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Lädt ... Last Post (2008)von Robert Barnard
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. While mourning the sudden death of her mother, a retired school mistress, a young woman receives a strange letter. She sets out to discover more about her past and a murder results. Interesting plot twists. I've never been disappointed by a Robert Barnard novel and this one was no exception. When Eve McNabb's mother dies, Eve is sorting through the many condolence letters when she comes upon a letter addressed to her mother, with shocking revelations which cause her to question all her mother has told her -- especially about her father. With the help of a young police detective to whom she has gone for philatelic help about the letter's postmark, she begins to get to the bottom of things ... and then there's a murder. This book was full of surprises to the last page. Although as far as I can recall, all the Barnards I've read have been standalones, I know that he has done a series of police procedurals as well. [b:Last Post|187999|Learning to Live Finally The Last Interview|Jacques Derrida|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172543071s/187999.jpg|786543] obviously stands on its own merits, but there were aspects which suggested that it could possibly be the first of a series, which I would also welcome. Recommended. Eve's mother passes away and Eve reads a letter meant for her mother. Thus, Eve begins to delve into her mother's past and along the way finds a murderer. Although this book was an easy read, I didn't really care for it. In a period of a few weeks, Eve meets a married policeman and by the end is living with him. The relationship is just too rushed - an entire marriage is broken up and a new relationship begins without the two really even knowing each other. Also, Eve just decides to quit her job really without much thought. The murder happens nearer to the end of the book, and although it may be somewhat obvious who committed the murder, there is a little surprise at the end. It certainly doesn't take very long to actually catch the murderer though. Everything in this book was much too rushed and the whole thing just seemed forced. I was tempted to give it just 2 stars. I've heard that this author writes good mysteries, so I'll have to read another to see if I truly believe that - perhaps I just started with the wrong one. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
A mysterious envelope arrives on Eve McNabb's doorstep soon after she has buried her mother, a woman who kept many secrets. The puzzling letter inside this envelope hints at an illicit passion between the letter writer and Eve's mother, May McNabb. Even when she was a child, Eve sensed that there were parts of May's life she would never understand. She would never know the details of her parents' marriage or why her father suddenly disappeared from her life. While Eve has always believed that her father was dead, she begins to wonder whether her mother's life as a widow had been a ruse. Will she have to question everything her mother has told her? Could her father be alive and well? The letter writer may have some answers, but how can Eve find him or her? With only a blurred postmark for a clue, Eve sets out to locate the writer and journey into her own past. What she never suspected was that questions can be dangerous, perhaps even deadly... Filled with piercing wit and illuminating insight into the human condition, Robert Barnard's Last Post proves yet again that he is one of the great masters of mystery. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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