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Ladataan... St. Peter's Finger (1938)Tekijä: Gladys Mitchell
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Mrs. Bradley investigates a suspicious death of a boarding school girl at a Catholic boarding school and orphanage run by a group of delightful nuns. Mitchell litters the landscape with red herrings, not only for the reader but to foil the killer bent on doing murder again (or are they?) The plot got a little overly complex for my tastes, but the give and take between Mrs. Bradley and the religious community that runs the place is multi-dimensional and fun. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Rediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Mrs Bradley, renowned psychologist and private detective, is summoned to the convent school of St Peter's Finger, where a girl's body has been found in a bathtub - did Ursula kill herself, or, as the nuns fear, is a murderer at large in the school? Opinionated, unconventional, unafraid... If you like Poirot and Miss Marple, you'll love Mrs Bradley. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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This was a rather delightful mystery. It is complicated, and there are numerous characters. I didn't figure out the solution in advance, but looking back I could see that Mitchell provides the clues. She offers plenty of red herrings.
I've read a number of books about convent life and schools during this periods, and the characterization of this one is decidedly different. Mitchell's convent is a warm and benevolent place. The children receive plenty of affection from the nuns, and students and nuns alike are generally happy. Even the orphans who are being groomed for domestic service content. That's a far cry from the cold and miserable convent schools that appear in so many other early-twentieth century novels and memoirs. Admittedly, Mitchell is primarily interested in crafting a mystery, and that she does well. ( )