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A carregar... Murder Gone Minoan (1939)por Clyde B. Clason
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The rich Greek built a replica of a Minoan palace on an island off the coast of California. He was its absolute ruler -- until someone stole his most priceless possession, a statue of the snake goddess. To get it back, he enlists the help of Roman history scholar and sometimes amateur detective, Theocritus Lucius Westborough, who is shocked to discover that the island is almost completely cut off from the rest of the world. Family, servants and guests are under the almost total control of this modern-day king -- the self-proclaimed Minos. But when theft turns into murder, the police are baffled and ask Prof. Westborough to bring his unique talents to bear in catching a murderer whose intelligence is exceeded only by his callous disregard for human life. The killer is obviously on the island. Suspects abound, including the Minos' second wife, a youthful-looking woman in her forties who, for some reason, he loathes; her son, a frail young man who has only two interests in life: studying early native American sites on the island and his beautiful and strong-willed stepsister; a rival businessman and his shallow, if athletic son; an impoverished artist hired to recreate Minoan frescoes on the walls of the palace; and a Minoan scholar who trades literary quotations with Westborough at every turn. First published in 1939, Murder Gone Minoan presents fascinating look at Minoan customs and art, as well as a glimpse at the life of early channel Indians, in an entertaining, if decidedly old-fashioned, detective puzzle. Book jacket. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The tycoon Alexis Paphagloss ( what an unnecessary mouthful, try saying it out loud you have to swallow your glottis) who collects Minoan artifacts as a hobby possesses one of the most precious items there is, a naked chested goddess which gets stolen while there are several people inhabiting the castle, both visitors and family. Alexis asks Theocritus Lucius Westborough (another name that is hard to remember and spell although I could pronounce it} to come to Knossos and find it.
This was a very enjoyable story. There are a lot of characters and the main way to keep them straight was to keep in mind that important characters had long alphabet soup names. The longer the name, the more important the personage, the less syllables in the names the less important the person. The cook was called Anne.
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