The Sky Took Him (Alafair Tucker Mystery) - Hardcover

Casey, Donis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590585712 ISBN 13: 9781590585719

Verlag: Poisoned Pen Pr, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Casey Donis

Über diesen Titel

Críticas:

*STARRED REVIEW*

Set in Enid, Okla., in 1915, Casey's smart fourth whodunit to feature farmer's wife Alafair Tucker (after 2007's /The Drop Edge of Yonder/) sensitively evokes smalltown life. The impending demise of Alafair's ill brother-in-law, Lester Yeager, raises concern about the future of the family storage company on the part of his prospective heirs. One of them, Yeager's son-in-law, Kenneth Crawford, has embezzled money from the company. Then Crawford's corpse, lacking any obvious cause of death, turns up in a meat locker. Tucker once again adds her insights into human nature to the official investigation, before arriving at a solution that most will find both logical and surprising. Since the murder occurs well on into the book, readers whose focus is on crime may be a little impatient for something beyond family dynamics and dysfunction to happen. Those who like their puzzles cloaked in local color from a different time will be amply rewarded. -- Publishers Weekly

*STARRED REVIEW"*
""Set in Enid, Okla., in 1915, Casey's smart fourth whodunit to feature farmer's wife Alafair Tucker (after 2007's /The Drop Edge of Yonder/) sensitively evokes smalltown life. The impending demise of Alafair's ill brother-in-law, Lester Yeager, raises concern about the future of the family storage company on the part of his prospective heirs. One of them, Yeager's son-in-law, Kenneth Crawford, has embezzled money from the company. Then Crawford's corpse, lacking any obvious cause of death, turns up in a meat locker. Tucker once again adds her insights into human nature to the official investigation, before arriving at a solution that most will find both logical and surprising. Since the murder occurs well on into the book, readers whose focus is on crime may be a little impatient for something beyond family dynamics and dysfunction to happen. Those who like their puzzles cloaked in local color from a different time will be amply rewarded."  &nb

*STARRED REVIEW"*
""Set in Enid, Okla., in 1915, Casey's smart fourth whodunit to feature farmer's wife Alafair Tucker (after 2007's /The Drop Edge of Yonder/) sensitively evokes smalltown life. The impending demise of Alafair's ill brother-in-law, Lester Yeager, raises concern about the future of the family storage company on the part of his prospective heirs. One of them, Yeager's son-in-law, Kenneth Crawford, has embezzled money from the company. Then Crawford's corpse, lacking any obvious cause of death, turns up in a meat locker. Tucker once again adds her insights into human nature to the official investigation, before arriving at a solution that most will find both logical and surprising. Since the murder occurs well on into the book, readers whose focus is on crime may be a little impatient for something beyond family dynamics and dysfunction to happen. Those who like their puzzles cloaked in local color from a different time will be amply rewarded." " -- Publishers Weekly"of "The Sky Took Him"

"Fans will welcome this fourth in an appealing historical series." -- "Booklist" of "The Sky Took Him"

*STARRED REVIEW"*
""Set in Enid, Okla., in 1915, Casey's smart fourth whodunit to feature farmer's wife Alafair Tucker (after 2007's /The Drop Edge of Yonder/) sensitively evokes smalltown life. The impending demise of Alafair's ill brother-in-law, Lester Yeager, raises concern about the future of the family storage company on the part of his prospective heirs. One of them, Yeager's son-in-law, Kenneth Crawford, has embezzled money from the company. Then Crawford's corpse, lacking any obvious cause of death, turns up in a meat locker. Tucker once again adds her insights into human nature to the official investigation, before arriving at a solution that most will find both logical and surprising. Since the murder occurs well on into the book, readers whose focus is on crime may be a little impatient for something beyond family dynamics and dysfunction to happen. Those who like their puzzles cloaked in local color from a different time will be amply rewarded." " -- Publishers Weekly "of "The SkyTook Him"

"Fans will welcome this fourth in an appealing historical series." -- "Booklist" of "The Sky Took Him""

*STARRED REVIEW*
"Set in Enid, Okla., in 1915, Casey's smart fourth whodunit to feature farmer's wife Alafair Tucker (after 2007's /The Drop Edge of Yonder/) sensitively evokes smalltown life. The impending demise of Alafair's ill brother-in-law, Lester Yeager, raises concern about the future of the family storage company on the part of his prospective heirs. One of them, Yeager's son-in-law, Kenneth Crawford, has embezzled money from the company. Then Crawford's corpse, lacking any obvious cause of death, turns up in a meat locker. Tucker once again adds her insights into human nature to the official investigation, before arriving at a solution that most will find both logical and surprising. Since the murder occurs well on into the book, readers whose focus is on crime may be a little impatient for something beyond family dynamics and dysfunction to happen. Those who like their puzzles cloaked in local color from a different time will be amply rewarded." -- Publishers Weekly of The SkyTook Him

"Fans will welcome this fourth in an appealing historical series." -- Booklist of The Sky Took Him

"

Reseña del editor:

Heading for 1915 Oklahoma to help her sister cope with a dying husband, Alafair Tucker is disturbed to discover that her niece's irresponsible husband has vanished, the possible victim of ruthless local businessman Buck Collins, but as she and her daughter Martha investigate, they uncover a web of blackmail, family secrets, and murder that will change their lives forever.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1590585712
• ISBN 13: 9781590585719
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244