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基本信息·出版社：Minotaur Books
·页码：240 页
·出版日期：2007年03月
·ISBN：0312362218
·International Standard Book Number：0312362218
·条形码：9780312362218
·EAN：9780312362218
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Torie O'Shea Mysteries
内容简介 With the Garden Club’s First Annual Rose Show right around the corner and a historic house up for sale, Torie O’Shea, mother of three and president of the historical society in New Kassel, Missouri, has her hands full.
Nosy by nature, Torie can’t help but poke around the old Kendall house, rumored to contain rare Civil War artifacts and even rarer quilts that would make fantastic additions to the historic Gaheimer House that Torie runs. But why stop there when the house itself would make such a wonderful addition to New Kassel’s historical homes? It could even become a textile museum. Sadly, the house’s history is as tragic as it is rich: In the 1920s, three twenty-something siblings committed suicide, and the more Torie uncovers, the more involved she becomes. Her curiosity draws her into some dark places, but it’s a present-day crime that sends her racing to unravel exactly what happened to those three siblings before anyone turns up dead.
The brilliant patchwork of characters and tightly stitched plots in Rett MacPherson’s
Died in the Wool will delight fans of this terrific series and win over new ones.
From the Inside Flap “A slice of Americana as warm and comforting as apple pie à la mode.”
---Booklist on
Blood Relations With the Garden Club’s First Annual Rose Show right around the corner and a historic house up for sale, Torie O’Shea, mother of three and president of the historical society in New Kassel, Missouri, has her hands full.
Nosy by nature, Torie can’t help but poke around the old Kendall house, rumored to contain rare Civil War artifacts and even rarer quilts that would make fantastic additions to the historic Gaheimer House that Torie runs. But why stop there when the house itself would make such a wonderful addition to New Kassel’s historical homes? It could even become a textile museum. Sadly, the house’s history is as tragic as it is rich: In the 1920s, three twenty-something siblings committed suicide, and the more Torie uncovers, the more involved she becomes. Her curiosity draws her into some dark places, but it’s a present-day crime that sends her racing to unravel exactly what happened to those three siblings before anyone turns up dead.
The brilliant patchwork of characters and tightly stitched plots in Rett MacPherson’s
Died in the Wool will delight fans of this terrific series and win over new ones.
作者简介 Rett MacPherson is the author of nine previous Torie O’Shea novels. She lives with her husband and three children in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.
媒体推荐 Praise for Rett MacPherson
“MacPherson deftly ties together fascinating historical facts, colorful characters, and a suspenseful plot.”
---Booklist on
Thicker Than Water “Delightful . . . Weaving the story and the characters into the believable minutiae of small-town life, MacPherson provides a stellar example of the traditional cozy.”
---Publishers Weekly on
Blood Relations “A slice of Americana as warm and comforting as apple pie à la mode.”
---Booklist on
Blood Relations “O’Shea has developed into a thoroughly likable character. . . . Long may she snoop.”
---St. Louis Post-Dispatch on
A Comedy of Heirs “Prepare to have your heartstrings tugged, for
Killing Cousins is an absorbing book that makes the reader feel like part of the long-ago tragedy.”
---Romantic Times on
Killing Cousins “MacPherson once again displays her mastery of the cozy form, adroitly mixing charming characters (both new and old), a plot steeped in family drama, plenty of humor, and just enough grit to keep the story grounded in the real world.”
---Booklist on
A Misty Mourning 专业书评 From Publishers WeeklyTorie O'Shea, genealogist and president of the New Kassel, Mo., historical society, unearths long-buried family secrets when she puzzles out the strange 1920s suicides of siblings Glory, Whalen and Rupert Kendall in MacPherson's homespun 10th Torie O'Shea mystery (after 2006's
Dead Man Running). The old Kendall house is put up for sale, and Torie hopes to buy and reinvent the home as a textile museum, honoring Glory Kendall, a skilled quilter. But Torie's interest broadens beyond historic fabric and needlework when she begins researching the odd circumstances surrounding the deaths of the Kendalls, who were survived by their father, Sanders. The ominous intrigue touches the present day when a friend of Torie's is poisoned with the same substance found long ago in Glory's body. Torie's determined historical detective work will absorb cozy readers.
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From the Back CoverPraise for Rett MacPherson
“MacPherson deftly ties together fascinating historical facts, colorful characters, and a suspenseful plot.”
---Booklist on
Thicker Than Water “Delightful . . . Weaving the story and the characters into the believable minutiae of small-town life, MacPherson provides a stellar example of the traditional cozy.”
---Publishers Weekly on
Blood Relations “O’Shea has developed into a thoroughly likable character. . . . Long may she snoop.”
---St. Louis Post-Dispatch on
A Comedy of Heirs “Prepare to have your heartstrings tugged, for
Killing Cousins is an absorbing book that makes the reader feel like part of the long-ago tragedy.”
---Romantic Times on
Killing Cousins “MacPherson once again displays her mastery of the cozy form, adroitly mixing charming characters (both new and old), a plot steeped in family drama, plenty of humor, and just enough grit to keep the story grounded in the real world.”
---Booklist on
A Misty MourningFrom BooklistIn the burgeoning subgenre of genealogical mysteries, MacPherson, author of the Torie O'Shea series, is something of an old-timer. This is the tenth novel featuring the genealogist, historian, and amateur sleuth. Looking into a house that recently went on the market--she may turn it into a museum--Torie winds up trying to solve an eight-decade-old crime. This is an immensely likable series, with a sturdy, engaging protagonist. Many cozy fans will have already discovered the O'Shea novels, but those who haven't should remedy the oversight in a hurry.
David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved 文摘 Chapter One “I’D LIKE TO BE A DENTIST” Barton thomas corbin was born in jacksonville, Florida, on December 22, 1963—just three minutes after his fraternal twin, Bradley Ray. Their father, Gene Corbin, was a military policeman and their mother, Connie, a bank teller. When the twins were 4 years old their parents had a third son they christened Robert, and from then on the family always referred to the twins as “Bobby’s brothers.” When the Corbin twins were 7 years old, their father moved the family 360 miles north to Atlanta, Georgia, where they settled in the suburb of Snellville. Lying eighteen miles east of Atlanta, where Interstate 78 crosses Highway 124, Snellville was a boom town in the early 1970s, with a long and colorful history. The Cherokee Tribe had once roamed the scenic forest of chestnut oaks, before the early American pioneers settled there. They initially named it New London, but Snellville owes its modern name to an adventurous Englishman named Thomas Snell, who sailed across the Atlantic to Georgia in the late Nineteenth Century. He eventually settled in New London, starting a general store which printed its own money for exclusive use on the premises, with Snell’s portrait on it. His store soon served all the neighboring communities, becoming so well known that the town adopted the name Snellville in his honor. The business continued to prosper until 1960, when it finally closed to be replaced by a gas station. As young boys the Corbin twins dressed identically and were inseparable, sharing the same room until after they graduated college. Soon after moving to Snellville, Barton saw the 1962 NBC Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The little boy totally related to Hermey, Santa’s elf who was too slow painting the toy trucks to be given to children as prese
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