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Cargando... The Essence of Malicepor Ashley Weaver
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 1933 Italy, Amory and Milo Ames are on holiday when he receives a letter from Madame Nanette, his childhood nanny. They travel on to Paris only to find that Madame's employer, Helios Belanger, is dead and she suspects that he has been killed. Amory and Milo decide to investiage, though Amory as times seemed to be hindered by Milo's behaviour. An enjoyable, well-written likeable mystery, which can easily be read as a stand-alone book in the series. A NetGalley Book sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Traveling to Paris with Milo to investigate the death of a famous parfumier, Amory discovers that the victim was about to release a highly anticipated new fragrance and had been targeted by industry rivals and heirs vying for control of his empire. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Beyond all that trying nonsense though, is a good mystery and setting. When Amory wasn't wringing her hands over her ass of a husband, she was interacting with interesting characters in 1920s/30s Paris. Even better, the story centers on the perfume industry, which I found intriguing.
The plotting was... it was good but also a cheat. Weaver cheated. She didn't write a mystery readers can solve because she withholds information from both her characters and her readers. This doesn't generally bother me when the story is good, but it is cheating, strictly speaking, and it was so blatantly done one can't help but notice it.
So: good story marred by a lot of anxious fretting, an ass of a romantic interest, and a mystery nobody has a hope in hell of solving.
Oddly enough after reading through this, I'm still on board for the next book. If Amory and Milo can't sort their shit out and grow up though, I'm out. ( )