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Burden of Memory
- A Mystery
- Letto da: Carrington MacDuffie
- Durata: 10 ore e 41 min
- Categorie: Poliziesco, thriller e suspense, Poliziesco
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Sintesi dell'editore
Elaine Benson, a successful novelist who let love in the person of an unreliable screenwriter jettison her career, is now divorced, broke, and on her way to a so-called primitive, untamed northern forest on Canada’s Lake Muskoka to interview for a job. Elderly Miss Moira Madison of the fabulously rich Canadian family wishes to write her memoirs. Miss Madison isn’t interested in a best seller; she wants to leave a record of her life and, most specifically, of her years with the Canadian Army Nursing Sisters of World War II. Her service in the European theaters was filled with triumphs and bitter losses and forever shaped her life.
Settling into the family “cottage” and what remains of a lifestyle long gone, Elaine reconnects with her love of researching the past - until she discovers that the first such writer hired died under suspicious circumstances. Could her project stir someone to murder?
Vicki Delany left a job as a systems analyst to settle in Prince Edward County, Ontario, where she writes mystery novels and a blog about the writing life.
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- Kathleen
- 28/08/2012
An entertaining read.
Elaine Benson is hired to help Moira Madison write a memoir of her life, particularly her years in the army during WW II. She has to move into the Madison household in rural Canada in order to interview Miss Madison and review boxes and boxes of old letters in order to help Miss Madison write this memoir. But as she starts work, she finds a few odd things going on in the house. First, Moira’s personal assistant, Ruth, is quite hostile to Elaine and definitely wants her to leave, as do other family members who are afraid that Moira will spill some family secrets in her memoir. There are weird feelings for Elaine at the house, and odd things happen. She finds out that another writer was initially hired to help Moira, and that writer drowned under suspicious circumstances. It becomes clear that there are hidden secrets there, and that someone would be willing to commit murder to keep those secrets. The narrator is one of the best and does a wonderful job with this novel, which moves along quickly. A good fast read.
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- Wild Horses Flying
- 17/12/2017
Interesting basic story and good history
Vicky Delany most always has good stories and plots which I really enjoy. Unfortunately (for me anyway) she can't resist the temptation to over-pad many emotional scenes or plot points til the emotions lose their . . authenticity and-or dignity . . . trying to make it too juicy like cheap shot sensational books do because the story, movement and characters aren't interesting enough to otherwise hold interest. But Delany's story and characters ARE interesting enough so the overblown or drawn out emotional scenes are appreciably weakened rather than strengthened by such ploys. Same with some of the plot points - dragging them out, I supposed to make them more riveting but really it just makes it boring and irritating.
Still the story (ies) in Burden of Memory are good, good characters and for some wonderful reason she doesn't OVER-DO emotions or plot points at all in the history sections. They seem very authentic to me and convey, realistically but without unnecessary gore or horror the reality of war. You get the feeling of actually being there - finding the strength and heart to do what needs to be done.