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LEBENDE GESPENSTER: EIN CHESTERTON HOLTE, GENTLEMAN HAUNT von Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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Publisher
Cleveland Writers Press
ISBN-10
1943052360
ISBN-13
9781943052363
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Living Spectres
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Cozy, Thrillers / General, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Mystery & Detective / General
Genre
Fiction
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A Chesterton Holte, Gentleman Haunt Mystery Ser.
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Hardcover
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1.4 in
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Living Spectres is a pleasurable tour through a noir labyrinth of murder, ghosts, and international intrigue. This sequel to Yarbro's Haunting Investigation is set in 1924 Philadelphia and follows savvy and sassy crime reporter Poppy Thornton in her relentless pursuit of a good story. With shades of Nancy Drew, Poppy is a charming, independent woman with a proclivity for sleuthing. Though Poppy is an inquisitive and assertive reporter, the gentlemanly Chesterton Holte, her incorporeal sidekick, makes up for what she lacks in extrasensory perception. A Canadian spy until his death, Holte uses his ghostly status to slip in and out between the land of the living and the dimension of ghosts to get information and aid Poppy in solving the matters at hand. And there are many matters at hand. In addition to covering customs and antiques fraud and the unsolved death of elite businessman Madison Moncrief, Poppy must also contend with the search for her cousin--the nefarious Stacy Dritchner, who, in the prequel, kidnapped her and left her for dead in a warehouse. Another matter is the mystery of missing heir GAD Pearse, Poppy's childhood friend. Using her societal clout and Holte's interdimensional talents, Poppy gathers crucial information about each case to assist in her reporting. When one customs fraud suspect escapes police custody after jumping from a bridge and onto an unidentified yacht, the questions are nearly endless. Yarbro holds strong in her societal depiction of the early '20s--the new ways of liquor and folly rapidly encroaching on the old, formal ways of life. Poppy is working and succeeding in a man's job and every day must weather the sarcastic jealousy and watchful eyes of her male colleagues. Poppy's flirtation with the dashing Inspector J. B. Loring is tangible, the two working side by side with the kind of reporter/cop rapport that crackles like Holte's spectral presence eavesdropping on the telephone line. Yet Poppy refuses to give into temptation, citing that her male colleagues at the Philadelphia Clarion will speculate that she is using her feminine wiles to climb the professional ladder. Yarbro also explores the theme of living specters in their many incarnations: Chesterton Holte; the Armenian refugee group of the same name; the already dead wandering in the dimension of ghosts; the missing unknown. Holte pumps his fellow phantoms for information, but he also sympathizes with the sadness and confusion of coming to terms with life, death, and the afterworld. At times, Yarbro falls prey to extravagant prose (the excessive use of Poppy's favorite expression "Ye gods!"), and the overuse of backstory sometimes deflates the tension. Yet with fluid transitions and engaging dialogue, Living Spectres does well to stay with the action, the day-to-day moving ahead of solving mysteries, and the navigating of relationships. Vampire scene queen Yarbro takes a light step into the world of mystery with this book, delivering no gore, just Agatha Christie charm and cerebral fun at a good clip., In Yarbro's atmospheric sequel to 2015's Haunting Investigation, set in Prohibition-era Philadelphia, crime reporter Poppy Thornton continues to help Insp. J.B. Loring investigate the murder of upper-class Madison Moncrief and the likely associated disappearance of her cousin Stacy Dritchner. Poppy is also involved with the unofficial search for altruistic 18-year-old heir GAD Pearce, missing in Eastern Europe amid the unrest after the Great War. Chesterton Holte, Poppy's ethereal companion, assists by communicating with the recently dead in the ghostly realm and scouts ahead for Loring's European police counterpart, while Poppy utilizes the society connections offered by her aunts' dinner parties to sift the facts from socialite gossip. Yarbro handles a complex web of intrigue deftly and carefully balances the value of worldly and spirit information so that Holte is neither useless nor a deus ex machina. Even the minor characters, such as Poppy's world-traveling Aunt Esther, have a depth of personality that enhances the old-school charm of her writing.
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Philadelphia, 1924 It's been three months since crime reporter Poppy Thornton was left to die in an abandoned warehouse by her cousin Stacy, chief suspect in a high society murder. Rescued by the quick thinking of Chesterton Holte-her \"gentleman haunt\"-and Police Inspector J.B. Loring, Poppy is determined to get the real story and see justice done. But Stacy has fled Philadelphia with the widow of the man he is accused of murdering, and now an international manhunt is on for the suspected conspirators. As that search continues, Poppy, Holte, and Loring have a new mystery: the disappearance of GAD Pearce, 18 year-old heir to the Pearce fortune, who has vanished while travelling through Eastern Europe. The suspects range from the young man's jealous siblings to a mysterious cult of Armenian refugees. Once again Holte uses his ghostly powers to uncover answers and pass on what he learns to Poppy- who must then alert Loring without revealing her otherworldly source. Is GAD still alive? Can Poppy keep her job despite social convention, the disdain of her male colleagues, and the dangerous attraction she feels to Loring? Will the authorities succeed in tracking Stacy down? What's really going on behind the closed doors of the politicians and bankers who run the city and the state? And as the search for truth takes Poppy and Holte deeper into a forest of dark secrets and official corruption, who will die next?
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