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K. K. Beck

Autor(a) de A Hopeless Case

21+ Works 937 Membros 16 Críticas 1 Favorited

About the Author

Kathrine Kristine Beck was born in Seattle, Washington, on September 22, 1950. She received a B.A. from San Francisco State University. Before becoming a full-time mystery writer, Beck wrote advertising copy and edited a trade magazine. At one point she also sold radio air time, an experience she mostrar mais was later to include in We Interrupt this Broadcast, a mystery set in a small, classical radio station. Beck's mysteries are usually written in a light-hearted vein. Her first mystery, Death in a Deck Chair, is an entertaining period piece set in the 1920s on a transatlantic ocean liner. The two main characters from that book, debutante college student Iris Cooper and brash young reporter Jack Clancy, reappear in some of her later books, including Murder in a Mummy Case and Peril Under the Palms. Another recurring character is Jane da Silva, a middle-aged widow who becomes involved with various mysteries after she inherits her uncle's estate and, along with it, his business, which was helping desperate people find a solution to their problems. Books in this series include A Hopeless Case and Amateur Night. Other books by Beck include The Revenge of Kali-Ra; Bad Neighbors; Cold Smoked; Electric City; Young Mrs. Cavendish and the Kaiser's Men; Unwanted Attentions; Without a Trace; Death of a Prom Queen, which was written under the pseudonym Marie Oliver, and The Tell-Tale Tattoo. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:

(eng) aka Marie Oliver

Séries

Obras por K. K. Beck

A Hopeless Case (1993) 89 exemplares
The Body in the Cornflakes (1992) 79 exemplares
Cold Smoked (1995) 75 exemplares
Amateur Night (1993) 72 exemplares
Electric City (1994) 70 exemplares
Death in a Deck Chair (1984) 69 exemplares
The Body in the Volvo (1987) 61 exemplares
Murder in a Mummy Case (1986) 59 exemplares
The Revenge of Kali-Ra (1999) 53 exemplares
We Interrupt This Broadcast (1997) 45 exemplares
Peril Under the Palms (1989) 45 exemplares
Unwanted Attentions (1988) 25 exemplares
Bad Neighbors (1996) 24 exemplares
Fake (2002) 14 exemplares
Without a Trace (1988) 12 exemplares
Tipping the Valet (2015) 10 exemplares
Snitch (2005) 8 exemplares
Island Girl 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Best of Sisters in Crime (1997) — Contribuidor — 92 exemplares
Sisters in Crime 5 (1992) — Contribuidor — 85 exemplares
Malice Domestic 10 (2001) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
First Cases 2: First Appearances of Classic Amateur Sleuths (1997) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
More Murder, They Wrote (1999) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Beck, K. K.
Nome legal
Marris, Kathrine Kristine Beck
Outros nomes
Oliver, Marie
Data de nascimento
1950
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
Seattle, Washington, USA
Ocupações
novelist
short story writer
Relações
Dibdin, Michael (husband|widowed)
Nota de desambiguação
aka Marie Oliver

Membros

Críticas

A serviceable plot, film star reads b-movie type book, wants to make the movie, complications ensue. Just don't think the author goes far enough with it. If you're going to do a pastiche, go all in, like in the Abyerystwth books of Malcolm Price. One crazed fan stalking a couple of people didn't make it odd enough, for my taste. Did feel author did a good job piecing everything together and tying up lose ends.
 
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cspiwak | 4 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |
grocer's grandson kills to protect inheritance
 
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ritaer | Mar 25, 2021 |
Met K. K. Beck at a writers conference in the Northwest. Someone mentioned the book was good so I bought it. Humour as well as mystery. Worth it if you can still find it.
 
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Greymowser | Jan 22, 2016 |
Opal Whitely grew up in small logging towns in late 19th-century Oregon, gained regional fame as a nature-lover and teacher of young children, and went on to reinvent herself as an orphan, a victim of child abuse, the secret daughter of daughter of Henri, Prince of Orléans, and the child bride of the Prince of Wales. During the course of her adventures she published two books, was kidnapped by a very weird group of rich theosophists, tried to seduce Amelia Earhart's husband, and had a steamy sex scandal with a swami who turned out to be a fellow con-artist.

[full review here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2014/07/opal-life-of-enchantment-mystery-and.html ]
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kristykay22 | 5 outras críticas | Jul 8, 2014 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
21
Also by
10
Membros
937
Popularidade
#27,412
Avaliação
½ 3.3
Críticas
16
ISBN
76
Línguas
2
Marcado como favorito
1

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