Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway (Claire DeWitt Novels)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (887 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008LQ223S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 467 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Tattooed private investigator Dewitt is at it again in this sequel to Gran's Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead. With a slightly raspy voice, Monda is provocative in her emphasis and infuses the story with dramatic flair. (June) . Carol Monda narrates with a classic noir delivery, a syrupy tone, and plenty of attitude. A Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hardcover. While pursuing hints revealed in dreams, taking cocaine, and connecting clues, Dewitt draws closer to the killer and discovers more about herself in the process. Dewitt knows otherwise, and puts her quirky methods to the test in solving the mystery. Dewitt fans will be delighted. This time, she's determined to get answers about the death of an ex-boyfriend that police think was the result of a botched home invasion
But Claire, the best detective in the world, has other ideas. Even as her other cases offer hints to Paul’s fate—a missing girl in the grim East Village of the 1980s and an epidemic of missing miniature horses in Marin County-–Claire knows: the truth is never where you expect it, and love is the greatest mystery of all. . "A distinctive new American voice in mystery fiction." —NPR’s Fresh Air When Claire DeWitt’s ex-boyfriend Paul Casablancas, a musician, is found dead in his Mission District house, Claire is on the case. Paul's wife and the police are sure Paul was killed for his valuable collection of vintage guitars
"Modern noir" according to Jaylia. The first Claire DeWitt book took place in post-Katrina New Orleans, but here she's back home in the San Francisco area and the case is personal, her musician ex-boyfriend Paul has been murdered. Paul's rich sister thinks his wife is guilty and wants to hire Claire to prove it, but Claire won't take money for this investigation. Truth is an almost holy compulsion for her and she wants to go where the clues lead her.Claire's methods are the same as before. She follows every clue, no matter how inconse. "Dark, mystifing, annoying main characteryet I raced thru till the "end"" according to IRG. Let's be clear: This book is NOT for everyone. If you don't like dark, damaged heroines (who are constantly doing--and stealing--drugs and having a lot of the storyline devoted to detailing the where and when of that drugging) and mystical plot lines with obscure and sometimes contradictory plot developments, it is NOT for you. And if you're not a fan of stories that weave back and forth in time, and allude to all sorts of cases you've never heard of and some undeveloped characters who appear out of . "Wacky Detective Excludes Reader From Mystery-Solving" according to Lynne E.. Claire DeWitt is a Silettian "detective"--a detective so completely dedicated to uncovering the truth (the always unpopular, always abhorrent truth) that she solves mysteries when all others have failed to solve them. Her method is taken from DÉTECTION, a book by the once-revered-and-respected-French-master-detective Jacques Silette. His book is misunderstood by most, and its publication caused him to be written off as a crackpot. But Claire read the book, understood it, and became a detective