- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (1 Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752834169
- ISBN-13: 978-0752834160
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 915,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It's May week in Cambridge, a time of wild excess following the end of exams, but for Laura Principal, the May Ball turns sour when Katie Arkwright disappears. In her white satin dress, and with her halo of blonde curls, Katie looked angelic, but Laura discovers that her past was anything but.
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Michelle Spring was raised on Vancouver Island. She worked for many years as an academic in Cambridge where she lives with her husband and their two children. She has written several academic books. This is her fifth novel.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Laura Principal on the case of missing person Katie,
By A Customer
This review is from: Nights in White Satin: A Laura Principal Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
The scene is the beautiful city of Cambridge amidst the greens and blues of summer. Katie disappears from the May ball at one of the Cambridge colleges and since PI Laura Principal was responsible for security at that ball, she is politely asked to investigate the disappearance. Laura's search uncovers the seedier side of college life and male privilege and the unwillingness on the part of the authorities to disclose anything detrimental to the college's reputation. Laura is intrigued by Katie's disappearance and despite being called off the search by the girl's anorexic and extremely neurotic mother, she is adamant that finding her is crucial to solving another murder at the college. The descriptions of Cambridge evoke memories of English summers in anyone who has experienced them and the insight into the privileged elitist university environment is a delightful mix of irony and disdain. One cannot help but admire the setting with its historic traditions, but at the same time the revelation of the horrors perpetrated, somewhat as a matter of course, within their walls is a sobering realism not for the sentimentally minded. Be prepared to have romance blasted out of the water as the villains procede seemingly untouchable because of their class and gender! This is a great read with a climax that, while expected, still shocks in its true to life solution, uncovering the worst that elitest college education of young men from privileged backgrounds can create. This is social, feminist and historical criticism at its best.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not just recommended. A MUST,
By A Customer
This review is from: Nights In White Satin (Laura Principal novels) (Hardcover)
At the Cambridge May ball, on a warm balmy magical evening in June, amidst champagne, smoked salmon, music and laughter, young, pretty Katie Arkwright disappears. In this, the forth in the series featuring Laura Principal, Private Investigator, Aardvark Investigations had been retained to repel gatecrashers and maintain security at the Cambridge May ball. Following the disappearance, Laura is retained by Stephen Fox, senior tutor at Bart's to find the missing girl. Whilst pursuing her investigations into Katie's disappearance, a murder and an unexplained death unfold. Both shocking. Are they related to the missing girl? Are the solutions locked in the past? The writing in this book is beautiful, Michelle descriptive powers brought the scenes to life. I felt the heat, and the beauty of Cambridge. The contrasts of life she portrays are so vivid.. Some of the settings invoked a time gone by. At all times during the story, the weather is hot and when Laura goes punting with her friend Helen down the river to Grantchester for a picnic, I thought of Rupert Brooke. This is a book full of full of beauty, violence, sadness, pain, and emotional conflict. It's also about choices, and the guilt that comes from fast actions that we think will solve an immediate problem and then we find that we maybe cannot live with them. also the resulting pain. It's also a first class mystery, which I urge you all to read. This is not just highly recommended, it's a must. Lizzie Hayes. 17 July 1999
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3.6 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the best new writers,
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This review is from: Nights in White Satin (Hardcover)
This is another fine novel--well-written, compassionate, and intelligent--from one of the best of the new writers. Spring's characters and situations are complex, and the action typically has a reality (not to be confused with toughness) missing from many mystery novels. I am dismayed and bewildered by the negative comments from the New England reader who apparently wanted Spring to have written another book, one with predictable feminist role models. One of Spring's strengths is the very lack of predictablity--her characters are as rich in detail and complex motivation as people we know. I too heard Spring speak at PCA and I was impressed by the candor,intelligence, and passion of her remarks. She is a superb writer who lets us live a scene with her characters, and she thinks deeply about what she does with her books. Starting with "Every Breath You Take" I have been hooked by Michelle Spring, and I can hardly wait for the next one. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Not just highly recommended, it's a MUST.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nights in White Satin (Hardcover)
Nights In White Satin' by Michelle SpringAt the Cambridge May ball, on a warm balmy magical evening in June, amidst champagne, smoked salmon, music and laughter, young, pretty Katie Arkwright disappears. In this, the forth in the series featuring Laura Principal, Private Investigator, Aardvark Investigations had been retained to repel gatecrashers and maintain security at the Cambridge May Ball. Following the disappearance, Laura is retained by Stephen Fox, senior tutor at Bart's to find the missing girl. Whilst pursing her investigations into Katie's disappearance, a murder and an unexplained death unfold. Both shocking. Are they related to the missing girl? Could the solutions be locked in the past? The writing in this book is beautiful, Michelle descriptive powers brought the scenes to life, I was there. At all times during the story, the weather is hot, I felt this heat, and the beauty of Cambridge. The contrasts of life she portrays are so vivid. Some of the settings invoked a time gone by, and when Laura goes punting with her friend Helen down the river to Grantchester for a picnic, it brought to mind Stands the church clock at ten to three, and is there honey still for tea'. This is a book full of full of beauty, violence, sadness, pain, and emotional conflict. It's also about choices, and the guilt that comes from fast actions that we think will solve an immediate problem and then we find that we maybe cannot live with them. also the resulting pain. It's also a first class mystery, which I urge you all to read. This is not just highly recommended, it's a must. Lizzie Hayes 15 May 1999 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A mystery that takes the reader into toll of rape on women,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nights in White Satin (Hardcover)
I just finished reading Michelle Spring's newest Laura Principal mystery, Nights in White Satin. This mystery packs a wallop. Very terse and sensitive at the same time. Spring `s novels highlight a feminist perspective in detective fiction. Each of her novels calls attention to a social issue that particularly affects women--even Standing in the Shadows can be viewed from that vantage point. Its strong stuff. And, Laura Principal is terrific!
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