Mew Is for Murder: Theda Krakow (Paperback)
Autor Clea Simonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2005
Theda Krakow is in a funk. Her sometime boyfriend's gone for good. The death of her beloved cat opened a bigger void. And the career leap she's made from copy editor to freelance writer has left her financesand her spiritflat. She desperately needs a headline to get her life back on track.
One day, out for a stroll in her Cambridge neighborhood, Theda spies an adorable stray kitten. This charmer leads Theda to an old woman holed up in a decrepit house full of cats. Is this one of those "crazy cat ladies," a classic hoarder, or is the old woman a neighborhood do-gooder
More important, is this the story to catapult Theda out of the dumps
But when she returns to interview Lillian Helmhold, Theda finds her fascinating subject dead of an apparent accident. The neighbors are celebrating, the police aren't interested, and the cats are removed to a shelter. End of story
Not for Theda--one or two things don't compute. So Theda marshals her investigative journalism skills to turn gumshoe.
One day, out for a stroll in her Cambridge neighborhood, Theda spies an adorable stray kitten. This charmer leads Theda to an old woman holed up in a decrepit house full of cats. Is this one of those "crazy cat ladies," a classic hoarder, or is the old woman a neighborhood do-gooder
More important, is this the story to catapult Theda out of the dumps
But when she returns to interview Lillian Helmhold, Theda finds her fascinating subject dead of an apparent accident. The neighbors are celebrating, the police aren't interested, and the cats are removed to a shelter. End of story
Not for Theda--one or two things don't compute. So Theda marshals her investigative journalism skills to turn gumshoe.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781590581827
ISBN-10: 1590581822
Pagini: 291
Dimensiuni: 161 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Poisoned Pen Press
Seria Theda Krakow (Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1590581822
Pagini: 291
Dimensiuni: 161 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Poisoned Pen Press
Seria Theda Krakow (Paperback)
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Recenzii
"Mew Is for Murder" by Clea Simon (Poisoned Pen Press, $24.95, 224 pages) is the newest mystery for cat lovers. It's also one of the best. Protagonist Theda Krakow is a freelance writer. When she's on an assignment for a Boston paper to write a story about a woman who might be a cat hoarder, Theda finds the old woman dead. Theda isn't convinced it's an accident.
Theda's a first-rate new sleuth. She's vividly portrayed and she's likable. Unlike the little old ladies who usually solve cat mysteries, Theda is in
her 30s, hip and a serious fan of rock music.
The minor characters are also deftly written. For example, there's a purple-haired barista and lesbian rocker who was friends with the murdered woman and her cats. And there's the rock music critic at the daily newspaper -- complete with balding head and little gray ponytail.
"Mew Is for Murder" has some flaws. Theda got a little too much help for my taste from a clue-giving cat in solving the murder -- especially since this
is an otherwise realistic tale. I also don't understand why female sleuths always refuse to tell their cop friends important little details -- like someone slipping drugs into Theda's Diet Coke.
Still, it's a well-written, absorbing, character-based mystery. It's a great book for snuggling on the couch with your favorite cat on an autumn evening. I hope there will be many more Theda Krakow books to come. -- Deborah Wood,
The Oregonian (9.20.2005)
Theda's a first-rate new sleuth. She's vividly portrayed and she's likable. Unlike the little old ladies who usually solve cat mysteries, Theda is in
her 30s, hip and a serious fan of rock music.
The minor characters are also deftly written. For example, there's a purple-haired barista and lesbian rocker who was friends with the murdered woman and her cats. And there's the rock music critic at the daily newspaper -- complete with balding head and little gray ponytail.
"Mew Is for Murder" has some flaws. Theda got a little too much help for my taste from a clue-giving cat in solving the murder -- especially since this
is an otherwise realistic tale. I also don't understand why female sleuths always refuse to tell their cop friends important little details -- like someone slipping drugs into Theda's Diet Coke.
Still, it's a well-written, absorbing, character-based mystery. It's a great book for snuggling on the couch with your favorite cat on an autumn evening. I hope there will be many more Theda Krakow books to come. -- Deborah Wood,
The Oregonian (9.20.2005)
Notă biografică
Clea Simon is the author of the Pru Marlowe, Dulcie Schwartz, and Theda Krakow mystery series, as well as three nonfiction books. A former journalist, she lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, with her husband Jon and their cat Musetta.