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Title: O' Artful Death: A Mystery by Sarah Stewart Taylor ISBN: 0-312-30764-0 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 06 June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Debut Mystery
Comment: College professor Sweeney St. George is looking forward to a nice quiet Christmas break alone in her apartment. But when her friend Toby shows her a picture of a unique gravestone near his aunt and uncle, she can't resist investigating. After all, it'll make a perfect chapter in her book on gravestones of New England.
The stone is located in an artist's colony in Vermont dating back to the late 1800's. Rumor is that the young woman immortalized by that stone was murdered by one of the artists, but no arrests were ever made.
Even before Sweeney arrives, the woman's great-niece is murdered. Ruth Kimball told Sweeney on the phone about the rumors. Is there a connection between the gravestone, the mysterious death of 115 years ago, and the murder today? If Sweeney wants the truth about this unique stone, she'll have to find out.
I was intrigued by the premise of this book when I first heard about it, but put off getting it. That was a mistake. This is a wonderfully written debut. The descriptions make the colony come to vivid life. The style is relaxed, inviting you to sit back and enjoy. I did have problems keeping all the character and the relations to those from the past straight, but with some work I was able to figure it all out. The plot was wonderful, giving us new information but keeping us in the dark until the end with plenty of clues and red herrings sprinkled throughout the book.
I've fallen under the spell of this author and series. I can't wait for the next book to come out. I highly recommend you pick up this excellent debut today.
Rating: 5
Summary: A skillfully managed mystery
Comment: Sarah Stewart Taylor's O'Artful Death is a skillfully managed mystery -- several mysteries, in fact. Discovering secrets of a Vermont community's past and present, protagonist Sweeney St. George seeks the truth with an art historian's passion for research and a detective's willingness to ask difficult questions. What's more, Sweeney is likeable, smart, and I enjoyed getting to know her. I look forward to spending more time with Sweeney when Taylor provides her with what I'm sure will be another engrossing adventure.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant first mystery
Comment: Sarah Stewart Taylor has written a first mystery novel that gives promise of her achieving the level of P.D. James. O'Artful Death is has all the components of excellent mystery fiction as well as being first rate literature.Readers will not be disappointed.
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Title: Haunted Ground: A Novel by Erin Hart ISBN: 0743235053 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 20 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Dealing in Murder by Elaine Flinn ISBN: 0060545798 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Now May You Weep: A Novel by Deborah Crombie ISBN: 0060525231 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear ISBN: 1569473307 Publisher: Soho Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: High Rhymes and Misdemeanors : A Poetic Death Mystery (Poetic Death Mystery) by Diana Killian ISBN: 0743466780 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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