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Lädt ... Death of Jezebel (Original 1948; 2016. Auflage)von Christianna Brand (Autor), Derek Perkins (Erzähler)
Werk-InformationenDeath of Jezebel von Christianna Brand (1948)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This classic locked-room mystery takes place just after WW II. During a pageant involving people dressed as knights riding horses saluting a lady in a tower, the lady falls to her death which hundreds of people are watching. There are only a handful of suspects and they are all named in the beginning of the story. This who-dunnit is therefore mostly a how did he do it. What makes the story entertaining is how the detectives form a conclusion that is immediately discarded as a result of a few small facts. Also, suspicion keeps moving from character to character. ( ) I really enjoyed [b:Green for Danger|1024750|Green for Danger|Christianna Brand|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180313110s/1024750.jpg|1010989], with its ingenious plotting, WWII military hospital setting, and engaging characters, so I thought I'd give this one a try. Setting and characterization are less strong here, so this one stands or falls on the strength of the puzzle. While the crime itself, involving an "impossible" onstage strangling, a cardboard tower, and eleven knights in coats-of-armor, is an unusual one, the solution is unsatisfying. There's a one-in-a-million chance the murderer's scheme On the plus side, the detective, Inspector Cockrill or "Cockie," is much funnier in this 1948 novel than he had been in Green for Danger of 1944; I wonder how much of the change in his character is due to the influence of Alistair Sim's amusing interpretation of the role in the 1946 film adaptation of the earlier novel. (That movie, available from the Criterion Collection, is tons of fun, by the way.) Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Gehört zur ReiheGehört zu VerlagsreihenAdey's Locked Room Murders (0213) British Library Crime Classics (Novel)
"First published in Britain in 1949, Brand's exuberant novel is still regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the classic mystery genre for its fiendishly constructed puzzle, memorable setting, dumbfounding acts of misdirection and thrilling denouement. This edition includes an introduction by award-winning author Martin Edwards. "A very neat version of the 'sealed room' mystery... provides [Miss Brand] with excellent opportunities to indulge her sense of character and her pleasantly malicious wit, as well as her gift for posing an ingenious problem." -Times Literary Supplement, 1949 At Elysian Hall, a grand exhibition space in post-War London, a cast has been assembled for a medieval-themed pageant show replete with knights in colored armour, real horses, and a damsel in a rickety tower on high. With death threats discovered by members of the troupe before the show, the worst comes to pass when the leading lady is thrown from the tower before the eyes of the audience by an unknown assailant-with all doors backstage also under observation. Faced with a seemingly impossible case, the wizened Inspector Cockrill and the fresh-faced Inspector Charlesworth begrudgingly join forces to uncover the killer hiding in plain sight"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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