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Title: A Penny Urned: A Den of Antiquity Mystery (Den of Antiquity) by Tamar Myers ISBN: 0-380-81189-8 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not Up to Par
Comment: It took me a while to read this book, which is a rarity for me when I've got hold of a Tamar Myers mystery (Den of Antiquity OR her Penn-Dutch series). Although the book takes Abby to a different locale (Savannah) there isn't much action in it. Ms. Myers' humor is not up to par in comparison to her other books. Some of the plot and characters seem contrived - too coincidental, and it just didn't make her usual grade. I downright dislike what she did with Abby's mother in this one. It's way out there. Read if you must, but don't expect it to be one of her best.
Rating: 5
Summary: A pun queen ret"urns"
Comment: Tamar Myers is, as always, dead on in a witty yet not over-punned whimsy of a mystery. Once again Ms. Abigail Timberlake has inherited; a house and rare coin collection in Savannah, but this time she is going to have to "urn" it the hard way, because she has to locate the coins before she can inherit them. Touristing her way through the cemetaries and gardens of Savannah, off-beat characters and improbable plot lines, Ms. Myers engages and entertains with delightful and frothy fun and gentle pokes at Savannah's love affair with "In the Garden of Good and Evil." Better and less fattening than chocolate; and that(from a Coats)is a HUGE compliment.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not all that "cozy"
Comment: I've never understood the term "cozy mystery." Supposedly Ms. Myers writes "cozy mysteries." That's how reviewers and advertisers often describe them. However, the jeopardy is just as real, and the corpse is just as dead--drowned in champagne of the wrong color, in this case. Does "cozy" mean written by a woman? There's certainly nothing cozy about Patricia Cornwell's or Sue Grafton's crime fiction. Does it mean without a lot of "improper" words? Then, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, and Mary Roberts Rinehart would fit the genre. So what IS a cozy mystery?
This one is good fun, especially if the reader is familiar with the book, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." The setting is quirky Savannah, and Tamar Myers populates her book with quirky locals to go with the quirky entourage from Charlotte/Rock Hill. The characters are fascinating, the atmosphere almost palpable. And the plot has one final twist that send the reader off satisfied.
But cozy? Murder is never cozy. Tea and crumpets are cozy. "Pride and Prejudice" is a little cozy, perhaps. But not Tamar Myers.
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Title: Baroque and Desperate: A Den of Antiquity Mystery (Den of Antiquity) by Tamar Myers ISBN: 0380802252 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: So Faux, So Good: A Den of Antiquity Mystery (Den of Antiquity) by Tamar Myers ISBN: 0380792540 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Estate of Mind: A Den of Antiquity Mystery (Den of Antiquity) by Tamar Myers ISBN: 0380802279 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Splendor in the Glass (Den of Antiquity) by Tamar Myers ISBN: 0380819643 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Ming and I: A Den of Antiquity Mystery (Den of Antiquity) by Tamar Myers ISBN: 0380792559 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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