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Carregando... The Silver Ghost (Sarah Kelling #8) (original: 1988; edição: 1992)de Charlotte MacLeod
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Sarah Kelling Bittersohn and her husband Max are invited to take the place of Sarah’s Uncle Jem at a Renaissance-themed party at the estate of the Billingsgates, close friends of Uncle Jem. The latter could not attend because he was off sailing somewhere, but the connection serves to conceal the real purpose of Sarah and Max’s attendance: one of Bill Billingsgate’s many vintage Rolls Royces has been stolen, and he is hopeful that Sarah and Max can determine the culprit and, if possible, get it back. But when one of the household’s faithful retainers, assigned to keep guard on the shed where the Rolls Royces are kept, is murdered and his body concealed in a nearby tree, Sarah and Max realize that something much more sinister than car-napping is going on…. As ever, this eighth book in the cozy series featuring Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn is chock full of eccentric and interesting characters, many of them Sarah’s relatives. Here we also have a smarmy professor, a treatise on the history of the Morris dance, a huge swarm of (usually) benevolent bees and, of course, a bevy of ancient but glorious vehicles. Oh, and a host of private radio stations in the process of being hijacked by sinister forces. Plus lots of witty dialogue, too; recommended! ( ) historical-fiction, cozy-mystery, situational-humor, verbal-humor, family-dynamics The Rolls is already a valuable antique in the time of the story which also includes Princess style corded phones, multiple radio stations, and phone booths. There's also a Renaissance gala on a family estate, the missing Rollers and the murder victims total two of each, a multiplicity of suspects and red herrings, and a disgraceful police chief making a mess only Max and a real cop can untangle. But Sarah is the one with the creative imagination that leads to the resolution. And it's great fun! Andi Arndt is the very enjoyable narrator. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Missing Rolls Royces, Renaissance fair revelry--and murder: "A witty, literate and charming mystery" featuring Boston's married art sleuths (Publishers Weekly). Sarah Kelling and her husband, Max Bittersohn, have made names for themselves tracking down stolen paintings, sculptures, and, when necessary, the occasional murderer. But this is the first time they have been asked to find a missing Rolls Royce. When Bill Billingsgate's prize 1927 New Phantom disappears, they head for his estate on the Massachusetts coast, arriving--to their horror--just in time for Billingsgate's annual Renaissance fair. Donning period dress, they grab pints of mead and start searching the crowd for the thief. Instead they find a corpse. When the local police bungle the investigation, Max and Sarah take it upon themselves to find the killer. In the course of their search, they confront a car thief, corruption at a radio station, and a horde of murderous bees. If this is the Renaissance, Max and Sarah can't wait to return to the present. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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