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Death of a Toy Soldier (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2016; vuoden 2016 painos)

Tekijä: Barbara Early (Tekijä)

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"Liz McCall grew up in a playful winter wonderland, but it was never her dream to settle in her small, albeit charming, hometown. When her father sinks his entire police pension into a vintage toy shop, however, someone needs to help him turn his dreams into reality--and keep him from sneaking out of retirement and off to patrol the not-so-mean streets of East Aurora, NY. The mood goes from nice to naughty when a nervous man, who was trying to have his antique toys appraised, is later found murdered in the shop."--Publisher description… (lisätietoja)
Jäsen:UPMarta
Teoksen nimi:Death of a Toy Soldier
Kirjailijat:Barbara Early (Tekijä)
Info:Crooked Lane Books (2016), 291 pages
Kokoelmat:Oma kirjasto
Arvio (tähdet):****
Avainsanoja:2021, Cozy Mystery, Antique toys

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Näyttää 1-5 (yhteensä 6) (seuraava | näytä kaikki)
I usually pick my mysteries based on the setting and this seemed like an interesting setting, if I couldn't work around books I'd want to work around toys or tech so I expected to enjoy this book and I did. The heroine Liz was nice, after her father retired she gave up her life to come home to help with the family business. A lot of mysteries are kind of unbelievable because an amateur detective winds up solving a case, what does a toy store owner know about solving a crime, quite a lot in this case as Liz's father was chief of police before retiring. That lends quite a bit credibility to the mystery. I'm looking forward to the 2nd book which is due out in a few weeks. ( )
  kevn57 | Dec 8, 2021 |
I feel a bit mean giving this book only 3 stars when others have rated it so highly. But 3 stars does say I liked it. It is well written, the plot is well done and doesn't lag at all. I kept reading to find out who done it. I guess I wasn't so drawn in by the characters and the toyshop setting for some reason.
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  IMSauman | Dec 31, 2018 |
Having just finished The Moving Toyshop, it seemed only right to move on to another cozy mystery involving a toyshop. I always begin a cozy mystery with a little caution, because there have been so many bad ones in my life.

And what do you know: Death of a Toy Soldier fills the bill very nicely. I started to have hope when I saw early signs that the writing was superior to most of the cozies (and half the other books) I've read lately – and it never let me down.

It's a fun setting, this antique toy shop run by Liz McCall and her retired cop father – and what made me happiest about it is that Barbara Early pays attention to the nuts and bolts of it. Where I've seen far too many shops or inns or whatever in cozies in which the amateur sleuth owner has employees she should never be able to afford, Liz and her father employ her sister-in-law for a few hours now and then, and one young man whose work with online auctions could feasibly cover his salary. Usually the main character's business is an airy cloud castle, a cardboard standin for employment when a realistic nine-to-five job with a realistic corporate boss would curtail all that amateur detective work

And while Liz's involvement in the central mystery of the book stems from the fact (facts) that her father is a suspect and that the murder happened in their shop – classic motivations for the amateur sleuth to investigate, both – still, it adds a little credibility to the tale that her father was, not too long ago, a cop. He knows the town; he knows all the other cops; he knows what he's doing. He's not supposed to be doing it – almost as much because he's not well as because he's not a cop anymore – and the moments when someone on the case turns a blind eye are so much more acceptable in this setting than they usually are.

“I need something to write with,” Dad said. “I miss my board at the station.”
Cathy handed him an Etch A Sketch.


The characters' speculation about what motivated the killing in the shop neatly served to address the fact that this could turn into something ridiculous. Was there a sadistic toy collector out there, someone asks? And, just as neatly, the author supplies information that turns the idea from ridiculous to plausible: antique toys in good condition might well be worth killing over.

I was surprised, and rather impressed, by the scraps of information Liz gives (in a first-person narration) about her childhood, and about her mother. She never dwells on any of it – but her mother's severe alchoholism and what it did to the family. "You never forget being dragged by the ear out of a public place by a woman too drunk to stand and too angry to sit."

I think my only real objection to this book was the mention of how someone lost, badly, at Monopoly. In all the years my family played, I don't remember ever actually finishing a game. I don't really remember how we wrapped up – the games just seemed to go on endlessly, and maybe someone would lose all their money (probably me), but I have no memory of a game ending in any way besides "okay, we need the table for dinner" or "you should have been in bed an hour ago".

