- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Signet (MM) (Jun 12 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451200349
- ISBN-13: 978-0451200341
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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In the first book in this gripping historical mystery series, Boston police reporter Michael Merrick investigates a series of fires--one of which led to murder--within a local Shaker community.
Praise for Mary Jo Adamson's previous novels:
"An engaging detective story peopled with striking characters."--Publishers Weekly
"A good, solid mystery that is satisfying and fun."--The Drood Review of Mystery
"She writes like a dream."--New York Times Book Review
Praise for Mary Jo Adamson's previous novels:
"An engaging detective story peopled with striking characters."--Publishers Weekly
"A good, solid mystery that is satisfying and fun."--The Drood Review of Mystery
"She writes like a dream."--New York Times Book Review
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellant start to new series..,
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This review is from: Blazing Tree (Paperback)
"Blazing Tree' by Mary Jo Adamson is a work of art. It's a good mystery, and it takes us into what the Shakers were really like. Michael Merrick is an intriguing hero, a former opium addict turned journalist in this 1840s period piece. The Shakers that has comes across in the midst of an arson investigation are good characters. One is a young adult with what we now know as Tourette's, but they didn't know that then. His disorder is well written into the plot. Merrick does get to the bottom of it, but not before nearly getting himself killed in the process. The arsonist's idenity is not too surprising. I'm looking forward to reading her second in the series when I get around to it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully Written--Buy It,
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This review is from: Blazing Tree (Paperback)
One of the most enjoyable mystery novels I've read in a long time. Emphasis on both "mystery," and "novel." It could go in either genre. On one level, a simple murder mystery set in the timeless world of the Shakers at Hancock Village Massachusetts (which is still there as a living museum, and can be visited--it rightly has earned the name the City of Peace). If you have ever been to Hancock or any other Shaker village, you will love this book. If you have never had that treat, this book will really capture the flavor of the place.On a second level, the book is a novel, a meditation on the meaning of love. I can hardly wait for the second book in this series. This is the product of a very talented writer.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An arsonist is at work in a Shaker village.,
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This review is from: Blazing Tree (Paperback)
Though there are fewer than ten Shakers extant today, this communal sect, officially named the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, once numbered some six thousand at their peak around 1830, spread among several villages in the eastern United States. In Mary Jo Adamson's riveting mystery, "The Blazing Tree," a structural fire--the latest and most frightening in a series of unexplained blazes in the Shaker community of Hancock Village, Massachusetts--has resulted in the death of an elderly man. Boston newspaperman Michael Merrick, on orders from his publisher, is propelled into impromptu undercover detective work at the village in the hope of unmasking the arsonist. Merrick's assignment quickly becomes a race against a clever murderer who will not hesitate to kill again. With richly textured prose and striking characterizations, Ms. Adamson takes the reader into the midst of everyday life in an 1840s Shaker village, weaving a compelling and suspenseful tale. Moreover, her comprehensive research brings powerful verisimilitude to the descriptive and narrative elements of the story, and summons a long-lost era back to colorful life. Whether as novel or as mystery, this is a first-class read.
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