Take Out
Autor Margaret Maronen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mar 2018
NYPD Detective Sigrid Harald is still reeling from the untimely death of her lover, acclaimed painter Oscar Nauman, when she is called to investigate the poisoning of two homeless men in the West Village. As she examines the mysterious deaths, Sigrid uncovers a grim neighborhood scandal surrounding two influential women: one a haughty mafia widow, the other a retired opera prima donna, both with dark secrets they've kept under wraps for decades. Was the poison really meant for the homeless men, or were they merely unintended victims as the decades-long feud between the two women comes to a head?
And still, Sigrid can't stop wondering what brought her late lover so urgently across the country to the winding mountain road that took his life--until she meets a man who may hold the answers she seeks . . . .
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455567379
ISBN-10: 145556737X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 108 x 171 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 145556737X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 108 x 171 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
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
"Margaret
Maron
is
one
of
those
authors
whose
devoted
fans
would
follow
them
anywhere."—The
New
York
Times
"Excellent...If this is indeed Maron's final book, as she has announced, she is quitting while still in top form."—Publishers Weekly(STARRED REVIEW)
"Maron's series finale and last book ends her distinguished writing career on a high note. Her many fans will enjoy this while wiping away tears of farewell."—Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)
"Every Margaret Maron is a celebration of something remarkable."—New York Times Book Review
"Maron writes with wit and sophistication."—USA Today
"[V]ery satisfying. If we must leave Sigrid Harald, this is the way to do it."—LA Review of Books
"Sigrid Harald is smart, efficient, and sympathetic."—Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
"There's nobody better."—Chicago Tribune
"Opening a new Margaret Maron is like unwrapping a Christmas gift."—Cleveland Plain Dealer
"You read a Maron mystery for the rich back stories of her main characters as much as for the whodunit, and she doesn't disappoint here."—The News & Observer
"This author knows how to draw you in! The family interaction made me so curious that it was impossible to put down."—Suspense Magazine on Long Upon the Land
"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 Reviewon 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)on Designated Daughters
"Excellent...If this is indeed Maron's final book, as she has announced, she is quitting while still in top form."—Publishers Weekly(STARRED REVIEW)
"Maron's series finale and last book ends her distinguished writing career on a high note. Her many fans will enjoy this while wiping away tears of farewell."—Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)
"Every Margaret Maron is a celebration of something remarkable."—New York Times Book Review
"Maron writes with wit and sophistication."—USA Today
"[V]ery satisfying. If we must leave Sigrid Harald, this is the way to do it."—LA Review of Books
"Sigrid Harald is smart, efficient, and sympathetic."—Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
"There's nobody better."—Chicago Tribune
"Opening a new Margaret Maron is like unwrapping a Christmas gift."—Cleveland Plain Dealer
"You read a Maron mystery for the rich back stories of her main characters as much as for the whodunit, and she doesn't disappoint here."—The News & Observer
PRAISE
FOR
MARGARET
MARON'S
DEBORAH
KNOTT
SERIES:
"Bestseller
Maron's
20th
Deborah
Knott
mystery
(after
2014'sDesignated
Daughters)
combines
strong
plotting,
a
superb
cast
of
recurring
characters,
and
a
rare
sense
of
place
that
transports
readers
to
rural
North
Carolina.
District
court
judge
Deborah
and
the
huge
Knott
clan
headed
by
Deborah's
father,
reformed
bootlegger
Kezzie
Knott,
become
involved
in
a
murder
investigation
when
Kezzie
finds
Vick
Earp
bludgeoned
to
death
on
the
family
farm.
Vick
and
his
Earp
relatives
have
had
an
ongoing
feud
with
the
Knotts.
When
Deborah's
lawman
husband,
Dwight
Bryant,
is
appointed
lead
investigator,
the
victim's
uncle,
Joby
Earp,
is
quick
to
stir
up
charges
of
favoritism.
Providing
counterpoint
to
the
murder
case
is
the
backstory
of
Deborah's
mother,
Sue
Stephenson,
and
Sue's
relationship
with
the
mysterious
Capt.
Walter
Raynesford
McIntyre,
of
the
U.S.
Army
Air
Corps,
whom
she
meets
in
1943
at
a
USO
club.
It
all
adds
up
to
another
sparkling
chapter
of
the
Knott
family
saga."—Publishers
Weekly
(Starred
Review)
on
Long
Upon
the
Land"This author knows how to draw you in! The family interaction made me so curious that it was impossible to put down."—Suspense Magazine on Long Upon the Land
"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 Reviewon 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)on Designated Daughters