Peggy Blair (1) (1955–)
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Blair, Peggy J.
- Syntymäaika
- 1955
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- Canada
- Asuinpaikat
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ammatit
- attorny (speicialist in Aborignal law)
realtor - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Peggy Blair was a lawyer for more than thirty years. A recognized expert in Aboriginal law, she also worked as a criminal defence lawyer and Crown prosecutor. Blair spent a Christmas in Old Havana, where she watched the bored young policemen on street corners along the Malecón, visited Hemingway’s favourite bars, and learned to make a perfect mojito. A former member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, Peggy is named in Canadian Who's Who. She currently lives in Ottawa where she works in real estate. -
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I really liked the book. I hadn't read the previous book in the series but that didn't matter. The characters are so well developed and well-rounded. The story had twists and turns, I didn't want to put it down. Well worth reading.
I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway.
I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway.
An excellent thriller, well written. The book tells about what happened in Cuba in 2007. The real Cuba, not that of the tourist. But in fact, it is a tourist, who is also a police officer in Canada, which accused of murdering a Cuban child.
The book told from different points of view.
The Beggar Opera - called after a real opera; It is a story of deceit, violence and vengeance, false accusations, even a threat of execution. But also a story about love and loyalty and, above all, friendship. The characters are drawn in depth. Happiness and pain, suffering and happiness are described in the author's faith, describing the difficult life in Havana and the corrupt Cuba of Castro and the American embargo.
Surprises at the end of the book abound to close the story from all terms.… (lisätietoja)
The book told from different points of view.
The Beggar Opera - called after a real opera; It is a story of deceit, violence and vengeance, false accusations, even a threat of execution. But also a story about love and loyalty and, above all, friendship. The characters are drawn in depth. Happiness and pain, suffering and happiness are described in the author's faith, describing the difficult life in Havana and the corrupt Cuba of Castro and the American embargo.
Surprises at the end of the book abound to close the story from all terms.… (lisätietoja)
Hungry Ghosts is the first novel by Peggy Blair that I’ve consumed. I enjoyed this book tremendously and with its relatively short chapters I would often say to myself; “oh.. just one more”. This my friends, got me into trouble a few times!!! (Oh come on, you’ve done it before, I know you have)
Two detectives, two series of murders, two different countries… how does this all tie together? That is what I was thinking throughout the novel and by the end, I was not disappointed. Blair connects the two seamlessly.
In Hungry Ghosts we find Detective Ramirez in Cuba fighting crime and examining a string of unsolved murders in a corrupt and crumbling Cuba, all the while dealing with ghostly apparitions. Up north in Canada, Detective Charlie Pike comes home to a tense First Nations reserve, investigating what may be another Highway Stranger murder all the while, facing his own ghosts.
Although Hungry Ghosts is the third book in the detective Ramirez series, it can easily be read as a stand-alone. I’ve never read the other two, but after reading this one… I want them in my library.
Blair infused this novel with rich characters, vivid locations and a brilliantly twisted plot. I particularly loved that the book touches on events we see in the media today. (Even though the book is set in 2007) Just this morning while listening to the CBC they were talking about residential schools, land settlements and the disappearance and murder of Aboriginal women.… (lisätietoja)
Two detectives, two series of murders, two different countries… how does this all tie together? That is what I was thinking throughout the novel and by the end, I was not disappointed. Blair connects the two seamlessly.
In Hungry Ghosts we find Detective Ramirez in Cuba fighting crime and examining a string of unsolved murders in a corrupt and crumbling Cuba, all the while dealing with ghostly apparitions. Up north in Canada, Detective Charlie Pike comes home to a tense First Nations reserve, investigating what may be another Highway Stranger murder all the while, facing his own ghosts.
Although Hungry Ghosts is the third book in the detective Ramirez series, it can easily be read as a stand-alone. I’ve never read the other two, but after reading this one… I want them in my library.
Blair infused this novel with rich characters, vivid locations and a brilliantly twisted plot. I particularly loved that the book touches on events we see in the media today. (Even though the book is set in 2007) Just this morning while listening to the CBC they were talking about residential schools, land settlements and the disappearance and murder of Aboriginal women.… (lisätietoja)
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