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Lädt ... A Death of No Importancevon Mariah Fredericks
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  Kristelh | Sep 23, 2023 |    ) Fish_Witch | Jul 4, 2023 | ) leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 | There’s a second storyline overlapping about anarchists and the horrific working conditions in mines, and factories and a friendship that develops between Kate and Anna, one of the anarchists. Kate also is befriended by a reporter, Michael, who helps her in her search for clues. (  ) Kathy89 | May 22, 2022 | I found the storytelling riveting, the history interesting, and the mystery absorbing. I also found the pairing of a ladies' maid and newspaper reporter engaging as it presented different sleuthing possibilities than the all-too-familiar pairing of female sleuth with a member of law enforcement. I read one of the last chapters more than once as taking up a few words of the title I could discern "no importance" or "no relevance" at all to any aspect to the storyline at that juncture as to the inclusion for the main character suddenly relating a fondness of elephants that than describes animal abuse of elephants in this time period. It seemed as though the author discovered this information as part of her research and was determined to insert it into the book. From my perspective, it detracts rather than adds to the conclusion of the book. In this mystery the ending is quite different. (  ) FerneMysteryReader | Mar 2, 2022 | keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: "A Death of No Importance has such rich historic detail that you feel as if you've been transported to early twentieth century New York. Mariah Fredericks is the best at creating compulsively addictive, fresh, twisty reads."??Meg Cabot Through her exquisite prose, sharp observation and deft plotting, Mariah Fredericks invites listeners into the heart of a changing New York in her remarkable debut adult audiobook. New York City, 1910. Invisible until she's needed, Jane Prescott has perfected the art of serving as a ladies' maid to the city's upper echelons. When she takes up a position with the Benchley family, dismissed by the city's elite as "new money", Jane realizes that while she may not have financial privilege, she has a power they do not??she understands the rules of high society. The Benchleys cause further outrage when their daughter Charlotte becomes engaged to notorious playboy Norrie, the son of the eminent Newsome family. But when Norrie is found murdered at a party, Jane discovers she is uniquely positioned??she's a woman no one sees, but who witnesses everything; who possesses no social power, but that of fierce intellect??and therefore has the tools to solve his murder. There are many with grudges to bear: from the family Norrie was supposed to marry into, to the survivors of a tragic accident in a mine owned by the Newsomes, to the rising anarchists who are sick of those born into wealth getting away with anything they want. Jane also knows that in both high society and the city's underbelly, morals can become cheap in the wrong hands: scandal and violence simmer just beneath the surface??and can break out at Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.63)
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Well it was a good book but then it just ended but did not end. I think the author had a good idea but tried to put way too much into the book. I was thrown by the elephant in the room (book). Historical fiction set in NYC during the early 1900s and told by a lady's maid. The author tries to cover social issues of privilege and social climbing as well as abuse of the working class. It was free of unnecessary sexual details and bad language so that is a plus.
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