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Dust,

von: Martha Grimes

Dust
Bindung: Taschenbuch
Dewey-Dezimalklassifikation: 813.54
EAN: 9780451222664
Ausgabe: Reprint
ISBN: 0451222660
Label: Signet, London
Hersteller: Signet, London
Anzahl Seiten: 432
Erscheinungsdatum: Dezember 01, 2007
Herausgeber: Signet, London
Studio: Signet, London

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Bewertung: - Maybe not a highpoint, but still awfully good reading
This Jury story, with its tribute to Henry James, perhaps didn't fit the classic mold I remember from most other Jury books. However, I personally found the James references quite interesting and perhaps not so irrelevant to Jury's thought processes.
Despite weaknesses referred to in other reader reviews (stomach contents going unnoticed), it was still very good entertainment. What I missed, was resolution of the crime. Although we know in the end "whodunit", the events of the last pages rather emphasized questions about what will happen going forward. The book's weakness for me, if anything, was just not tying up loose ends to my satisfaction.
However, we cannot always control our favorite authors! If I compare to E. George or P. Cornwall, I can only thank goodness that Jury is still Jury and the his faithful allies Melrose Plant, Sgt Wiggins, Benny etc. remain true to character. And, Ms. Grimes hasn't lost her sense of humor. While I love following the detectives personal ... weiter

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Bewertung: - Too much dust obscures logic
I was rather disappointed because the book makes for slow reading and its many references to Henry James are quite irritating for people who are not fans or not so knowledgeable of Henry James} books. The plot is too convoluted and seems to have been constructed on a drawing board.

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Bewertung: - Disappointed
I am a huge fan of Grimes, and her Richard Jury series, but this seemed rushed and lacking in the depth and richness of her earlier books. The many wonderful characters that embellish her other Jury novels were briefly glossed over. Several major flaws, including the fact that the contents of the stomach of the victim would have been discovered during the autopsy. The person responsible for the crime, and the reason for it, were both farfetched ... Grimes is either losing her touch, had to rush to meet a deadline, or, heaven forbid, turned it over to a ghostwriter!! Skip it and try Tino Georgiou's bestseller--The Fates--if you missed it!

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Bewertung: - wo bleibt die Logik, Mrs Grimes?
Zugegeben, ich bin ein Fan von Richard Jury und lese alle Bücher über ihn, aber diesmal muss ich doch etwas Wasser in den Wein schütten, denn es zeigen sich doch dermaßen gravierende logische Fehler, dass man sich fragt, ob es nicht einen Lektor gibt, der so etwas bemerken müsste.
Die Geschichte an sich ist ok und leidlich spannend, wenn auch das Mordmotiv weit hergeholt ist. Wie so oft bei anglo-amerikansichen Autoren muss eine böse Nazi-Vergangenheit herhalten, wenn einem mal die Motive ausgehen, was beim 21. Buch der Serie ja mal sein kann. Wobei es mir fragwürdig erscheint, dass fanatische Nazi-Größen ihre eigenen Kinder aus Deutschland herausgeschmuggelt haben sollen um diese im Ausland (beim Feind also!) adoptieren zu lassen.
Nein, mich ärgert eher, dass Frau Grimes uns einerseits weis machen will, wir läsen einen Krimi, der in der Jetztzeit spielt, denn die Protagonisten hantieren mit modernen Handys und Jury erwähnt einmal den Channel Tunnel ("Chunnel"), der ... weiter

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