How to Kill a Crime Writer
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- $179.00
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- $179.00
Descripción editorial
After the untimely death of her bestselling crime novelist mother, a young woman teams up with the fictional “ghost” of the heroine from her mother’s series in order to solve her mother’s murder.
After the tragic death of bestselling crime writer Annie Morrisey, her daughter, Niamh, moves into her mother's country cottage to take care of her mother’s estate. Shut away from the world, Niamh doesn't actually have to deal with the grief of her mother's untimely passing. Until the day that two things happen: the advance copy of her mother's final book lands on the doorstep and Leah Rebecca Overton appears in the kitchen.
Having a stranger show up in your house would be concerning at the best of times, but Leah isn't a stranger—she's the ultra-competent sleuth heroine from Annie’s novels. The antithesis of Niamh in every way, she's lived in the fictitious character's shadow for years. But why (and how) has Leah turned up now? And why can only Niamh see her? Leah is the last thing Niamh wants in her house or in her head, but she can't ignore the sleuth...especially when Leah suspects there may have been more to Annie's death than first suspected.
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Can a meek woman solve her famous mother's murder with the help of her mother's fictional protagonist? That's the concept of this ambitious but slow-moving whodunit from Lotz (Missing Person). Annie Morrissey, bestselling author of six novels starring hardboiled gumshoe Leah Overton, dies after falling off a ladder at her home in Shropshire, England. Four months later, her daughter, Niamh, a directionless university dropout, moves into Annie's former home. Niamh has mixed feelings about her mother's work—she enjoyed helping out on book tours, but considered Leah to be an idealized version of the daughter Annie wished she'd had. Niamh gets a chance to reconsider her attitude when an apparition in the form of Leah appears in Annie's kitchen and begins conversing with her. In their exchange, Leah asserts that she thinks Annie's death involved foul play, nudging Niamh to help her investigate the neighbors for incriminating evidence. Though Niamh and Leah eventually crack the case, the plot never really heats up, and the ghostly conceit at the center of the novel feels undercooked. This feels like a missed opportunity.
