Doctor and the Dead Man's Chest [Import] [Unbound]

Robin Hathaway (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (October 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0312702884
• ISBN-13: 978-0312702885
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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BIO: Robin Hathaway

Robin Hathaway began writing at fifty and collected rejection slips until she was sixty, when her novel THE DOCTOR DIGS A GRAVE won the St. Martin's Malice Domestic prize, and later an Agatha Award. She now has two series both featuring doctor sleuths. Dr. Andrew Fenimore is a Philadelphia cardiologist who practices solo and still makes house calls. Jo Banks is a young woman doctor who provides healthcare to motel residents and makes her motel calls on a motorcycle. SLEIGHT OF HAND, her most recent in this series, won the 2009 David Award. Robin is not a doctor, but her husband is a cardiologist and she uses him shamelessly as her #1 medical resource. Right now Robin is taking a break from her two series to work on a spy novel set at Cape May during WWII. www.RobinHathaway.com

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No blood or violence just a pleasant read., September 12, 2009

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Gobi55 (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Doctor and the Dead Man's Chest (Hardcover)

I have now read three in this series. They are more escapist novel than mystery. I like the author's style of writing. The characters are charming. If you are a hardcore mystery reader this won't be the book for you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging amateur sleuth, October 24, 2001

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Doctor and the Dead Man's Chest (Hardcover)

A deceased patient, Reebesther Smith, bequests fifty acres of choice marshland in Southern New Jersey to Dr. Fenimore with specific stipulations on the care of the land in its natural habitat. There is also a pirate's treasure map that provides a path to riches buried on the land.

Dr. Fenimore and his able assistant Rat head south to see what he inherited especially the booty. They stop at the home of another patient Lynn Ashley, who is the recipient of some nasty pranks that are a form of subtle pressure to force the senior citizen to sell her property. Knowing the treasure is not going anywhere Dr. Fenimore begins to investigate who is trying to scare Lynn off her land. To his surprise the list of individuals and corporations that could gain with the purchase of Lynn's acres is large, making it difficult to determine whom the culprit(s) is.

The third Dr. Fenimore tale, THE DOCTOR AND THE DEAD MAN'S CHEST, pays homage to Stevenson's Treasure Island though it is set in New Jersey. The story line is fun due to the strong supporting "good guys" and insightful references to historical tidbits such as brickwork. Bringing most of the potential "bad guys" to one party allows Fenimore easy comparisons, but seems to simple of a solution. Still the trek into the New Jersey wilderness is an engaging diversion for those readers who enjoy a non-metropolitan northeast cozy.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh!, July 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Doctor and the Dead Man's Chest (Hardcover)

This is the third book in this series but the first one I read. It is truly a poorly written book. The characters are not fully developed, the secondary plotline of gang murders is almost entirely ignored, and the main character--the detecting Dr. Fenimore--really doesn't do much of anything but meet his cop buddy for drinks. The author's age is clearly reflected in her prose...much as Lilian Jackson Braun's is in her "Cat Who..." series. One other thing...on page 27, the author describes one of four cars as a "Taurus van." There is no such thing as a Taurus VAN...an insignificant mistake, perhaps, but it shows that the author and her editors don't check facts. With all the excellent mystery writers to choose from, this author is a waste of reading time.