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{TEXTBOOK} Death in the Floating City DEATH IN THE FLOATING CITY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Tasha Alexander | 327 pages | 30 Jul 2013 | St. Martin's Press | 9781250029768 | English | United States Death in the Floating City PDF Book Her writing and pacing are always well done, but her plotting is completely hit or miss -- and this is a miss. Sad, isn't it! This is another one. Browse our magazines. Finally, the ending just did not feel right to me. Dec 22, Becky rated it liked it. Was this a good death or a bad death? Yes, it's a classic, I mean, it's Shakespeare after all, but not all Shakespeare floats my boat. Feb 10, Donna rated it liked it Shelves: historical-fiction , crime-mystery. I had to put the book down and cry my eyes out by the time I got to the end of their story. It's been awhile since I've read one of these, and I'd forgotten just how much I love Emily and Colin. About Tasha Alexander. You can see them more clearly for who they are and you pity instead of hate them. There's Caterina Brexiano, the maligned medium! Tears of Pearl. Emily is hoping Signore Caravello can help answer a few questions as to the ring's provenance. The pictures of the "Great Eastern," are of course exaggerated, not so much in words themselves as in the impressions they convey. Emily soon realizes that to solve the present day crime, she must first unravel a centuries old puzzle. How the masked person keeps finding Emily when there's no plan where she'll be is nonsense, the Venetians no, not Venusians… all seem to be stereotypes, and there are other problems. This was my first experience of this author and I did not realize that this was the 7th book in her series of the Lady Emily Mysteries. The mystery showed promise, but the murderer's motive made very little sense to me. Here, you need to float. If only they all held such secrets as the ones Tasha has dreamed up! Yet the crucial question is, can they solve the crime in the present by finding out what happen to Besina all those years ago? Andrew makes sure I get my English characters right, and I make sure his American ones sound American. I don't know if the bits of the late wife's room and garden are supposed to be particular to the plot or merely poorly done bits of a poorly done red herring thread, but there is much like that which goes nowhere, add nothing to the story and are, in fact, just boring. Without connections among wealthy whites, Shine undertakes an audacious campaign of self-reinvention, leaving behind the certainties of race and class with all the drive of the greatest entrepreneurs. Although my favorite book in this series is still A Poisoned Season , I enjoyed this read. I'm a sucker for old letters--must be the historian in me! They're always juuuuuuuust good enough that I'm willing to buy the next one. In Nepal, a land where death lurked nearby and death came suddenly, he felt vital energy and learned to embrace life. Return to Book Page. Courtesans, mistresses, and illegitimate children were all par for the course in Venice. Secrets hidden in art? I must admit, despite my fierce faith in Tasha Alexander, that I groaned. I also liked the relationship between Emily and Collin. Unlike other books in the Lady Emily series, this book moves back and forth in time. Emma Callum would rather not have Emily involved but Emily's husband Colin is a dish and the Venetian police have been ineffectual. The doctor never gave him upoh , those doctors! Nov 17, MAP rated it liked it Shelves: historical-fiction , mystery , fiction. Lady Emily and her government agent husband travel to Venice to investigate the death of her childhood nemesis' father-in-law. That's false enough, but there are so many other stupidities. At first I was prejudiced against this story because being set in Italy and the couple in question being from warring houses I was sure this would be Tasha's take on Romeo and Juliet and personally, that isn't a favorite play of mine. It seems that they must piece together the story from the past in order to help Emma, as the past and the present have become inescapably tangled. Their story is tragic and heartbreaking and achingly perfect. So good. Rating details. Death in the Floating City Writer But the past does not give up its secrets easily, especially when these revelations might threaten the interests of some very powerful people. Lady Emily is finally back in good form. What follows is a fabulously twisty path into a centuries-old feud between warring families, complete with its own star-crossed love story. Or might he also have met a grim fate? Yes, it's a classic, I mean, it's Shakespeare after all, but not all Shakespeare floats my boat. But now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has vanished. This was my first experience of this author and I did not realize that this was the 7th book in her series of the Lady Emily Mysteries. Read more Alone in her empty palazzo, Emma realises there's no one she can turn to for help but Emily, who leaves at once for Venice, with her husband. Venkatesh closely follows a dozen New Yorkers locked in the underground economy. It was in a neighborhood where the HKPD didn't go to, not without full military If his death is not perceived as a terrible crime, it makes it much harder to connect with the plot. Another of my free library shelf finds! Because the ring was found in the possession of a Barozzi, it's assumed that this belonged to some relative. Running concurrently with the suspense story are heartrending chapters recounting a centuries-old ill-fated love affair that ties to the murder mystery. More filters. And Only to Deceive. However, this one ended up being a bit of a let-down despite a pretty good set-up and a nice character development at the end of the book that I won't spoil. I finally finished the book with the library deadline looming, and I think it was good, not great. Or with his grieving fiancee, a recovering addict who just fell off the wagon. But I enjoyed it and plan to start at the beginning of the series and catch up. Colin and Emily didn't really solve the mystery together; they seemed to do their own parts in different places, and their relationship when they were together seemed flat. Imagine the theme song to Veronica Mars playing here Aug 27, Carrie rated it it was amazing. So their thoughts turned to the Humanx couple, Lyra and Etienne Redowl, impatiently waiting permission to explore the planet. These are all books that show Venice as imperfect yet lead you to fall in love with the city despite it's issues. The setting for this one is Venice, where Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves whom I always picture as Jeremy Northam in my head have traveled to help Emily's "frenemy" Emma, whose father-in-law has been murdered and her husband is missing. Our features are original articles from our print magazines these will say where they were originally published or original articles commissioned for this site. So that was also a plus. The title captured my attention and so I tossed it into my bag and on my last "make myself take downtime day", I picked it up and read the whole darned thing before I realized it! Their first clue is a ring that was found on the Conte's body and a historian is needed. The Counterfeit Heiress. I would give it 3. Years ago, Emily's childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped to Venice with an Italian count. Oh dear me, I swoon at the valuable books and illuminated manuscripts contained within these pages. Just BLAH. This is another one. I think Alexander did a great job with the Shakespeare allusions and the book-within-a-book conceit. I wish Alexander would do more of this writing of which she is so capable and less of Emily trouncing about here and there. Another outstanding reason that I enjoy Tasha Alexander's books as much as I do is her character development. This is the fourth man we have lost since we left Liverpool, the fourth gone towards paying the 'Great Eastern's' debt, and we It's okay. I tired of reading descriptions of places and floating about the canals and would have appreciated more plot and less place. I played nomad for a long time, living in Indiana, Amsterdam, London, Wyoming, Vermont, Connecticut, and Tennessee before settling down. Dec 22, Becky rated it liked it. So, if you like mysteries, check out the Lady Emily series. Death in the Floating City Reviews The heart of the story is Besina's and that story is beautifully told. In Nepal, a land where death lurked nearby and death came suddenly, he felt vital energy and learned to embrace life. Oct 22, Beth rated it it was amazing. The first flashback into the late s is just pages into the novel. I anticpated really enjoying this book, since I have read all the other books in this series and I am a huge Tasha Alexander fan.
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