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Lädt ... The Chocolate Cobweb (1948)von Charlotte Armstrong
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Someone once said that any book is allowed one major coincidence to get the story rolling, and ideally the rest of the story should flow naturally from that. This book is a pretty good example of that, as the main character discovers that she might have been switched at birth with the son of a famous artist. Maybe if you're writing a murder mystery you're allowed a second big coincidence, as not only do we have the switch, but the artist's family has a murderer in it. But from those two circumstances, the rest of the book does flow pretty naturally. Since the book was written in 1948, I found the pacing a little slow, but for those who like that sort of slow buildup of suspense it might be ok. Characters are nicely well-rounded for a book of the length. It's a good read, but you have to enjoy the time and place. Not that many murder mysteries take place in 1940's California, so it's a bit jarring. Why I found it more jarring than an early 20th-century English castle, I can't say. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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When Amanda Garth was born, a nearly-disastrous mix-up caused the hospital to briefly hand her over to the prestigious Garrison family instead of to her birth parents. The error was quickly fixed, Amanda was never told, and the secret was forgotten for twenty-three years . . . until her aunt thoughtlessly revealed it in casual conversation. But what if the initial switch never actually occurred, and what if the real accident was Amanda's being "returned" to the wrong parents? After all, her artistic proclivities are far more aligned with painter Tobias, patriarch of the wealthy Garrison clan, than with the uncreative duo that raised her. Determined to discover her true identity within her aunt's bizarre anecdote, Amanda calls on her almost-family, only to discover that the fantasy life she imagines is not at all like their reality. Instead, she encounters a web of lies and suspicions that ensnares her almost immediately, and, over a murky cup of hot chocolate, realizes something deadly lurks just beneath the surface. . . . Mixing tense family drama with edge-of-your-seat psychological suspense, The Chocolate Cobweb finds the "mistress of day-lit terror" at the top of her game (New York Times). The book, adapted to film by Claude Chabrol in 2006, remains as fresh today as it was when Armstrong wrote it over seventy years ago. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Jump ahead 23 years, and for the first time Mandy Garth is told about the baby switch by a gabby relative. Astonished, Mandy wants to decide for herself whether these Garrisons are really her parents. Maybe? Tobias Garrison is a much admired and prosperous painter. Mandy has artistic aspirations. Hmmm, where did that come from? After visiting a showing of his art and actually seeing the artist and his wife and son, she is provoked to make the artist's acquaintance. And she does. Toby Garrison is smitten and invites her to stay for several days so he can tutor her in his studio. During the visit she finds Ione, Garrison's wife, a bit of a cold fish and a sneak. Thone, the son, is cranky, distant, but very attractive. But trouble is in the air.
What's going to happen?