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The summer residence of the Moreland family, Spindrift, evokes novels set in the English countryside, featuring mysterious houses, gloomy rooms, and a romantically charged atmosphere. The author skillfully employs these settings as a backdrop for a gripping detective story that explores the hypocrisy of American society dominated by financial relationships. Although the novel has a detective plot centered around a murder, it does not adhere to the conventions of a classic detective story with a formal investigative framework. The protagonist, Christy Moreland, plays the role of the detective, convinced that her father's death, officially ruled a suicide, was actually a crime. She does not rely on typical detective methods; instead, she trusts her intuition. As she searches for the murderer among a close circle of family and friends of the deceased, she finds herself in numerous conflict situations.
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Spindrift, Phyllis A. Whitney
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- Pubblicato
- Rilegatura
- (Copertina rigida)
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- Titolo
- Spindrift
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Phyllis A. Whitney
- Editore
- Doubleday
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Serie
- Categoria
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1975
- Titolo originale
- Spindrift
- Valutazione
- 4 su 5
- Descrizione
- The summer residence of the Moreland family, Spindrift, evokes novels set in the English countryside, featuring mysterious houses, gloomy rooms, and a romantically charged atmosphere. The author skillfully employs these settings as a backdrop for a gripping detective story that explores the hypocrisy of American society dominated by financial relationships. Although the novel has a detective plot centered around a murder, it does not adhere to the conventions of a classic detective story with a formal investigative framework. The protagonist, Christy Moreland, plays the role of the detective, convinced that her father's death, officially ruled a suicide, was actually a crime. She does not rely on typical detective methods; instead, she trusts her intuition. As she searches for the murderer among a close circle of family and friends of the deceased, she finds herself in numerous conflict situations.