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The Queens of Crime by
Marie Benedict
A 2 star review
Publisher : St. Martin's Press (February 11, 2025)
Publication date : February 11, 2025
Print length : 315 pages
"London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. "
The book blurb sounded like a fabulous who-done-it. Five popular successful crime story writers banding together to solve a real mystery. I was intrigued to find out how they'd pull it off with 5 strong personalities and different styles of writing. Unfortunately the story starts off slow and never picks up the pace. Told from Dorothy Sayers perspective I found her to be the queen of inner monolog. So much going on in her head including random thoughts that I didn't think helped the story. The other four writers are not fleshed out, they're almost a placeholder, no depth and not seemingly perceptive. The tale of the locked room murder was interesting enough but it couldn't hold my interest enough to engage with the victim or the investigation. About 20% into the book I knew it wasn't going to hold my interest and a couple of time I skipped what I felt was boring inner dialog. I earnestly wanted to like this book but it didn't meet my expectations.
I received a complementary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press.
The Queens of Crime: A Novel by Marie Benedict
Pub date - 2/11/25
Marie Benedict has been on radar for a while but this was the first time I read one of her stories.
I found this really well written historical fiction, I really liked the characters and their interactions, as well as the locked room mystery aspect.
But… The Queens of Crime didn’t succeed in pulling me in as fully as I’d hoped. Though I did enjoy it, I felt like something essential was missing.
Though this one didn’t fully work for me , I would read more of the author.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the DRC
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#Resenhamaeliteratura Se você também gosta de histórias de guerra, baseadas em fatos reais, não pode deixar de ler A Única mulher, de Marie Benedict, lançamento da @PlanetadeLivrosBrasil. A trama começa com uma apresentação no teatro da jovem austríaca Hedy Kiesler. Dona de uma beleza hipnotizante desperta a atenção de Friedrich Mandl, um poderoso e envolvente comerciante de armas austríaco. Pra proteger seus pais, que são judeus, e a si mesma, aceita se casar com ele, um casamento rápido que logo mostra que o mundo mágico que ela imaginou não existe. Vivendo perigosamente e convivendo com as flutuações de humor do seu marido, a jovem vai aprendendo a "ouvir" um mundo de segredos e conspirações, guardando estes dados, que poderão ser úteis no futuro. Fugindo deste casamento que se assemelha à uma prisão numa gaiola dourada, Hedy escapa para os Estados Unidos e volta a ser atriz, tornando-se a grande atriz de sucesso, Hedy Lamarr. Só que em meio ao sucesso, há o remorso de ter fugido sozinha. Paralelo ao seu trabalho com atriz, ela se une à um músico inventor e juntos desenvolvem uma tecnologia de espalhamento espectral que poderia ajudar e muito a marinha americana na guerra. São estas descobertas que revolucionaram os sistemas de comunicação e que deram origem a tecnologias como o wi-fi e o bluetooth. É muito interessante acompanhar suas criações e descobertas, embora para alguém de humana como eu, soem absolutamente incompreensíveis. Me conta, quer ler? Recomendo a leitura! Post completo no maeliteratura.com #maeliteratura #acreditamosnoslivros #aunicamulher #mariebenedict #keepreadingencasa #segundaguerramundial #holocausto (em São Paulo, Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEC7vb-pLk9/?igshid=ikb519dey1ux
Bu kitabı okuduktan sonra “Einstein” adını duyduğumda ya da gördüğümde artık aklıma öteki Einstein yani Mileva Mitza Maric gelecek. Mileva’nın, Albert Einstein’in biyografisindeki bir isimden daha fazlası olduğunu anladım! Bilim kişiye insanlığını unutturuyorsa,insan kalbini yok ediyorsa neye yararki.Kitabın başında ikilinin muhteşem zekası beni hayran bıraktı ve aşkları sıradan değildi.Sonra Albert Einstein’in davranışları tam bir hayal kırıklığıydı, en çok neye kızdım bilemiyorum fakat bunca fedakarlık yapan karısına köle muamelesi yapıp yanından değil gerisinden yürütmesi ve evliliklerini devam ettirmek adına hazırladığı antlaşma maddeleri(bilenler vardır, bu maddeleri bir yerde görmüştür ya da okumuştur ve belki de espri konusu yapmıştır😱) akıl alır gibi değil.Böyle entellektüel bir zekanın bir kadını aşağılaması kabul edilemez,özellikle de sıradışı zekaya sahip karısını... Kitap kapsamlı araştırmaların ürünü harika bir kurgu olsa da 1980’den sonra açıklanmış olan Mileva Mitza Maric’in , Albert Einstein’le ve arkadaşı Helene yazıştığı mektuplar referans alınmış. Tabiki Albert Einstein’in hayatını konu alan birçok kaynaktan da yararlanılmış. Okunmaya değer👍 Alıntılar yapacağım, daha sonra yorumlarda olacak, biraz uzun😉 #otekieinstein #ötekieinstein #mariebenedict #kanesyayınları #kanesyayinlari #edebiyat #biyografi #milevamaric #einstein #alberteinstein #okumak #read #book #books #instabook #vscobook #vscobooks #1kitap1fotograf #1k1f #okumahalleri #kitaptavsiyeleri #birkitapokudum https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Ep5o-ph8k/?igshid=17bbmc94mhabh
Thanks @bookbub for the shout out! Loved this book. #carnegiesmaid #mariebenedict @sourcebooks @sbkslandmark