Le Masque gris
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9782264020765 (2264020768)
Publish date: February 26th 2007
Publisher: 10/18
Pages no: 286
Edition language: French
Series: Miss Silver (#1)
Well, well. I had low expectations for this book and only really looked forward to it because it was planned buddy read with Lillelara. So, imagine my surprise when I actually enjoyed this story despite its entirely bonkers plot and even despite its utterly, utterly stupid main character. Margot re...
Well, the ending was sort of anticlimatic. But since the plot of this book was completely bonkers in the first place and the whole romance plot was a dud from beginning to end, I don´t mind the ending too much. And to tell the truth, I found this book to be an entertaining read, which would put this...
Rating: 3* of five In the 90 years since this was written, I think its central premise...that people will do anything to avoid embarrassment...has proved an evergreen turned inside out. Reality TV takes everyone's dirtiest and smelliest laundry public. The characters in this book would have expired ...
I've always been familiar with the name Patricia Wentworth as one of those Golden Age authors omnipresent on my mom's bookshelves, but I had no idea at all about the books themselves. That gave me the chance to come at this one completely fresh, with no pre-conceived notions of what I'd be getting ...
This book marks Miss Silver's entrance into the annals of Golden Age crime fiction, and it's certainly an enjoyable one. I'd read other Miss Silver mysteries before: This doesn't strike me as a series one absolutely has to read strictly in order; even though it is worthwhile noting that Wentworth ...
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