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Lädt ... Freu Dich des Lebens (1979)von Charlotte MacLeod
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I can't take this book very seriously but as a ridiculous mystery with old fashioned ideas (published way back in 1979), I had some fun with it. The setting is an agricultural college and despite supposedly all being a lot of farmers, the professors end up sounding rather fusty. This one has a stolen pig, a murder that may or may not have been an unintended by-product of the pig-napping, and a gold and silver heist, that may or may not tie together (telling you would mean spoilers :) ). I have always enjoyed the Peter Shandy mysteries with their sense of comedy and the wonderfully overblown characters. They make for an easy and entertaining read, and this one, involving kidnapping, murder, theft, and general shenanigans at the Balaclava Agricultural College, is no exception. I would love to buy them all for Kindle and replace my old paper editions, but sadly this edition by Open Road is way, way over-priced, especially (to judge by this particular title) in view of the fact that they do not seem to bother with proofreaders. This has been produced from OCR by someone who does not understand that OCR gets it wrong sometimes . There is missing punctuation, wrong punctuation, wrong words, and even wrong names. Not good enough. I bought this on offer for less than a pound, but I won’t be buying any more from Open Road unless they bring their prices down and do their job properly. In this book, the local farrier is murdered among various strange happenings in and around the college - the kidnapping of a prize pig, the horseshoes on the stable doors are turned upside-down, the college waggon is vandalised and the vault at the local gold- and silver-smith is emptied. Various dramatics happen, as do various plot-twists before the villains are unmasked and arrested. Stylistically, it's written in a markedly whimsical style; the whole area is apparently populated by eccentrics, and the background harks back to the 1940s or 50s (if not earlier) even though this was first published in 1979 and is supposedly contemporary. It's probably not to everyone's taste - the writing borders on twee Americana, and can be cloyingly domestic at times (a bit like Charlaine Harris can be). I enjoy the writing; it's light and fluffy and doesn't require much in the way of mental effort. Enjoyable, but probably not to most people's taste. Substance: Peter Shandy and his new bride become embroiled in another run of mysteries at Balaclava College when happenstance turns into too many coincidences. Shandy actually does a bit of detection, but the Rube Goldberg plot of the perps is simply too preposterous. Style: Airy persiflage and good-humor abound. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Gehört zur ReiheBalaclava-Reihe (2) Balaclava-Reihe (02) Gehört zu VerlagsreihenDuMonts Kriminal-Bibliothek (1007)
At Balaclava Agricultural College, a kidnapping and pig-napping are followed by murder Newlyweds Peter and Helen Shandy are picking out flatware when a pair of gun-toting hooligans burst into the silversmith's shop, empty the safe, and leave with Helen as their hostage. Although the police recover Helen quickly, her professor husband is badly shaken by the ordeal. Early the next morning, the college's head of animal husbandry frantically reports another hostage situation in progress. Belinda, the school's beloved sow, has been kidnapped, and only Peter can bring home the bacon. There is a possible witness to the pig-napping in Miss Flackley, the farrier, but before she can point Peter towards the vanished porker, she is found dead in the barn's mash feeder. By the time Peter discovers the link between the two heists, pigs may really fly. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This was ok. I liked the first in the series better. This was pretty slow-moving. Some of the terminology felt… pretentious? (Trying to come up with a good word.) Maybe it was supposed to be, since there are so many academics in the book? I did lose interest periodically, so I missed how they figured out “who dun it”, though at least I did catch the “who”. I will read the next book in the series before deciding if I want to continue further. ( )