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The Summer Birdcage: A John Grey Historical Mystery

Autor LC Tyler
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 mai 2023

Proza lui LC Tyler este un mecanism de precizie, unde satira mușcătoare se împletește cu rigoarea cercetării istorice. Observăm o stăpânire remarcabilă a dialogului; fiecare replică este o spadă ascuțită în Londra Restaurației. În The Summer Birdcage, actrița Kitty Burgess dispare fără urmă după o premieră de succes. Martorii descriu o trăsură neagră, șase cai întunecați și o răpire violentă. Tensiunea crește când un cadavru este găsit în Hertfordshire, desfigurat și lăsat cu un indiciu mult prea evident: scenariul piesei. Subliniem modul în care Tyler construiește o atmosferă de paranoia la curtea regală, unde rivalitățile amoroase devin chestiuni de viață și de moarte. Forța narativă a lui Edward Marston combinată cu sensibilitatea pentru mister a Helenei Dixon — dar cu un glas propriu, mult mai caustic. Această a opta investigație a lui John Grey se simte mai personală decât The Three Deaths of Justice Godfrey. Dacă în Fire miza era supraviețuirea unui oraș în flăcări, aici miza este adevărul îngropat sub straturi de machiaj teatral și intrigi politice. Merită menționat că, deși autorul păstrează umorul caracteristic din seria Ethelred Tressider and Elsie Thirkettle, John Grey se confruntă aici cu o conspirație mult mai vastă. Este un joc periculos de identități în care Kitty Burgess ar putea juca ultimul său rol.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472135100
ISBN-10: 1472135105
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Constable
Seria A John Grey Historical Mystery

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Pentru pasionații de romane polițiste istorice care caută mai mult decât o simplă enigmă. Veți câștiga o incursiune autentică în culisele teatrului londonez de secol XVII, unde granița dintre spectacol și realitate este mortală. Este recomandarea noastră pentru cititorii care apreciază umorul britanic fin, ritmul alert și o intrigă ce implică figuri istorice reale precum Lady Castlemaine.


Descriere

Duke's Company actress Kitty Burgess has a stunning future before her - until she vanishes after the opening performance of Aminta Grey's new play, The Summer Birdcage. One of her fellow actors swears he saw her being bundled into a black coach driven by six black horses outside the theatre. Then no more is heard of her - until the body of a young woman is found dead beside the road in Hertfordshire. It appears to be Kitty, so Aminta and her husband Sir John Grey, travel to Bishop's Stortford to identify her. The girl has been so badly beaten it is impossible to tell who she is, but there are three clues - the dress she is wearing, a ring and a copy of the script of Aminta's play, left (perhaps a little too conveniently) in the victim's hands.

Back in London Aminta catches sight of a young woman who looks exactly like Kitty but before she can do anything, the woman runs off and is lost in the crowd. Meanwhile, rumours abound at court that Kitty was about to become the king's new mistress and all fingers are being pointed at Lady Castlemaine for having arranged for her rival to be spirited away and killed. And now John Grey finds that is no longer just his wife who is determined to prove Kitty Burgess is alive. It would seem her disappearance - and possible reappearance - is part of some much wider conspiracy, and that Kitty may be about to play the most dangerous, and possibly deadly, role of her life. A role from which there may be no escape ...

Praise for L.C. Tyler

'Len Tyler writes with great charm and wit . . . made me laugh out loud' Susanna Gregory

'I was seduced from John Grey's first scene' Ann Cleeves

'Tyler juggles his characters, story, wit and clever one liners with perfect balance' The Times

'A dizzying whirl of plot and counterplot' Guardian

'Unusually accomplished' Helen Dunmore

'A cracking pace, lively dialogue, wickedly witty one-liners salted with sophistication . . . Why would we not want more of John Grey?' The Bookbag

Recenzii

Duke's Company actress Kitty Burgess has a stunning future before her - until she vanishes after the opening performance of Aminta Grey's new play, The Summer Birdcage. One of her fellow actors swears he saw her being bundled into a black coach driven by six black horses outside the theatre. Then no more is heard of her - until the body of a young woman is found dead beside the road in Hertfordshire. It appears to be Kitty, so Aminta and her husband Sir John Grey, travel to Bishop's Stortford to identify her. The girl has been so badly beaten it is impossible to tell who she is, but there are three clues - the dress she is wearing, a ring and a copy of the script of Aminta's play, left (perhaps a little too conveniently) in the victim's hands.

Back in London Aminta catches sight of a young woman who looks exactly like Kitty but before she can do anything, the woman runs off and is lost in the crowd. Meanwhile, rumours abound at court that Kitty was about to become the king's new mistress and all fingers are being pointed at Lady Castlemaine for having arranged for her rival to be spirited away and killed. And now John Grey finds that is no longer just his wife who is determined to prove Kitty Burgess is alive. It would seem her disappearance - and possible reappearance - is part of some much wider conspiracy, and that Kitty may be about to play the most dangerous, and possibly deadly, role of her life. A role from which there may be no escape ...

Praise for L.C. Tyler

'Len Tyler writes with great charm and wit . . . made me laugh out loud' Susanna Gregory

'I was seduced from John Grey's first scene' Ann Cleeves