- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; Reprint edition (1 Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345421132
- ISBN-13: 978-0345421135
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.3 x 21.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 584,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amanda Cross is master of the American literary whodunit. In her delicately menacing short fiction, assembled here in one volume, dangerous impulses seize the most unlikely individuals, and everyday existence is fast eclipsed by the bizarre. Among the compelling intrigues: The cold-blooded murder of Mrs. Byron Lloyd, shot dead during a writers' panel discussion . . . the enigma of the nameless toddler who walks out of the bushes one New England summer afternoon . . . the reappearance of a missing Constable drawing just where it can cause the most trouble . . . and other wonderful mysteries, many of which star the incomparable amateur sleuth Kate Fansler.
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In 1987, I had faithfully promised the publisher of a Carolyn Heilbrun book that I would not work on another Kate Fansler novel until I had finished the nonfiction work then edging toward completion. Read the first page
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In 1987, I had faithfully promised the publisher of a Carolyn Heilbrun book that I would not work on another Kate Fansler novel until I had finished the nonfiction work then edging toward completion. Read the first page
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really enjoyed this book. I recomend it to readers of all ages.
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Charming Cozies
9 Nov 2010
Format:Paperback
These cozy mystery stories are a must read for lovers of literature, those familiar with academia, and those disillusioned with most media portrayals of women. Amanda Cross (aka the accomplished Carolyn Heilbrun) peppers her stories with humor and literary allusions, good-naturedly exposes tensions between successful women and men (as well as successful old women and young women), and subtly undercuts misogynistic, ageist stereotypes throughout her pleasant stories. Her stories are a fresh change from violent or aggressive murder mysteries. Instead they focus on the enigmatic quirks of life that an amateur detective might actually be called upon to (informally and without payment) investigate.
Many of the stories seek to resolve familial disruptions via fair-minded and calming methods, and for that reason seem the ultimate cozies. Nevertheless, at times the ideas are cold or provocative. For example, my favorite line is this one, describing why a clearly unlikeable misogynist might shoot the wrong old woman: "If women are all the same in the dark, older women are all the same in the light."
Many of the stories seek to resolve familial disruptions via fair-minded and calming methods, and for that reason seem the ultimate cozies. Nevertheless, at times the ideas are cold or provocative. For example, my favorite line is this one, describing why a clearly unlikeable misogynist might shoot the wrong old woman: "If women are all the same in the dark, older women are all the same in the light."
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I loved this book.Actually, I keep reading it again & again.
8 May 1997
Format:Hardcover
I really enjoyed this book. I recomend it to readers of all ages
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I did not even finish this book
25 Jun 2010
Format:Paperback
I was told that Amanda Cross was a good mystery writer and looked forward to reading some of her works. After reading 4 of these short stories, I put the book down and will not look for any more of her works.
I tried to over look the excessive use of fractured compound sentences, but the bizarre resolution of the stories was more than I could bear.
I tried to over look the excessive use of fractured compound sentences, but the bizarre resolution of the stories was more than I could bear.
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