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The summer residence of the Moreland family, Spindrift, evokes novels set in the English countryside, featuring mysterious houses, gloomy rooms, and a romantically charged atmosphere. The author skillfully employs these settings as a backdrop for a gripping detective story that explores the hypocrisy of American society dominated by financial relationships. Although the novel has a detective plot centered around a murder, it does not adhere to the conventions of a classic detective story with a formal investigative framework. The protagonist, Christy Moreland, plays the role of the detective, convinced that her father's death, officially ruled a suicide, was actually a crime. She does not rely on typical detective methods; instead, she trusts her intuition. As she searches for the murderer among a close circle of family and friends of the deceased, she finds herself in numerous conflict situations.
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Spindrift, Phyllis A. Whitney
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1976
- Reliure
- (souple),
- État du livre
- Abîmé
- Prix
- 9,39 €
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- Titre
- Spindrift
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Phyllis A. Whitney
- Éditeur
- Pan Books Ltd
- Publié
- 1976
- Format
- souple
- Séries
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- Polars
- Première publication
- 1975
- Titre original
- Spindrift
- Évaluation
- 4 sur 5
- Description
- The summer residence of the Moreland family, Spindrift, evokes novels set in the English countryside, featuring mysterious houses, gloomy rooms, and a romantically charged atmosphere. The author skillfully employs these settings as a backdrop for a gripping detective story that explores the hypocrisy of American society dominated by financial relationships. Although the novel has a detective plot centered around a murder, it does not adhere to the conventions of a classic detective story with a formal investigative framework. The protagonist, Christy Moreland, plays the role of the detective, convinced that her father's death, officially ruled a suicide, was actually a crime. She does not rely on typical detective methods; instead, she trusts her intuition. As she searches for the murderer among a close circle of family and friends of the deceased, she finds herself in numerous conflict situations.