Long Upon the Land: A Deborah Knott Mystery
Autor Margaret Maronen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 mar 2016
Margaret
Maron'sNew
York
Timesbestselling
mystery
series
featuring
Judge
Deborah
Knott
comes
to
a
heartwarming
conclusion...
LONG
UPON
THE
LAND
On
a
quiet
August
morning,
Judge
Deborah
Knott's
father,
Kezzie,
discovers
a
dead
body
on
his
farm.
Investigating
the
crime,
Deborah's
husband,
Sheriff's
Deputy
Dwight
Bryant,
soon
uncovers
a
long-simmering
hostility
between
Kezzie
and
the
slain
man
over
a
land
dispute,
casting
suspicion
on
the
Knott
family.
Meanwhile,
Deborah
receives
a
cigarette
lighter
that
once
belonged
to
her
mother,
which
makes
her
curious
about
her
parents.
How
did
they
meet?
And
how
could
a
prominent
attorney's
daughter
marry
the
uneducated
son
of
a
moonshiner?
Why
are
Deborah's
brothers
so
evasive
about
the
dead
man?
Is
the
murder
linked
to
Kezzie's
illegal
whiskey
business?
And
could
his
courtship
of
Deborah's
mother
have
something
to
do
with
the
bad
blood
between
the
two
families?
Deborah's
loyalties
are
torn
as
she
tries
to
clear
her
family
from
suspicion
without
hampering
Dwight's
investigation.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455545315
ISBN-10: 1455545317
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 108 x 171 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
Seria A Deborah Knott Mystery
ISBN-10: 1455545317
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 108 x 171 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
Seria A Deborah Knott Mystery
Notă biografică
MARGARET
MARONgrew
up
in
the
country
near
Raleigh,
North
Carolina,
but
for
many
years
lived
in
Brooklyn,
New
York.
When
she
and
her
artist
husband
returned
to
the
farm
that
had
been
in
her
family
for
a
hundred
years,
she
began
a
series
based
on
her
own
background.
The
first
book,Bootlegger's
Daughter,
became
aWashington
Postbestseller
that
swept
the
major
mystery
awards
for
its
year-winning
the
Edgar,
Agatha,
Anthony,
and
Macavity
Awards
for
Best
Novel-and
is
among
the
100
Favorite
Mysteries
of
the
Century
as
selected
by
the
Independent
Mystery
Booksellers
Association.
Later
Deborah
Knott
novelsUp
Jumps
the
Devil,Storm
Track,
andThree-Day
Towneach
also
won
the
Agatha
Award
for
Best
Novel.
Margaret
is
also
the
author
of
the
Sigrid
Harald
series
of
detective
novels.
In
2008,
Maron
received
the
North
Carolina
Award
for
Literature,
the
highest
civilian
honor
the
state
bestows
on
its
authors.
And
in
2013,
the
Mystery
Writers
of
America
celebrated
Maron's
contributions
to
the
mystery
genre
by
naming
her
a
Grand
Master-an
honor
first
bestowed
on
Agatha
Christie.
To
find
out
more
about
her,
you
can
visit
MargaretMaron.com.
Recenzii
Praise
for
DESIGNATED
DAUGHTERS:
In DESIGNATED DAUGHTERS, practically the whole clan shows up at the hospice where Aunt Rachel has interrupted the process of dying to deliver a rambling account of all the things that have been on her wandering mind. It's quite a lovely deathbed aria, narrated in the honeyed accents of the region. But someone must have feared Aunt Rachel might divulge a buried secret because that someone creeps into her room and smothers her with a pillow.
Maron knows how to adorn a solid murder mystery with plenty of ancillary entertainments. But her broader theme involves the way families flourish when they work together for the common good. While there are charming scenes of group projects like building a pond shed and assembling a bluegrass band, the clan members Maron really cherishes are those who devote themselves to caring for the elders of the family. Living saints they are, every last one of them.
—New York Times Book Review
Praise for DESIGNATED DAUGHTERS:
In MWA Grand Master Maron's outstanding 19th mystery featuring judge Deborah Knott of North Carolina's Colleton County (after 2012'sThe Buzzard Table), Deborah's elderly aunt, Rachel Morton, lies near death in a hospice. Rachel attracts a crowd of friends and relatives as she talks of "babies, fires, and unpaid debts, of someone who beat his wife and of cowbirds and vegetables and broken jars." A distraction allows a killer enough time to slip into Rachel's room and smother her with a pillow, thus ending her ramblings, which apparently concealed deadly secrets. Unraveling those secrets-some 60 years old-is a slow, difficult process with lots of suspects among friends and family. Maron achieves a delicate balance as she explores differences between mistakes, sins, and crimes, and shows that justice is not always arrived at by conventional means. Humor (e.g., Deborah outfoxes an unscrupulous auctioneer) and social issues (e.g., the difficult role of caregivers to the elderly) add to the warmth of a large family with all its foibles, squabbles, and quirks.—Publishers Weekly(Starred Review)
Praise for DESIGNATED DAUGHTERS:
When Judge Deborah Knott gets a call from the convalescent home about her Aunt Rachel, she expects to hear the worst. She arrives to find her aunt awake and telling stories from her past, including some that are new to Deborah. Yet within hours Rachel is dead, and it is obvious that she was murdered. While Deborah and her husband, sheriff's deputy Dwight Bryant, investigate, her family becomes embroiled in a dispute with a dirty antiques dealer. Alternating viewpoints between Deborah and Dwight, Maron weaves family threads together with current events that leave the reader wanting to know more about the Knott family tree.
