The new Urbino Mcintyre Venetian mystery - Amateur sleuth and long-time Venice-resident Urbino Mcintyre is investigating three deaths from apparently natural causes in the space of a few weeks that have aroused his suspicions. As Venice prepares for the annual Regatta and the atmosphere reaches fever pitch, Urbino knows that somewhere, just beyond his reach, is the vital piece of information that just might enable him to save an innocent life, if only he can find it in time . . .
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Edward Sklepowich has been an expatriate American for many years. He has been a Fullbright scholar of American literature in Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia. He divides his time between Tunisia, where he is a university lecturer, Venice, New York, and a former Phoenician town on the Tunisian Mediterranean called Sousse. His deep feeling for Venice is one expression of his maternal Italian heritage.
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High on Atmosphere. Low on Plot,
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This review is from: Frail Barrier (Urbino Macintyre Venetian Mysteries, No. 8) (Hardcover)
Sklepowich knows his readers well. They read his mysteries and others like it, in order to relive the mysterious enchantment they have experienced in Venice. This slow paced mystery seems intent on spending many pages on evoking this mysterious enchantment and to this end spends a good bit of time describing Venice - its buildings, paintings, the cemetery island, carnavale and the art of paper making. Unfortunately this slows down the action to a crawl. A mystery does not develop until the book is a third over. The mystery of the murder of an elderly lady who works as a washroom attendant at amateur sleuth Urbino Macintyre's and his side kick the Contessa Capo-Zendrini's hangout, the elegant cafe Florian's, is neatly resolved and life goes on until the next in this mystery series. Consequently it is high on atmosphere and low on plot, but enjoyable nonetheless by those of us who have succumbed to the mysterious enchantment of Venice.
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Urbino MacInryre Never Disappoints,
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This review is from: Frail Barrier (Urbino Macintyre Venetian Mysteries, No. 8) (Hardcover)
Once again we have a thoroughly satisfying mystery from Edward Sklepowich. For me, the mystery is almost incidental to the wonderful descriptions of one of my favorite cities. A tourist would do well to use these mysteries as guidebooks to Venice.And of course, one always hopes to run into Urbino or the Contessa Barbara eating a gelato on St. Mark's Square.
This latest book is of the high quality of its forerunners and fans will welcome it.
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