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Quiet as a Nun (Hardcover)

de Antonia Fraser (Author)
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Mystery News, Sally Fellows, February/March 1999

Reading a reissued Jemima Shore mystery reminds us just how good these early books were. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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When a murder takes place in a secluded tower at Blessed Eleanor's Convent in Sussex and the victim is an old school friend, Britain's most popular TV reporter Jemima Shore finds herself in the middle of a disturbing puzzle. The dead woman, a nun, was to inherit one of the largest fortunes in Britain. Jemima walks into the eye of a worldly storm of fear-and the more she learns, the clearer it becomes that more lives, including her own, are being threatened. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Labyrinths, Oct. 6 2003
Par Mary E. Sibley (Carneys Point, NJ USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Quiet As A Nun A Jemima Shore Mystery (Paperback)
What a good and clever job of a book this is. Antonia Fraser, not surprisingly, writes fluently and well. A nun dies of anorexia, it would seem. There is not much support for the convent in the surrounding community. Convents are too austere, too strange for ordinary people to conceptualize in present day England.

It turns out that an old girl, Jemima Shore, a TV personality, an investigator of causes and outrages, is summoned to look into the matter of the death. The nun is her former classmate. Jemima attended school at the convent for two years during the war.

The dead nun was an heiress. She had ownership of the grounds on which the convent is situated. Through her untimely death, the convent gained the land. She had threatened to turn the property over to poor people. Jemima Shore's television program, unbeknownst to Jemima, had triggered a controversy over the property in the convent community.

Initially Jemima refuses to get involved. When a contemplated trip abroad falls apart, she reconsiders her decision. The number of deaths and inexplicable occurrences grow and Jemima Shore is compelled to enter labyrinths-- physical in terms of the convent lay-out, mental in terms of the minds and personalities of the inhabitants.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 The best mystery writer since Christie!, Fév 1 2000
Par Scott E Amundsen (Somerville, New Jersey) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Quiet As A Nun A Jemima Shore Mystery (Paperback)
It's odd to note that Lady Antonia Fraser, famous for her historical biographies, decided to try writing mysteries as a lark; she turns out to be the best mystery writer I have read since Agatha Christie! Possibly that's because, unlike so many other mystery writers, she does not copy or imitate Christie, Doyle or the other old masters of the genre. Instead, in Jemima Shore, she has created a startlingly original character; one who does not resemble any literary detective of the past. Fraser is also great at characterization (one of Christie's weak points); her creations are vivid and frighteningly real. This is her first Jemima Shore novel; sadly, many of the others are out of print, but if you can find them, read them.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 There's a Reason They Call them Classic Mysteries, Janv. 22 2000
Par frumiousb "frumiousb" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Quiet As A Nun A Jemima Shore Mystery (Paperback)
Antonia Fraser (better known to many for her historical novels) is a stellar mystery writer in the classical style. It's been twenty-some years since this mystery book was written, and it doesn't feel stale or dated to read. Jemima Shore is an interesting detective-- conflicted, maturing, and unsure of herself-- she makes an excellent vehicle for exploring a nunnery on the brink of change and for finding a murderer within its walls.
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