Verdict: The author's 19th series outing (afterThe Buzzard Table) offers loyal fans a fresh look at her expansive family and community. Readers will savor the slow-paced Southern culture and layered story. Maron was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2013.—Library Journal(Starred Review)
Praise for DESIGNATED DAUGHTERS:
In DESIGNATED DAUGHTERS, practically the whole clan shows up at the hospice where Aunt Rachel has interrupted the process of dying to deliver a rambling account of all the things that have been on her wandering mind. It's quite a lovely deathbed aria, narrated in the honeyed accents of the region. But someone must have feared Aunt Rachel might divulge a buried secret because that someone creeps into her room and smothers her with a pillow.
Maron knows how to adorn a solid murder mystery with plenty of ancillary entertainments. But her broader theme involves the way families flourish when they work together for the common good. While there are charming scenes of group projects like building a pond shed and assembling a bluegrass band, the clan members Maron really cherishes are those who devote themselves to caring for the elders of the family. Living saints they are, every last one of them.
—New York Times Book Review
Praise for DESIGNATED DAUGHTERS:
In MWA Grand Master Maron's outstanding 19th mystery featuring judge Deborah Knott of North Carolina's Colleton County (after 2012'sThe Buzzard Table), Deborah's elderly aunt, Rachel Morton, lies near death in a hospice. Rachel attracts a crowd of friends and relatives as she talks of "babies, fires, and unpaid debts, of someone who beat his wife and of cowbirds and vegetables and broken jars." A distraction allows a killer enough time to slip into Rachel's room and smother her with a pillow, thus ending her ramblings, which apparently concealed deadly secrets. Unraveling those secrets-some 60 years old-is a slow, difficult process with lots of suspects among friends and family. Maron achieves a delicate balance as she explores differences between mistakes, sins, and crimes, and shows that justice is not always arrived at by conventional means. Humor (e.g., Deborah outfoxes an unscrupulous auctioneer) and social issues (e.g., the difficult role of caregivers to the elderly) add to the warmth of a large family with all its foibles, squabbles, and quirks.—Publishers Weekly(Starred Review)
Praise for DESIGNATED DAUGHTERS:
When Judge Deborah Knott gets a call from the convalescent home about her Aunt Rachel, she expects to hear the worst. She arrives to find her aunt awake and telling stories from her past, including some that are new to Deborah. Yet within hours Rachel is dead, and it is obvious that she was murdered. While Deborah and her husband, sheriff's deputy Dwight Bryant, investigate, her family becomes embroiled in a dispute with a dirty antiques dealer. Alternating viewpoints between Deborah and Dwight, Maron weaves family threads together with current events that leave the reader wanting to know more about the Knott family tree.
Verdict: The author's 19th series outing (afterThe Buzzard Table) offers loyal fans a fresh look at her expansive family and community. Readers will savor the slow-paced Southern culture and layered story. Maron was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2013.—Library Journal(Starred Review)
Praise for DESIGNATED DAUGHTERS:
[four
stars]
Maron
is
still
going
strong
with
the
19th
installment
in
her
Deborah
Knott
series.
DESIGNATED
DAUGHTERS
is
a
solid
mystery
where
Southern
charm
meets
murder.
Maron
delves
into
some
social
issues
of
today,
and
readers
can
expect
a
small-town
family
atmosphere
with
a
lot
of
heart.
Judge
Deborah
Knott's
beloved
Aunt
Rachel
is
expected
to
pass
away
at
any
moment--but
she
wakes
up
surrounded
by
family
and
friends
and
begins
to
reminisce
as
if
she
were
a
young
woman
again.
The
Knott
family's
happiness
at
Rachel's
great
improvement
is
short
lived
when
she
is
smothered
with
a
pillow
shortly
thereafter.
As
Deborah
and
her
husband,
Sheriff's
Deputy
Dwight
Bryant,
look
into
what
happened,
their
path
continues
to
cross
with
a
list
of
unlikely
suspects.
The
pair
soon
realizes
that
the
motive
for
murder
was
a
secret
told
during
Aunt
Rachel's
mixed-up
ramblings
before
her
death--a
secret
worth
killing
for.—RT
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