- Paperback: 344 pages
- Publisher: Thalia Press (May 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 098194423X
- ISBN-13: 978-0981944234
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
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Thus final book in the Hubbert & Lil mystery series by Gallagher Gray features the irrepressible Auntie Lil and her buttoned-down nephew T.S. Hubbert as they investigate a grisley death at NYC's Metropolitan Ballet Company.
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The fourth installment of the lighthearted series puts the unlikely pair of senior citizen sleuths on the trail of the killer of a New York City show business hotshot found swinging from the rafters at the Metropolitan Ballet. Original.
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First Class Senior Citizen Amateur Detective Novel, April 6 2012
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This is my first encounter with an author and a book which have been around for more than a decade. It is straight mystery in the traditional sense, not what I would categorize as a cozy. The amateur sleuth is an 84 year old woman, able to move in the highest stratum of society, yet is not more "cozy" than Miss Marple (although a good bit more mobile). (I make this comparison of types not to be critical of the cozy genre, which I find most appealing, but to be clear about the differences that seem to define the two sub-types of the broad category: mystery.The murder takes place in the midst of a performance by a New York City ballet company. Star is the teen-age movie idol who was once less than a star student of the ballet school of the Company. His father, his manager, has reneged on a contract with a Hollywood producer, forcing the latter to the brink of bankruptcy, in order to have his son appear in New York. It is in the nature of the father to create a storm of hard feeling through his imperious demands and egotistical behavior. The result: disruption of the first appearance by the young Hollywoodian.
Into the chaos caused by bad publicity for the Company comes Auntie Lil, a member of the Board of Directors, who has herself appointed representative sleuth for the Company, to show its intense concern with regard to the whole business. Oh, yes, concomitant with the major plot point, there is an apparent incident of racial discrimination on the part of the Company when it complied with the Star's father's demand that the female lead be played by someone other than the lead female dancer. On this front, too, Auntie Lil, the octogenarian, with the help of her nephew, takes a forceful hand.
The plot is well-handled, the setting interestingly delineated, the characters individualized not stereotyped to more than a slight degree, and the writing quite professional. The book is the product of the "old" publisher edited system.
I found it quite enjoyable and certainly among the better books appearing at the lower price level on Kindle.
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