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Anna Clarke (1919–2004)

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My Search for Ruth (1975) 27 kappaletta
Lady in Black (1977) 24 kappaletta
The Case of the Ludicrous Letters (1994) 23 kappaletta
Murder in Writing (1988) 23 kappaletta
The Mystery Lady (1986) 22 kappaletta
The Deathless and the Dead (1976) 19 kappaletta
The Poisoned Web (1960) 19 kappaletta
The Case of the Paranoid Patient (1991) 18 kappaletta
Poison Parsley (1979) 18 kappaletta
Last Seen in London (1987) 16 kappaletta
Letter from the Dead (1981) 16 kappaletta
Last Voyage (1990) 16 kappaletta
Case of the Anxious Aunt (1996) 16 kappaletta
We the Bereaved (1982) 16 kappaletta
Whitelands Affair (1989) 16 kappaletta
Cabin 3033 (1986) 15 kappaletta
A Mind to Murder (1971) 14 kappaletta
Plot Counter-Plot (1974) 14 kappaletta
Soon She Must Die (1983) 13 kappaletta
Darkened Room (1991) 11 kappaletta
Legacy Of Evil (1976) 11 kappaletta
One of Us Must Die (1980) 9 kappaletta
Last Judgement (1985) 8 kappaletta
Desire to Kill (1982) 7 kappaletta
The End of the Shadow (1972) 7 kappaletta
Game set and danger (1981) 4 kappaletta
The nodland express (1995) 3 kappaletta
Der Schlummerlandexpress (1999) 1 kappale

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Virallinen nimi
Clarke, Anna Emilia
Syntymäaika
1919-04-28
Kuolinaika
2004-11-07
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
UK
Syntymäpaikka
Cape Town, South Africa
Kuolinpaikka
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Koulutus
University of Sussex
Ammatit
mystery novelist
educationalist
Organisaatiot
British Association for American Studies
Lyhyt elämäkerta
Anna Clarke was the daughter of Fred Clarke, a British professor of education who was later knighted. She was educated in South Africa, Canada, and England, following her father's academic appointments. She earned a degree in economics at London University in 1945 and a master's degree from the University of Sussex in Victorian literature. She became the private secretary to publisher Victor Gollancz and later moved to rival publishing house Eyre and Spottiswoode. In 1947, she married David Hackel; the couple divorced in 1957. She worked for seven years as administrative secretary to the British Association for American Studies. Her writing career did not began until she was about 50 years old, but she produced about 30 mystery novels at a prolific rate, beginning with The Darkened Room (1968). Several of them featured English literature professor-turned-amateur sleuth Paula Glenning.

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Strange reaction came from me as I read -- I really liked it, I did't really like it, bored, but couldn't put it down. Hard to make a decision so I gave it a 3-star. Anxious to read another book by Anna Clarke--her language is fantastic, doesn't just ramble off, but moves slow and sure to a rather great end; her characters are people you probably know. From somewhere.
 
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SmithfieldJones | Nov 8, 2019 |
Rosalind and her teenage son son have always been close. But now Rosalind has developed a friendship with a married man. Her son Martin hates him and becomes friends with the wife. Soon the couple's marital troubles have drawn mother and son into a complicated new relationship with a menacing tone. No one in this little group is to be trusted. Rosalind is an acquitted murderer. Martin has a violent temper, just like his father. Mr. Goodwin is an expert on poisons, and his wife is an alcoholic who was already responsible for one death.

Anna Clarke has written some good scary books. The Poisoned Web was really well done. This one seems to take a really long time to build up to action. The tension is there, the climax was everything I expected, but the resolution was a little unconvincing. She could have taken the story even further. I think she held back a little, to make more of a happy ending. I would have preferred her to push for a more dramatic end.
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