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Elizabeth Daniels Squire (1926–2001)

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Födelsedag
1926-07-17
Avled
2001-02-25
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Dödsort
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Bostadsorter
Weaverville, North Carolina, USA
Utbildning
Vassar College
Yrken
Reporter
Columnist
mystery writer
novelist
Aptitude Tester
short story writer
Relationer
Daniels, Jonathan (father)
Daniels, Josephus (grandfather)
Bridgers, Ann (aunt)
Organisationer
Mystery Writers of America
Carolina Crime Writers
Sisters in Crime
Priser och utmärkelser
North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
Kort biografi
Elizabeth Daniels was born to a prominent North Carolina family. Her father Jonathan Daniels wrote some 20 histories and biographies and served as a press secretary to President Truman. Her paternal grandfather, also an author, was the founder and publisher of the Raleigh News & Observer, a diplomat, and a Secretary of the Navy. Her maternal aunt Ann Bridgers was a novelist. Elizabeth attended Ashley Hall School in Charleston, South Carolina and graduated from Vassar College. She overcame dyslexia to work as a journalist and become a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. In 1960, she published her first book, Fortune in Your Hand, about palmistry. Her debut mystery novel was Kill the Messenger (1989). She created absent-minded amateur sleuth Peaches Dunn, the star of another 8 books, in Who Killed What's-Her-Name? (1994). She also wrote short stories, including "The Dog Who Remembered Too Much," which won the Agatha Award in 1995. She died suddenly during a book promotion tour at age 74.

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This is a nearly perfect guide to hand reading (more than palms, as I learned!). A really nice mix of history, legend, introductory how-to stuff, and detail. It has a good balance of text, attractive drawings and reproductions of famous people's hands. Highly rec!
 
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Jetztzeit | May 15, 2020 |
This book just seemed tedious and not really very interesting. The main character's aunt gets killed in her elderly father's pond. Everyone is a suspect, even the absent minded Peaches. Still, I couldn't really get into this book. Not much action, just a lot of dialogue that seems to repeat itself.
 
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LilQuebe | 2 andra recensioner | Mar 17, 2020 |
I love mysteries and thought this sounded like an interesting premise--a detective who can't remember anything. But I found this book a trifle boring and hard to finish reading, the killer obvious from almost the beginning, and was disturbed to find that if Peaches' memory problem is considered chronic, I have a chronic memory problem too! And so do most people I know. I say, if you like a good mystery, skip this and read something else...like the Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters.
 
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aurelas | 2 andra recensioner | Dec 23, 2016 |
Peaches Dann is an amateur sleuth whose memory is unreliable. She uses a variety of mnemonics and other tricks to associate names with things and remember crucial things. Sometimes this is cute and sometimes it gets pretty old. Her adventures began with Who Killed What's-Her-Name?

In this fifth adventure, Peaches finds that her octogenarian dad has gotten married, and his new wife has been fixing up a very old house. The house has some mysterious history, which must be "dug up" so that its owner won't insist on selling it. Peaches and her husband Ted get involved along with a cast of rather faintly drawn characters form the present and the past.

I enjoy seeing senior citizens portrayed as capable of solving mysteries. Peaches's memory issues, while a normal characteristic for an older person, undercut this portrayal a bit. My complaint about this one, though, isn't about Peaches but the other characters; there just isn't that much to them.
… (mer)
½
 
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Jim53 | Mar 31, 2014 |

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Verk
18
Även av
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Medlemmar
449
Popularitet
#54,622
Betyg
3.1
Recensioner
5
ISBN
60
Favoritmärkt
1

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