Death of a Hollow Man
Tł. pol.: "Śmierć pustego człowieka ".
Autor: Graham, Caroline
Actors do love their dramas, and the members of the Causton Amateur Dramatic Society are no exception. Passionate love scenes, jealous rages? they?re better than a paycheck (not that anyone one in this production of Amadeus is getting one). But even the most theatrically minded must admit that murdering the leading man in full view of the audience is a bit over the top. Luckily, Inspector Tom Barnaby ? first seen in The Killings at Badger`s Drift -- is in that audience, and he`s just the man to
find the killer. With so many dramas playing out, there`s no shortage of suspects, including secret lovers and jealous understudies galore. Ms. Graham tweaks her collection of community-theater artistes and small-town drama queens with merciless delight until the curtain falls on the final page.
Zobacz pełny opisOdpowiedzialność: | Caroline Graham | ||||||||||
Seria: | Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby case / Caroline Graham: [2] | ||||||||||
Hasła: | Powieść angielska - 21 w. | ||||||||||
Adres wydawniczy: | London : Headline Publishing Group, 2007. | ||||||||||
Opis fizyczny: | 339, [1] s.; 20 cm. Uwagi: | U dołu okł.: From the creator of Midsomer Murders. Tekst w jęz. ang. | Powiązane zestawienia: | Powieść i opowiadanie kryminalne | Książki w języku angielskim Skocz do: | Inne pozycje tego autora w zbiorach biblioteki | Dodaj recenzje, komentarz | Inne pozycje z serii | |
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Graham, Caroline
Caroline Graham jest brytyjską pisarką, urodzoną 17 lipca 1931 roku w Nuneaton, w hrabstwie Warwickshire. Była słuchaczką Open Uniwersity i uzyskała dyplom na Uniwersytecie w Birmingham na kierunku teatralnym. Jej pierwszą książką był romans „Fire Dance”, jednak największą popularność zdobył cykl jej powieści „Morderstwa w Midsomer”. Pierwsza książka z tego cyklu „Zabójstwa w Badger’s Drift” ukazała się w 1987 roku. Otrzymała za nią nagrodę Macavity Award. Powieść ta została również wpisana na listę 100 najlepszych kryminałów świata. Poza nią ukazało [>>]
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