herring, or was I just making connections where none existed? An interesting mix of characters. And I do like how Vera is depicted, a hard-worker who is a bit lonely, which makes for a sympathetic detective. Vera Stanhope's protege, Joe Ashforth, and his young daughter Jessie are on scene when a saintly elderly woman is stabbed on the crowded Metro shortly before Christmas. Although neither of them witness the actual crime (and no one else in the carriage seems to have seen it either), it is poor Jessie who discovers that the woman is dead. As Vera's investigation proceeds, everyone's past seems to hold clues, and the dead woman's history is particularly interesting to Vera, although honestly not terribly surprising to this reader. There are many connections among characters, and we bite our nails waiting for the inevitable peril our girl Jessie must find herself in (nice twist on that, though). I still struggle with the author's attitude toward her main character--I feel Cleeves does not like Vera very much, and certainly does not approve of her personal habits. Yet she has created a complicated woman with emotional baggage, whose skills and talents are admirable, who recognizes her own prejudices but does little about them, and who makes some nearly earnest attempts to modify her behavior for the sake of her health, not her appearance. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Gehört zur ReiheVera Stanhope (6)
Fiction.
Mystery.
HTML: From Ann Cleevesâ??New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV showsâ??comes Harbour Street. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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