I loved to hate the monkey with the cymbals, "the toy consistently voted number one in the category of most likely to be possessed by a horde of demons". I loved that this toy shop owner freely acknowledges the inherent creepiness of a room full of dolls. I also loved the involvement of ghost hunters – especially that they weren't the primary focus of the book, and that, while the personalities involved made it something to be gently mocked, still there was the possibility out there that there was more going on than trickery and hopeful credulity.

My favorite thing, I think, in this plus half a dozen other recent books, was the entirely throwaway reference to one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a couple of sentences, entirely unexplained, and either you get it – and laugh – or you have no idea what the two characters are talking about, and I pity you. And you know? That right there is enough for me to bump up the rating I initially gave this book. It was a solid four, but this all by itself gives an extra half star.

Oh, and in case you find yourself wondering, as I did, what on earth "beef on weck" is, it's a sandwich known primarily in western New York: roast beef on a kummelweck roll.

The usual disclaimer: I received this book via Netgalley for review. ( )
  Stewartry | Feb 12, 2017 |
This cozy is the perfect mix of humor and mystery. Liz McCall is the manager and caretaker of both her father’s vintage toy store and of her father, a retired chief of police. She has her hands full, mostly because her dad doesn’t act like he’s retired. He can and does make arrests as a citizen, and the new police chief deputizes him in the hopes of keeping him under control. When a potential customer turns up dead at night in the toy store, Dad is right there in the thick of things. Only he can’t remember what happened. Now Liz and Dad are on a quest to clear their names and find the real killer. Thrown in the mix are a couple of nosy spinsters, a newly deceased patriarch with a large extended family all wanting to inherit, and a variety of village characters. It all adds up to a lot a fun and a bit of terror. A great start to a new series, you will eat up the puns along the way, but stir clear of Liz’s sister-in-law’s cooking. Fortunately, recipes are not included in this entertaining read! ( )
  Maydacat | Nov 10, 2016 |
This is a nice holiday cozy mystery. Liz McCall’s father, Hank, has recently retired from his position as the town police chief and now is the owner/operator of an antique toy store, where Liz works with him. It is the holiday season, but before sales in the toy store heat up very much, a strange man comes into the store looking for Hank, with a big box of antique toys. The man never does catch up with Hank, and neither Hank nor Liz has any idea why he wanted the meeting. Soon thereafter, this same man’s body is found in the store one night. Liz has questions about exactly what happened but few answers. Her father had obviously been talking to this man shortly before he was stabbed that night, but a concussion received when he was hit on the head has resulted in short term memory loss, which Liz and everyone hopes is fleeting. Thus, Hank cannot help the current police chief out with his investigation very much, though Hank appears to hold many important answers/clues about what really happened. Though retired, Hank is ever the police officer, so he and his daughter, Liz, begin poking around the investigation. They find no shortage of suspects in their “informal” investigation. Liz also butts heads with the local police chief, her father’s replacement, as he investigates—and a possible budding romance between the two may just be in the offing in future books. In addition, Liz enters a partnership with her former beau, Jack, whose family becomes totally intertwined with the evolving mystery.

This is a steady moving cozy mystery that involves the reader from the start. I found Liz’s father’s routine puns a bit corny, but, at least, they were no overdone. The other aspect of the story I found lacking was the fact that there was very little Christmas holiday in the story. The setting included the holiday timeframe, but could easily have occurred any other time of the year, with very few minor edits. Liz is a compelling main character. She comes across as a strong, caring woman, who has only everyone’s best interests in mind. I found the town’s current police chief, Hank’s replacement, a bit of a loser, however, and I wonder how or if the author will develop him to make him someone more enjoyable (or interesting, as a possible suitor for Liz?). All in all, the book is a good read for anyone who enjoys cozy mysteries. The characters, to include Liz and her father, are interesting, relatable, caring and just what you would expect from a small town. I received this from NetGalley to read and review. ( )
  KMT01 | Nov 2, 2016 |
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"Liz McCall grew up in a playful winter wonderland, but it was never her dream to settle in her small, albeit charming, hometown. When her father sinks his entire police pension into a vintage toy shop, however, someone needs to help him turn his dreams into reality--and keep him from sneaking out of retirement and off to patrol the not-so-mean streets of East Aurora, NY. The mood goes from nice to naughty when a nervous man, who was trying to have his antique toys appraised, is later found murdered in the shop."--Publisher description

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