Eleanor Trewynn is a widow of some years living in Port Mabyn, a small fishing village in Cornwall, England. In her younger days, she traveled the exotic parts of the world with her husband. These days, she’s retired and founded the local charity shop. Her niece, Megan Pencarrow, transferred nearby, and was recently promoted to the rank of detective sergeant. Perhaps the only downside is that she is now working for a DI who doesn’t approve of women on the police force and who really doesn’t much approve of Megan’s aunt Eleanor, as she is something of a thorn in his rather substantial side.
All of these factors collide when, the day after collecting donations, Eleanor and the vicar’s wife find the dead body of a long-haired, scruffy-looking youth hidden in the stockroom of the charity shop. Then they discover that some donated jewelry thought to be fake is actually very real, very expensive, and the haul from a violent robbery in London. Making matters more complex, the corpse found in the storeroom is apparently not one of the robbers.
Carola Dunn’s Manna from Hades is a confounding Cornish case of daring theft, doublecross, and a wily older woman confronted by a case of murder most foul.
© 2017 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781470862350
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 7 februari 2017
Eleanor Trewynn is a widow of some years living in Port Mabyn, a small fishing village in Cornwall, England. In her younger days, she traveled the exotic parts of the world with her husband. These days, she’s retired and founded the local charity shop. Her niece, Megan Pencarrow, transferred nearby, and was recently promoted to the rank of detective sergeant. Perhaps the only downside is that she is now working for a DI who doesn’t approve of women on the police force and who really doesn’t much approve of Megan’s aunt Eleanor, as she is something of a thorn in his rather substantial side.
All of these factors collide when, the day after collecting donations, Eleanor and the vicar’s wife find the dead body of a long-haired, scruffy-looking youth hidden in the stockroom of the charity shop. Then they discover that some donated jewelry thought to be fake is actually very real, very expensive, and the haul from a violent robbery in London. Making matters more complex, the corpse found in the storeroom is apparently not one of the robbers.
Carola Dunn’s Manna from Hades is a confounding Cornish case of daring theft, doublecross, and a wily older woman confronted by a case of murder most foul.
© 2017 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781470862350
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 7 februari 2017
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Ylva
2 juli 2018
Kom till denna efter att ha lyssnat på hela Daisy Dalrymple-serien i ett streck. Har samma mysiga brittiska kvalitet, men inte samma fart. Väldigt mycket mer like Miss Marple i stilen, underfundig och man får känslan av att det finns mycket att berätta om denna dam Eleanor. Mysig är ordet för den här boken. Tycker uppläsaren passar bra med temat och åldern på huvudpersonen.
Anna
2 maj 2018
Den här boken är väldigt olik Daisy Dalrymple-serien, så är det den som får dig att fundera på den här, kanske du ska välja en annan bok. Själv blev jag inte riktigt klok på om jag gillade den här boken eller inte. Jag tycker om lugna böcker (och i den här händer inte mycket..), men av någon anledning kunde jag inte alls koncentrera mig på den här. Och jag kan konstigt nog inte avgöra om det berodde på mig, uppläsaren eller boken. Så jag tar nästa bok direkt, så får jag se om jag blir lite klokare...
Malin
4 juni 2023
Charmig och med trevliga karaktärer men själva mysteriet var lite platt.
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