Death Comes to Santa Fe
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
Former New York darling turned amateur sleuth Madeline Vaughn-Alwin is once again thrown into a colourful yet deadly web of secrets, lies and soirees to die for!
It's the week of Fiesta in Santa Fe and Maddie is looking forward to enjoying the celebrations. But as 'Old Man Gloom' Zozobra goes up in flames, so too do Maddie's hopes for a carefree life . . . Human remains are found in the dying embers of Zozobra, and then Maddie and her dashing beau Dr David Cole find a body washed up in the arroyo at the edge of town.
Soon identified as Ricardo Montoya, a wealthy businessman and head of one of the most affluent families in Santa Fe . . . the plot starts to thicken. While his beautiful wife Catalina and her complicated children seem less than heartbroken at his untimely demise, and with many disgruntled locals crawling out of the woodwork, Maddie is surrounded by suspects.
With the celebrations of Fiesta continuing around them, Maddie and her 'Detection Posse' get busy infiltrating the best parties and hobnobbing with old and new faces - but can they bring the murderer to justice before they strike again?
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Set in the 1920s, the uneven final entry in Allen's Santa Fe Revival trilogy (after A Moment in Crime) again centers on Maddie Vaughn-Alwin, a painter and descendant of the New York City elite who's fled her family's Fifth Avenue mansion to live out west. When a wealthy, unpopular Santa Fe businessman is murdered, the list of obvious suspects is long, and the local police inspector seems more occupied with snacking on popcorn and caramel apples than pursuing the perpetrator. Maddie decides to investigate the crime herself, falling in with a colorful array of secondary characters along the way, including a famous mystery novelist, a housekeeper, and the charming Dr. David Cole. The mystery gets off to a slow start; Allen's prose is somewhat repetitive, with multiple characters feeling like "the bee's knees" and plenty of men and meals labeled "yummy"; and the solution depends on an unlikely clue. Still, Maddie is a winning heroine, and the period details will appeal to those enamored of 1920s speakeasies. Historical cozy fans should take a look.