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Title details for Seven Kinds of Death by Kate Wilhelm - Available

Seven Kinds of Death

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by Kate Wilhelm
Bernadette Dunne
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Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn are an unlikely pair of detectives. He is a former arson detective; she is a psychologist. Together, the husband-and-wife team has a knack for unraveling a mystery. Seven Kinds of Death is a famous sculpture, but the name takes on new meaning when bodies start turning up at the creator's art colony.

A party launching the art tour of an old friend and the opening of her husband's condominiums turns tragic when the sculptures are vandalized and one of the guests, a highly regarded art-magazine editor, is found strangled in one of the new condos. Charlie and Constance interview some of the guests and learn there has already been another death at the condo site, viewed at the time as an accident. Connecting the two deaths leads the two sleuths to an unexpected suspect.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Constance and Charlie

  • Publisher

  • Awards

  • Release date

    November 11, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481568364
      • File size: 239279 KB
      • Duration: 08:18:29

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Bernadette Dunne is a great choice for this mystery revolving around black magic and murder in an isolated artists' colony. "Seven Kinds of Death" is the name of a famous sculpture done by the leader of this group, who may be tapped into the supernatural as her powers ebb. Dunne perfectly captures the tension felt by investigator Charlie Meiklejohn and his partner and wife, Constance Leidl, a psychologist, as they delve into the group's use of the occult. Dunne creates convincing and varied voices for a wide cast of characters in what is essentially a locked-room mystery. Her pacing and attention to detail make this an entertaining and satisfying puzzle. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 28, 1992
      Adroitly meshing the worlds of commerce and art, this complex mystery calls for husband-and-wife investigators Charlie Meiklejohn and Constance Leidl to muster all their maturity, shrewdness and intuition. In a party at her Maryland farmhouse, their old friend Marion (``Tootles'') Olson celebrates the launch of her art tour and the imminent opening of her second husband Max Buell's condominiums, built just a brisk walk from the house. But the evening turns tragic. Tootle's sculptures are vandalized and the strangled body of a guest, highly regarded art magazine editor Victoria Leeds, is discovered in one of Max's condominiums. Charlie and Constance interview several of the partygoers and learn that an earlier death at the condo site, first seen as an accident, is linked to Victoria's murder. John Buell, Tootles's chronically sullen stepson and his partner in the condo construction business, might be implicated. While Wilhelm ( And the Angels Sing ) deftly leads her clever sleuths through an intricate plot, a heavy dose of the occult muddies the waters, and many skimpily developed characters refuse to come to life.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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