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A flirtatious pair of detectives investigate the death of a wealthy actress, murdered during a lavish party amid a host of greedy relatives and hangers-on
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Shortly before wealthy, demanding actress Clara von Hohenkammer keels over at an unexpectedly dramatic reading in her Toronto home, she argues with nearly all of her avaricious clan, her odious business manager and a few untrustworthy retainers. The murder weapon is cyanide-laced tisane. Sale ( Murder in Focus ) brings back the rather irritable romantic duo of homicide inspector John Sanders and freelance photographer Harriet Jeffries, who, as a guest at the victim's fatal soiree and a reluctant confidante of her mixed-up daughter Nikki, is admirably placed to investigate. Meantime, a group of Basque separatists are stealing from the rich and casually killing anyone in its way. Sanders and Jeffries bicker repeatedly, then kiss and make up, occasionally taking time out to sleuth. This very basic whodunit wraps up events much too conveniently.
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A series of house burglaries--well organized except for the unexpected murder--lead to the poisoning death of famous singer/actress Clara von Hohenkammer at her lavish Toronto home. At first Inspector John Sanders suspects one of her family; then, after tracing the theft ring to her house, he widens his range. As in Murder in Focus (Macmillan, 1989), Sanders's love Harriet Jeffries assists. The plot flows smoothly for the most part, unhampered by in-depth characterization and enlivened by the on-again-off-again nature of John and Harriet's relationship. Not entirely well-focused or consistent, but likable.
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- PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0684192160
- ISBN 13 9780684192161
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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