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The Widow's Club
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Manufacturer: Bantam
Author: Dorothy Cannell
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The Widow's Club Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823
EAN: 9780553277944
ISBN: 0553277944
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 352
Publication Date: 1989-09-01
Publisher: Bantam
Product Release Date: 1989-09-01
Studio: Bantam
Dewey Decimal Number: 823
EAN: 9780553277944
ISBN: 0553277944
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 352
Publication Date: 1989-09-01
Publisher: Bantam
Product Release Date: 1989-09-01
Studio: Bantam
Editorial Review of The Widow's Club
Stylish, amusing, and deliciously wicked, the Misses Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell are hired to investigate a woman's organization whose members choose widowhood over divorce. With the help of a newlywed friend, the spinster sleuths stalk the mastermind of matrimonial murder. HC: Bantam.
Customer Reviews of The Widow's Club
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A master of the English cozy
Review: This turned out to be a fairly compelling mystery, after a slow beginning. I did have trouble tracking the many peripheral characters, even with their odd names and quirky attributes, but the obsessive passions of the protagonist, Ellie Haskell, drive this amusing mystery about a murdering club whose purpose is to create widows. By the second half of the book, the question of who the founder and leader of the widow's club was, distracted me from the character confusion and in the last third, the climax was compelling enough to remind me of what I like about Dorothy Cannell. While not my favorite of her books, she remains, for me, a master of the English cozy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Too boring to even finish
Review: Everything about this book looked interesting to me. The dialogue just gets too bogged down to keep going. There were several pages of the bride and groom in the car trying to get to their own reception. Move it along! Ellie's meandering thoughts were tiresome and after reading more than halfway through the book, I skipped to the end. I never do that, but I couldn't take anymore.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Blah
Review: At first, the book's premise is interesting: women banding together to do in errant spouses. However, it quickly becomes boring as the plot seems to meander and the same type of wit is used over and over. The characters are too one-dimensional to be of much interest.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A British Mystery sure to loosen that Stiff Upper!
Review: Does Agatha Christy bore you to tears? Do British Mysteries make you constipated? Well, drop what you're doing and if you like clever witty mystery's mixed with British wit and humor, you'll love this book! You will hopefully never encounter a grief support group anything like the "Sisters in Sorrow" but you may find amusement in considering the possibilities! Especially if your spouse gets on your nerves a bit.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: EXCELLENT & INTRIGUING IDEAS!
Review: The Widow's Club itself is a very interesting and unique plot idea. The most interesting part of the book was learning about how the Widow's Club worked, the exact arrangements, etc. The rest of the book was fairly slow and I found myself skimming and just plain skipping a lot of it that was repetitive. I hated the frequenty Ellie whining about "what if Ben finds out" -- when it comes to Ben she is so wimpy and illogical and it is plain boring and disappointing to read those parts.
Review Summary: A master of the English cozy
Review: This turned out to be a fairly compelling mystery, after a slow beginning. I did have trouble tracking the many peripheral characters, even with their odd names and quirky attributes, but the obsessive passions of the protagonist, Ellie Haskell, drive this amusing mystery about a murdering club whose purpose is to create widows. By the second half of the book, the question of who the founder and leader of the widow's club was, distracted me from the character confusion and in the last third, the climax was compelling enough to remind me of what I like about Dorothy Cannell. While not my favorite of her books, she remains, for me, a master of the English cozy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Too boring to even finish
Review: Everything about this book looked interesting to me. The dialogue just gets too bogged down to keep going. There were several pages of the bride and groom in the car trying to get to their own reception. Move it along! Ellie's meandering thoughts were tiresome and after reading more than halfway through the book, I skipped to the end. I never do that, but I couldn't take anymore.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Blah
Review: At first, the book's premise is interesting: women banding together to do in errant spouses. However, it quickly becomes boring as the plot seems to meander and the same type of wit is used over and over. The characters are too one-dimensional to be of much interest.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A British Mystery sure to loosen that Stiff Upper!
Review: Does Agatha Christy bore you to tears? Do British Mysteries make you constipated? Well, drop what you're doing and if you like clever witty mystery's mixed with British wit and humor, you'll love this book! You will hopefully never encounter a grief support group anything like the "Sisters in Sorrow" but you may find amusement in considering the possibilities! Especially if your spouse gets on your nerves a bit.
This, the book that started the Ellie Haskel series is highly recommended by this reader and like me you will no doubt crave to read more of Ms. Cannell. I recommend that you buy this paperback and at least the next two in the series as you won't be able to wait for the postman to bring the next one once you've finished this one.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: EXCELLENT & INTRIGUING IDEAS!
Review: The Widow's Club itself is a very interesting and unique plot idea. The most interesting part of the book was learning about how the Widow's Club worked, the exact arrangements, etc. The rest of the book was fairly slow and I found myself skimming and just plain skipping a lot of it that was repetitive. I hated the frequenty Ellie whining about "what if Ben finds out" -- when it comes to Ben she is so wimpy and illogical and it is plain boring and disappointing to read those parts.