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Lädt ... Bloodhounds (1996)von Peter Lovesey
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Improving storyline but still over connived! Stolen stamp & corpse! murder mystery reading group, whatever!!!!! ( ) This book shows Peter Lovesey at his magnificent best, and he manages to combine a gripping murder story with an analysis of the different genres of crime fiction. As the novel opens, Lovesey's permanently irascible Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond has just arrested a bank clerk who has just confessed to the murder of his branch manager, so he is feeling pretty smug. Meanwhile Shirley-Ann Miller decides to go along to a meeting of the Bloodhounds, a group of keen readers who meet weekly to discuss crime fiction. There are only six other members, but it soon appears that they have wide-ranging and passionate ideas about what constitutes the ideal crime novel. Some favour gritty, modern realism while others prefer the traditional whodunnit, and particularly the ‘locked room’ mystery. One member is obsessed with Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" (understandable within certain parameters), to the exclusion of every other crime novel that has ever been written. Lovesey uses the differing opinions of the Bloodhounds to illustrate the contrasting genres of crime fiction which he does in an informative but also immensely entertaining way. The population of Bath is suddenly captivated by a series of riddles sent to the local radio station, threatening a major crime. In true crime fiction form, the local police (diamond included) are baffled as to what this might mean, until a after a daring raid, the world’s most expensive stamp, which had been on loan to one of the city’s museums, is stolen. The mystery thickens when one of the Bloodhounds finds himself inexplicably in possession of the missing stamp, just a couple of days after its theft. This is merely the start of a series of events that will end in the murder of two of the members and the investigation of the rest. Lovesey weaves his own intricate "Locked room" mystery, and embeds it soundly within a robust police procedural, and adds further grist to the Diamond canon. Most enjoyable keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A rare stamp and a corpse are discovered in Bath within hours of each other. As he investigates, Inspector Peter Diamond discovers that both the person who found the stamp and the victim belong to the Bloodhounds, an elite group of mystery lovers, who now urge Diamond to bring the murderer to justice. But there's a hitch: the body lies inside a padlocked houseboat and the only key is in the pocket of a man with an airtight alibi. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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