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Ein neuer Fall für Timothy Wilde, den ersten Polizisten von New York: Dieses Mal geht es um die schöne Blumenverkäuferin Lucy Adams, deren Familie entführt wird, um politische Intrigen und um einen florierenden Sklaven- Schwarzhandel mitten im liberalen New York. Und um eine Leiche im Bett von Tims Bruder Valentine, seines Zeichens Polizei-Captain, Feuerwehrmann, korrupter Politiker, Frauenheld und noch einiges mehr. Um Valentine aus diesem Schlamassel herauszuziehen, begibt sich Tim auf eine riskante Gratwanderung zwischen Recht und Gesetz.
Vom ›Wall Street Journal‹ zu einem der »zehn besten Kriminalromane des Jahres« gekürt.
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Lyndsay Faye gehört zu den authentischsten New Yorkern, nämlich denen, die woanders geboren wurden. Sie lebt in Manhatten.
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I just should stop buying books on a whim that I wasn't planning on getting. I read a few pages in the bookstore and really liked the writing style, especially the humor, and was under the impression that this really wanted to utilize the time period it is set it. I was wrong about that. My biggest problem with the book is that the characters, especially the good guys, feel like they're from our century: they talk like modern people, they have moral codes like modern people... If you don't mind this disconnect, you can probably enjoy this book, but it was really distracting for me. I also couldn't connect to Timothy: I liked his voice, but he's too sentimental and so forced to be likable and a "nice guy". The story idea was ok and the author tried to teach some historic events in a natural way, but since the whole book didn't feel natural to me I couldn't enjoy it much. The scenes that actually advanced the plot also sometimes lost me, the strength of the author seems to be in the more quite scenes. I definitely see an audience for this, but it isn't me and it probably isn't people who read a lot of historical fiction.
Description
Jetzt im Taschenbuch
Ein neuer Fall für Timothy Wilde, den ersten Polizisten von New York: Dieses Mal geht es um die schöne Blumenverkäuferin Lucy Adams, deren Familie entführt wird, um politische Intrigen und um einen florierenden Sklaven- Schwarzhandel mitten im liberalen New York. Und um eine Leiche im Bett von Tims Bruder Valentine, seines Zeichens Polizei-Captain, Feuerwehrmann, korrupter Politiker, Frauenheld und noch einiges mehr. Um Valentine aus diesem Schlamassel herauszuziehen, begibt sich Tim auf eine riskante Gratwanderung zwischen Recht und Gesetz.
Vom ›Wall Street Journal‹ zu einem der »zehn besten Kriminalromane des Jahres« gekürt.
Book Information
Author Description
Lyndsay Faye gehört zu den authentischsten New Yorkern, nämlich denen, die woanders geboren wurden. Sie lebt in Manhatten.
Posts
I just should stop buying books on a whim that I wasn't planning on getting. I read a few pages in the bookstore and really liked the writing style, especially the humor, and was under the impression that this really wanted to utilize the time period it is set it. I was wrong about that. My biggest problem with the book is that the characters, especially the good guys, feel like they're from our century: they talk like modern people, they have moral codes like modern people... If you don't mind this disconnect, you can probably enjoy this book, but it was really distracting for me. I also couldn't connect to Timothy: I liked his voice, but he's too sentimental and so forced to be likable and a "nice guy". The story idea was ok and the author tried to teach some historic events in a natural way, but since the whole book didn't feel natural to me I couldn't enjoy it much. The scenes that actually advanced the plot also sometimes lost me, the strength of the author seems to be in the more quite scenes. I definitely see an audience for this, but it isn't me and it probably isn't people who read a lot of historical fiction.