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Cargando... Cat's Claw (edición 2012)por Susan Wittig Albert
Información de la obraCat's Claw por Susan Wittig Albert
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book starts out well, and I enjoyed the 'cat's claw' theme in the notes about different plants with names referencing cat claws. However, the middle 100 pages or so just seem to stall, losing what momentum the book had started building, so once things start happening again near the end, everything happens all at once, making a very abrupt resolution. I like plot twists well enough, but the middle was so dull that the excitement at the end felt disconnected from the rest of the story. The fact that I don't really like China Bayles doesn't help either, but I've read another book from this series that had much better pacing, enough that I didn't mind the characters so much. In this one the middle of the book gives one plenty of time to mull over the characters. ( ) China Bayles delivers a rounded murder mystery with a little herbs and spices dropped into the mix. A nice computer shop owner seems to be a suicide, but why would Larry kill himself when life is good. Susan Wittig Albert presents many red herrings in the race to determine the rest of the story. Albert peppers the story with small tidbits of the spice/herb du jour. This novel pounces on cat’s claw an interesting antidote. The men take a step back and allow the ladies to rule the roost, which sometimes creates havoc. Albert does well with her characters and the setting but throws a little too much dialogue to live up to the work of Elizabeth George. This book starts out well, and I enjoyed the 'cat's claw' theme in the notes about different plants with names referencing cat claws. However, the middle 100 pages or so just seem to stall, losing what momentum the book had started building, so once things start happening again near the end, everything happens all at once, making a very abrupt resolution. I like plot twists well enough, but the middle was so dull that the excitement at the end felt disconnected from the rest of the story. The fact that I don't really like China Bayles doesn't help either, but I've read another book from this series that had much better pacing, enough that I didn't mind the characters so much. In this one the middle of the book gives one plenty of time to mull over the characters. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesChina Bayles (20)
"Sheila Dawson has made history as the first female police chief in Pecan Springs, Texas. She's also cracked many a mystery in collaboration with local sleuth China Bayles--that's why everyone thinks she's such a smart cookie. Now, Sheila puts those smarts to work, sifting through secrets to find a killer on the prowl... Larry Kirk, Pecan Springs' computer guru, has been shot dead in his kitchen. At first Police Chief Sheila Dawson believes it to be suicide, perhaps triggered by his painful divorce. Further investigation reveals that Kirk's death wasn't self-inflicted. And the truth is reinforced by her friend China Bayles' news--Larry recently asked her for legal advice in regards to a stalker. As a police chief in a male-dominated force, Sheila meets many challenges, especially when her theories rock the boat in high-profile cases like that of George Timms. He was caught breaking into Larry's computer shop to steal his own computer back because of dangerous personal information it contained. Now that Larry is dead, she's sure it's connected to the burglary. And she's also sure she'll get plenty of resistance on her assessment... Timms' time to turn himself in to the police comes and goes, and he's nowhere to be found. In her investigation, Sheila uncovers secrets, terrible secrets that would drive anyone to kill. So who then? It's up to Sheila to prove she's got what it takes to hunt down the predator that's loose on the streets of Pecan Springs.."-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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