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Lädt ... Death at the Café (Reverend Annabelle Dixon Mystery #0.5)von Alison Golden, Jamie Vougeot (Autor)
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  LisCarey | Mar 30, 2021 |   A quick, very light, read with an utterly preposterous plot. I nearly gave up close to the beginning where one of the characters is described as having passed her driving test largely because of her skill in avoiding an escaped bull on the M25 - really? Have they changed the rules? Are learner drivers now allowed on motorways? I am sure this was written for the American market which would neither know nor care, but this is just one example of the daftness of the whole book. (  ) Kindleifier | Nov 15, 2019 |  ) BridgitDavis | Nov 8, 2018 | ) jetangen4571 | Nov 30, 2016 | Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Fiction.
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HTML: Assigned to St. Clementâ??s Church in an inner-city borough just outside Hackney in London, Reverend Annabelle Dixon brings an enthusiasm and drive to her clerical position that baffles her mentor, Father John, but which soon gains her fans and admiration. Annabelle is not your typical vicar, but her strengths prove to serve her, and those around her, very well. When Annabelle plans to meet her longtime friend, Sister Mary, a Catholic nun visiting from West Africa, at a local café, little does she know that she will soon find herself embroiled in a mystery of deadly design. Their meeting place is awash with horror, with Sister Mary standing in the middle, shaking, her hand over her mouth and a dead woman at her feet. Armed only with a note, a disappearing dart, vague hints, and a love of cake, this quick-thinking, quick-footed holy woman must gather the clues, pacify a detective, and find the real perpetrator before both she and her friend wind up in jail. Part Sherlock, part Father Dowling, Annabelle is a new kind of detective â?? one who sees the truth in the most unlikely places. If you love solving puzzles, then this suspense-filled, endearing, cozy mystery is just for you. Enjoy following our amateur sleuth as she careers around London. It will have you guessing until the very end! Interview with the Author Q â?? So, what makes the Reverend Annabelle Dixon series special? A â?? Annabelle. When I set out to write these books, I wanted to create a series that featured a heart-warming, smart, sometimes ditzy, ultimately good protagonist that we all undisputedly adore. I love mysteries so there was no question this character was going to be involved in solving them and I set it in the Cornish countryside, right at the end of England, where I have fond memories of vacations as a child. But it is Annabelle around whom the series revolves â?? her humanity, her empathy, her big heart â?? that makes the series so special. With her sometimes partner, sometimes antagonist, Inspector Mike Nicholls, they create some fun and drama as the small town mysteries unfold with humor and intrigue. If you enjoy the TV series, The Vicar of Dibley, Miranda, or Midsomer Murders, you will find something to enjoy in the Reverend Annabelle cozy mysteries. Q â?? In what order should I read the books? A â?? If you do want to read them in order, I'd suggest the following sequence: â?? Death at the Café (prequel) â?? Murder at the Mansion â?? Body in the Woods (coming soon) Q â?? Why should readers give these books a try? A â?? Because the Reverend Annabelle series is a gentle, but colorful romp through the wealthy, isolated English countryside, a place that is picturesque and peaceful on the outside but one filled with amoral and snobbish eccentrics with all kinds of vices. Annabelle is a fun, uncomplicated character who is soulful, devout, smart and funny with penchant for cake. Both Jamie and I are English and we feature many English countryside rituals, institutions and customs in these stories. Ultimately, readers who enjoy gentle pacing with a plot that twists and turns, features much fun, drama, quintessential Britishness, and, of course, small town murder all the way to the end will get a kick out of this series. It will make you laugh and you will, I hope, become invested in the characters and be rooting for them to come out on top. As a bonus, each book featur Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Nevertheless, I'm growing frustrated.
Annabelle is doing unexpectedly well in her first assignment, in a rather rough, inner city parish. Her friend, Catholic nun Sister Mary, is home briefly from her assignment in Africa--in London to raise money for the hospital she works at as a nurse. They arrange to meet at a café, but Annabelle arrives to find a commotion, and a young woman lying dead, practically at Sister Mary's feet. Mary had intended to meet with another woman, not this one, before meeting Annabelle. The police are called, Sister Mary gives them the limited information she has, and the friends leave.
Shortly after, the often scatterbrained Mary realizes she has another piece of evidence, the note the dead woman had handed her just before collapsing at her feet. Naturally, they, or rather Annabelle, decide to call the phone number and talk to Theresa, whom the note warns is in danger.
Theresa turns out to be the older woman Mary was supposed to meet, in hopes of a sizable donation to her hospital. They go to her home, which is lovely and filled with antiques. They're having a pleasant visit, when Theresa suddenly also falls dead, very similar to the way the younger woman at the café did.
For some reason, Detective Inspector Cutcliffe doesn't arrest them both on the spot.
Naturally, they continue to investigate.
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Obviously, they solve the case, after some quite alarming experiences.
And it's at this point that I get really frustrated.
Beware possible spoilers. I am seriously not happy.
A couple of weeks ago, I read Fireworks in France, the latest Reverend Annabelle story. In it, in a tiny village in France, with a total "professional" religious community of fifteen--thirteen nuns and two priests--six are involved in varying degrees of impropriety. The pastor of the church and the mother superior of the convent are having an affair. One of the nuns is only there to prove her parents, a priest and a nun, were evil hypocrites, and is a really nasty person herself. Sister Mary and the other priest have realized they might be more attracted to each other than to their vocations--which in a different surrounding story would be, hey, this happens, many enter religious life too young to really know what they're committing to, and it could be a sweet story. The sixth? Another of the nuns is the actual killer, of course.
When I read it, I said, improbable, but think of the death rate in Cabot Cove. (And I am probably hopelessly dating myself with that reference. But then I read this one, and yes, the killer is a prominent Catholic bishop. Oh, and a longstanding crook.
And now I'm thinking, an English writer, now a US resident, possibly citizen for all I know, but English, is finding a lot of easy villains in a religion that is historically unpopular in the UK, and still often viewed and talked of in very stereotypical ways. Sure, Mary is altogether a good person, but one can't help but suspect at this point that "oh, she's not like the rest of them!"
If I'd had an actual paperback copy of the book, it would have hit the wall at high speed. (