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Laddar... Mord i sinnet (1950)av Elizabeth Daly
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. A young widow imprisoned by her family sends an ingenious message to Gamadge, who neatly rescues her and then takes on her case --her family were intending to have her committed to a mental institution because she insisted her husband's death and her own ear-death were not suicide and attempted suicide by murder and attempted murder. It turns out that a set of letters written by a Victorian poet ("Garthwain" suggesting William Morris) to her husband's late grandmother has been secretly sold, and her husband had discovered this. Gamadge quite quickly fids out the guilty party --with a twist at the end. I was struck by the efficiency of the sory --the whole story runs only 144 pages --other authors might easily have doubled the length. I prefer brevity myself. I notice recurring motifs in these stories -- hints of suspected insanity and the greed of the genteel poor. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Henry Gamadge is summoned to a secluded estate by way of a crossword puzzle, the only means of communication for a widow being held captive by her relatives. They claim she s lost her mind; she thinks they have shut her away to keep her from spilling on her late husband s suspicious suicide. Gamadge knows that a woman who can convey her situation in the space of a crossword is most definitely in possession of her mental faculties. But can he sort out the secrets of a clan so scandal-averse they would do anything to avoid it?" Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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Sylvia Coldfield felt she was being held prisoner at her husband’s family estate. The premise was she had had a breakdown after her husband died. Suicide by sleep pills was the verdict, but Sylvia felt different, especially after she almost died from the same pills — but she hadn’t taken any herself!
Gamache orchestrates a slick removal of Sylvia, under the noses of Sylvia’s inlaws. He then proceeds to investigate the death of Sylvia’s husvand and the secrets within the family tied to it.
Racy letters from an older generation, greed, a married woman lusting after a younger man and more, all hidden behind a mask of respectability.
A bit of Agatha Christie, Martha Graves and Louise Penny make Daly’s Gamadge series a solid read for me. ( )