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Cargando... Murder over Dorval (1952)por David Montrose
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A hard-boiled detective mystery originally published in 1952, this novel follows the adventures and investigations of hard-drinking, seasoned private detective Russell Teed through the streets of Montreal and New York City. When a gorgeous redhead with lovely green eyes offers a wad of cash and a plane ticket to Montreal to help in an investigation, Russell takes the case. It isn't long, however, before a run in with a razor blade, a slug in his shoulder, and the knowledge that three tough customers gunning for him all make Russell rue his decision. This fast-paced plot from a master of pulp fiction makes for an ideal read for mystery fans. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This book is better than the first, Crime on Cote des Neiges, but not as good as I remember The Body on Mount Royal to be. The story moves along more quickly than the first book, and I always get a kick out of the 1950s setting. And the fatal flight had me practically bouncing in my chair with glee, because I was nerding out over the old-school commercial airline. However, there is a breathtakingly sexist sentence in this book that really had no business being there, and some of the remarks about black characters were cringe-inducing. The publisher does provide a disclaimer at the beginning of the book (this is a reprint of the 1952 edition), saying that they’ve removed typos but retained the attitudes of the period because that’s what happened. And yet there were a lot of typos. If that’s them “removing” typos, I’d hate to think what an uncorrected version looked like.
This book does mention events in Crime on Cote des Neiges, so if you like to read series in order, you may wish to start there. ( )