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Indlæser... The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories (2016)af P. D. James
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Alright, nothing special. It doesn't sell PD James as an author. ( ) The first volume of two collected volumes of P D James short stories, the second being "Sleep no more: six murderous tales". Though I ordered them in publishing order I received and read the second first and think it has a slight edge over this shorter collection of four stories, two of which feature Adam Dalgliesh. I'm not entirely sure why as both collections are selected from works published throughout James's career, perhaps the introduction of Dalgliesh moves the collection into more familiar territory? Still, these are thrilling enough, each featuring a murder and all but the last (where the reluctant detective is a young Sergeant Dalgliesh in Agatha Christie mode) with a twist in their tail. A light read which I completed the afternoon I received the book. Recommended for detective story fans and James fans alike. Vaikka ollaankin ihan huhtikuun kynnyksellä, niin olisin kirjalta siksi halunnut, että kaikki tarinat olisivat enemmän sidoksissa jouluun. Mutta minkäs teet, siitä miinus yksi tähti. En ole muistaakseni ennen lukenut P.D. Jamesia ja pidin hänen kirjoitustyylistään. Tulen varmasti myöhemminkin lukemaan hänen kirjojaan. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Belongs to SeriesAdam Dalgliesh (short stories: "The Boxdale Inheritance" and "The Twelve Clues of Christmas") Tilhører ForlagsserienMirabilia (235) IndeholderHæderspriser
Fiction.
Mystery.
Short Stories.
HTML:Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our timeâ??swift, cunning murder mysteries (two of which feature the young Adam Dalgliesh) that together, to borrow the author's own word, add up to a delightful "entertainment." The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is "pure Agatha Christie." . . . A "pedantic, respectable, censorious" clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a murder . . . A best-selling crime novelist describes the crime she herself was involved in fifty years earlier . . . Dalgliesh's godfather implores him to reinvestigate a notorious murder that might ease the godfather's mind about an inheritance, but which will reveal a truth that even the supremely upstanding Adam Dalgliesh will keep to himself. Each of these stories is as playful as it is ingeniously plotted, the author's sly humor as evident as her hallmark narrative elegance and shrewd understanding of some of the most complexâ??not to say the most damningâ??aspects of human nature. A treat for P. D. James's legions of fans and anyone who enjoys the pleasures of a masterfully wrought No library descriptions found. |
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