Mystery
Registered by Suebo of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on 8/1/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
Picked up at a yard sale. Loved the book, can't wait to listen to this one.
I really enjoyed the book version of this story. The abridged left some stuff out, but it's like that with all abridged books. The story was still the same and it was a good one.
Journal Entry 3 by Suebo at -- By Post Or By Hand-i.e. Ring, Trade, RABCK, Meet in Monroe Township, New Jersey USA on Saturday, October 8, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (10/8/2005 UTC) at -- By Post Or By Hand-i.e. Ring, Trade, RABCK, Meet in Monroe Township, New Jersey USA
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I had a hard time following this one; maybe I should have read the book first! I have to say that James Woods' adenoidal voice really put me off - perhaps that's why I found it so hard to enjoy.
From Publishers Weekly
In a meaty tribute to mystery sub-genres, Straub ( Ghost Story ) serves up a coming-of-age tale, a country-manor murder mystery and a twisted knot of governmental corruption and cover-up. Ten-year-old Tom Pasmore, a rich resident of the Caribbean island of Mill Walk, is hit by a car and, in a near-death experience, sees visions of himself in the future. During his long recuperation, Tom reads mystery stories brought to him by Lamont von Heilitz, an eccentric neighbor, once a famous detective. Action resumes when Tom, now aged 17 and possessed of sharpened deductive skills, gives the police an anonymous tip to help them solve the murder of a government official's sister. Tom's tip backfires, motivating him to join Lamont in trying to solve a murder that took place 20 years earlier in the Wisconsin resort town where Mill Walk's privileged citizens spend their summers. That layered, complex case reveals a long history of corruption, leads to more murders, to realization of the meaning of Tom's early visions and his discovery of his true identity. While evocative of place and time (the early '60s) and peopled with memorable characters, the story tries to fit into too many subgenres to succeed completely at any one. $200,000 ad/promo.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title
In a meaty tribute to mystery sub-genres, Straub ( Ghost Story ) serves up a coming-of-age tale, a country-manor murder mystery and a twisted knot of governmental corruption and cover-up. Ten-year-old Tom Pasmore, a rich resident of the Caribbean island of Mill Walk, is hit by a car and, in a near-death experience, sees visions of himself in the future. During his long recuperation, Tom reads mystery stories brought to him by Lamont von Heilitz, an eccentric neighbor, once a famous detective. Action resumes when Tom, now aged 17 and possessed of sharpened deductive skills, gives the police an anonymous tip to help them solve the murder of a government official's sister. Tom's tip backfires, motivating him to join Lamont in trying to solve a murder that took place 20 years earlier in the Wisconsin resort town where Mill Walk's privileged citizens spend their summers. That layered, complex case reveals a long history of corruption, leads to more murders, to realization of the meaning of Tom's early visions and his discovery of his true identity. While evocative of place and time (the early '60s) and peopled with memorable characters, the story tries to fit into too many subgenres to succeed completely at any one. $200,000 ad/promo.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title
Giving to my friend Barb, hoping to make her a bookcrosser!
Giving to my friend Barb.
Journal Entry 8 by DameEdna at -- By Post Or By Hand-i.e. Ring, Trade, RABCK, Meet in Monroe Township, New Jersey USA on Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Released 10 yrs ago (3/18/2014 UTC) at -- By Post Or By Hand-i.e. Ring, Trade, RABCK, Meet in Monroe Township, New Jersey USA
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going into a book box
Gratefully taken from imawinn2's audiocassette box - thank you!
Off to see the world as one of my November RABCKs - enjoy!
Released for pinkoeria's E-less challenge.
Released for pinkoeria's E-less challenge.
Thank you for sending this my way.
I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
Just your average whodunit, nothing really remarkable about this story, but a good way to pass the time while walking the treadmill.
Left on table in entry.
