- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Crimeline (Jan 2 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553582194
- ISBN-13: 978-0553582192
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #418,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Publisher Alex Plumtree's plans to attend a book-signing by one of his most noted writers suddenly change when it is announced that the writer has been killed in a boating accident. To complicate matters, a journalist insists on having coffee with PlumtreeDostensibly to tell him that he knows something about the author's deathDbut then gunfire breaks out. When Plumtree runs outside to find out what's going on, he is certain that he spots his fianc e, whom he believed was killed recently while traveling. Over the next few daysDwhich happen to precede the Frankfurt Book FairDPlumtree receives two unsolicited bids to buy his company, and his landlord insists on taking back the building in which Plumtree's company is housed. While simultaneously managing his company and dealing with authors, staff and colleagues, Plumtree turns into super-sleuth and discovers a sinister plot by some corporate giants to take over the publishing business in England. Kaewart, author of four other Booklover's Mystery series, knows the book world well, but she has burdened this novel with too many plot elements. Further, although Plumtree is an appealing character, Kaewart does not flesh him out enough to keep readers interested. Mystery fans who work in publishing might find this novel slightly amusing but, overall, it's too muddled for most readers to enjoy.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Praise for the Booklover's Series:
"As always, absorbing and enlightening."
-- Rendezvous
"A treat for booklovers."
-- Tales From a Red Herring
Don't miss these other mysteries by Julie Kaewert:
Unsolicited
Unbound
Unprintable
Untitled
And coming soon:
Uncatalogued
Available from Bantam Books
"As always, absorbing and enlightening."
-- Rendezvous
"A treat for booklovers."
-- Tales From a Red Herring
Don't miss these other mysteries by Julie Kaewert:
Unsolicited
Unbound
Unprintable
Untitled
And coming soon:
Uncatalogued
Available from Bantam Books
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not the best in this series,
By ctdak (Alaska USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unsigned (Mass Market Paperback)
Unsigned, the latest in Julie Kaewert's Booklover's Mystery series is good, but not her best. A reader who wants a fast paced story will not be pleased with this one, and a reader who wants a singularly focused "who-dun-it" type of mystery will also not be pleased. Kaewert's style is to weave a complicated plot with many twists and turns, which successfully keeps the reader guessing if they will keep reading! There are multiple murders, multiple attempts on the protagonist's life, and multiple conspiracies being played out all along.As in preceding stories, but particularly in this one, virtually everyone in the protagonist's publishing and bookselling world is suspect at some point. Who can Alex Plumtree trust and what information can he entrust them with? While puzzling over three suspicious offers to buy his own small, family publishing firm for a lot more than it's worth, he helps the British government save the British (or even European) publishing industry from becoming a giant monopoly. Oh yes, along the way, he also helps to preserve the integrity and ethical standards in academic research involving the study of extant manuscripts of England's famed Beowulf and of the Apocryphal book of Judith. Kaewert always leaves loose ends and unsolved pieces of the puzzle. As I suspected, the main loose end from the previous book in the series, Untitled, was picked up in this one, that is the fate of Alex Plumtree's fiancé Sarah Townsend. She is alive and back in London after all (after being held hostage in Iraq), but her exact whereabouts and the state of their relationship is another little mystery within a mystery. Although I have read only three of the five published in this series thus far, I find Untitled to be the most intriguing and fast paced, and therefore un-put-downable. However, I will say that with Unsigned Kaewert has made one major improvement - she has finally done a good job of making her characters believably British in the use of their expressions and terminology. Now maybe in Uncatalogued, due out next year, these strong points will be combined.
2.0 out of 5 stars
totslly Unbelievable!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Unsigned (Mass Market Paperback)
Unsigned: A Booklover's Mystery is by far the worst book in this series, and I was really looking forward to reading it. It is not only implausible, but difficult to follow or to believe. Many of the people Alex Plumtree, the hero, has trusted for years either deceive him for his own protection, or they deceive him for their own gain. The ending is completely unsatisfactory. The entire book should be unsigned!
2.0 out of 5 stars
What a Disappointment!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Unsigned (Mass Market Paperback)
I had looked forward to this book very much. I am fascinated with books and their history, and the background and subject matter give this book an entirely different level for enjoyment.But I have had it with the hero: Alex Plumtree who is beginning to look more and more like the world's biggest patsy. The things which happen to him, mostly brought about by people who "have been sworn to secrecy" or who "just want to protect him" boggle the imagination. It's time he stood up to his "friends" and said, "Enough already." Unless of course he enjoys being the fool.
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