Murder at Mallowan Hall
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Colleen Cambridge's charming and inventive new historical series introduces an unforgettable heroine in Phyllida Bright, fictional housekeeper for none other than famed mystery novelist Agatha Christie. When a dead body is found during a house party at the home of Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan, it's up to famous author's head of household, Phyllida Bright, to investigate...
Tucked away among Devon's rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright, as efficient as she is personable, manages the large household with an iron fist in her very elegant glove. In one respect, however, Mallowan Hall stands far apart from other picturesque country houses...
The manor is home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife, Agatha Christie. Phyllida is both loyal to and protective of the crime writer, who is as much friend as employer. An aficionado of detective fiction, Phyllida has yet to find a gentleman in real life half as fascinating as Mrs. Agatha's Belgian hero, Hercule Poirot. But though accustomed to murder and its methods as frequent topics of conversation, Phyllida is unprepared for the sight of a very real, very dead body on the library floor...
A former Army nurse, Phyllida reacts with practical common sense--and a great deal of curiosity. It soon becomes clear that the victim arrived at Mallowan Hall under false pretenses during a weekend party. Now, Phyllida not only has a houseful of demanding guests on her hands--along with a distracted, anxious staff--but hordes of reporters camping outside. When another dead body is discovered--this time, one of her housemaids--Phyllida decides to follow in M. Poirot's footsteps to determine which of the Mallowans' guests is the killer. With help from the village's handsome physician, Dr. Bhatt, Mr. Dobble, the butler, along with other household staff, Phyllida assembles the clues. Yet, she is all too aware that the killer must still be close at hand and poised to strike again. And only Phyllida's wits will prevent her own story from coming to an abrupt end...
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Es fing gut an, wie ein klassischer Whodunnit-Krimi, aber nach und nach verlor es sich immer mehr in unnötig langen Beschreibungen von Details, so dass meine Gedanken immer wieder wegdrifteten. Auch ging mir Phyllida als "Ermittlerin" irgendwann ziemlich auf den Geist, sie war sehr arrogant und von sich selbst eingenommen. Die Dynamik zwischen ihr und Bradford konnte ich gar nicht nachvollziehen und mochte sie nicht. Es waren mir auch irgendwann zu viele Figuren mit so vielen Namen, die ich mir alle gar nicht merken konnte, letztendlich wusste ich zwar, wer wie in was verstrickt war, konnte die Person aber nicht benennen, sondern nur "Ach ja, hier, der eine da". Unbefriedigend. Ab hier Spoiler: An sich hätte ich dem Buch 3 Sterne gegeben, aber was mich noch einen Stern abziehen lässt, ist die Darstellung und Behandlung von queeren Figuren. Queer- und homofeindliche Worte von mehreren Figuren und dann das alt bekannte "Erwischt! Erpressung!"-Motiv. Not cool.
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Colleen Cambridge's charming and inventive new historical series introduces an unforgettable heroine in Phyllida Bright, fictional housekeeper for none other than famed mystery novelist Agatha Christie. When a dead body is found during a house party at the home of Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan, it's up to famous author's head of household, Phyllida Bright, to investigate...
Tucked away among Devon's rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright, as efficient as she is personable, manages the large household with an iron fist in her very elegant glove. In one respect, however, Mallowan Hall stands far apart from other picturesque country houses...
The manor is home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife, Agatha Christie. Phyllida is both loyal to and protective of the crime writer, who is as much friend as employer. An aficionado of detective fiction, Phyllida has yet to find a gentleman in real life half as fascinating as Mrs. Agatha's Belgian hero, Hercule Poirot. But though accustomed to murder and its methods as frequent topics of conversation, Phyllida is unprepared for the sight of a very real, very dead body on the library floor...
A former Army nurse, Phyllida reacts with practical common sense--and a great deal of curiosity. It soon becomes clear that the victim arrived at Mallowan Hall under false pretenses during a weekend party. Now, Phyllida not only has a houseful of demanding guests on her hands--along with a distracted, anxious staff--but hordes of reporters camping outside. When another dead body is discovered--this time, one of her housemaids--Phyllida decides to follow in M. Poirot's footsteps to determine which of the Mallowans' guests is the killer. With help from the village's handsome physician, Dr. Bhatt, Mr. Dobble, the butler, along with other household staff, Phyllida assembles the clues. Yet, she is all too aware that the killer must still be close at hand and poised to strike again. And only Phyllida's wits will prevent her own story from coming to an abrupt end...
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Es fing gut an, wie ein klassischer Whodunnit-Krimi, aber nach und nach verlor es sich immer mehr in unnötig langen Beschreibungen von Details, so dass meine Gedanken immer wieder wegdrifteten. Auch ging mir Phyllida als "Ermittlerin" irgendwann ziemlich auf den Geist, sie war sehr arrogant und von sich selbst eingenommen. Die Dynamik zwischen ihr und Bradford konnte ich gar nicht nachvollziehen und mochte sie nicht. Es waren mir auch irgendwann zu viele Figuren mit so vielen Namen, die ich mir alle gar nicht merken konnte, letztendlich wusste ich zwar, wer wie in was verstrickt war, konnte die Person aber nicht benennen, sondern nur "Ach ja, hier, der eine da". Unbefriedigend. Ab hier Spoiler: An sich hätte ich dem Buch 3 Sterne gegeben, aber was mich noch einen Stern abziehen lässt, ist die Darstellung und Behandlung von queeren Figuren. Queer- und homofeindliche Worte von mehreren Figuren und dann das alt bekannte "Erwischt! Erpressung!"-Motiv. Not cool.