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Title: Once upon a Crime (Peggy O'Neill Mystery) by M. D. Lake ISBN: 0-380-77520-4 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Anderson murder story
Comment: At the beginning of this book, campus cop Peggy O'Neill is recovering from injuries she suffered while on her last case. She becomes acquainted with Pia Austin, who is writing a thesis on Hans Christian Anderson. Peggy learns about two new worlds when she meets Pia's boyfriend Christian, the college's star quarterback and Sam, their friend who is into drama. Sam is producing "The Emperor's New Clothes" and the person who was to play the emperor is sick. He persuades Peggy to take the part. At the same time, there is a symposium about Hans Christian Anderson which is being sponsored by the University, and Pia's cold and remote father, Jens Lindemann, is the main speaker. Early on, Lindemann is killed. There are no end of suspects because Lindemann was very much a womanizer, and he also was the object of jealousy by his colleagues. Since Peggy is on leave from the campus police, she agrees to join the investigation until she goes back to work full-time. She does a lot of sleuthing and finally makes some clever deductions which lead her to the killer. Lake weaves a clever plot, and,despite a rather unusual ending, this is a very good mystery.
Rating: 3
Summary: Great Mystery, Unpleasant Resolution
Comment: The author's sendup of literary critics in academia, particularly feminist critics, is worth the price of admission all by itself. But the denouement, right after the mystery is solved, seems highly unsatisfactory to me, for reasons that can hardly be discussed without spoiling the otherwise clever plot.
Rating: 5
Summary: Maybe Lake's best
Comment: I thought I'd read all Lake's books, but I somehow missed this one. Two of my favorite Lake characters, Pia Austin and Sam Allen, appear here for the first time, and they're wonderful! I wish Lake would use them more--maybe even write a book featuring them, with Peggy (who I love) on the side. The story of Hans Christian Andersen's relationship with a remarkable Danish woman is expertly woven into the mystery and there's a side-splitting chapter on college football players too! Maybe I do like this the best of all Lake's books!
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Title: Murder By Mail (A Peggy O'Neill Mystery) by M. D. Lake ISBN: 0380768569 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun ISBN: 0399151079 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 26 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Cold Comfort (Peggy O'Neill Mystery) by M. D. Lake ISBN: 0380760320 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Death Calls the Tune (Peggy O'Neill Mystery) by M. D. Lake ISBN: 0380787601 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 06 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Amends for Murder (Peggy O'Neill Mystery) by M. D. Lake ISBN: 0380758652 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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