One Coffee With (Sigrid Harald Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Margaret Maron (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2005 | Series: Sigrid Harald Mysteries

A new series featuring NYPD homicide detective Sigrid Harald There was more than coffee in Professor Quinn's morning coffee. Someone in the art department office had slipped in a spoonful of poison. Among the suspects are a young secretary, an enraged Hungarian maintenance man, and a colleague who had an affair with Quin's wife. NYPD detective Sigrid Harold is called in to find the killer with an artistic temperament and an aptitude for death.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Academic rivalry, petty jealousy, greed, and revenge form the backdrop for Maron's detective story featuring NYPD cop Sigrid Harald. Riley Quinn, deputy chairman of the art department at New York's Vanderlyn College, dies a grotesquely painful death when he drinks coffee laced with potassium dichromate, and it's up to Sigrid to find out whodunit. There are plenty of suspects, among them a disgruntled student, a female colleague whose promotion he blocked, another colleague with whom Quinn's wife was having a blatant affair, and a Hungarian handyman whose uncle left all his paintings to Quinn--paintings that are now worth a fortune. Maron is better known for her Judge Deborah Knott series, but the Harald novels, starring a character every bit as complex as Knott, are equally entertaining. This one was originally published in paper in 1982 and has been reprinted occasionally, but it remains difficult to track down. Maron fans should jump on it while they have a chance. Emily Melton
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About the Author

MARGARET MARON grew up on a farm near Raleigh, North Carolina, but for many years lived in Brooklyn, New York. When she returned to her North Carolina roots with her artist-husband, Joe, she bagan a series based on her own background. The first book, BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER, because a Washington Post bestseller that swept the top mystery awards for its year and is among the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century as selected by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Later Deborah Knott novels UP JUMPS THE DEVIL and STORM TRACK won the Agatha award for Best Novel.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 196 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727862804
• ISBN-13: 978-0727862808
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

MARGARET MARON is the author of twenty-seven novels and two collections of short stories. Winner of several major American awards for mysteries (Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity), her works are on the reading lists of various courses in contemporary Southern literature and have been translated into 15 languages. She has served as president of Sisters in Crime, the American Crime Writers League, and Mystery Writers of America. Visit her at www.MargaretMaron.com.

A native Tar Heel, she still lives on her family's century farm a few miles southeast of Raleigh, the setting for Bootlegger's Daughter, which is numbered among the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century as selected by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. In 2004, she received the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for best North Carolina novel of the year; and in 2008, the North Carolina Award for Literature, the state's highest civilian honor. Her mystery novels feature District Court Judge Deborah Knott and are the pegs upon which she hangs her love and concern for the state.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Coffee With, October 7, 2004

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Ima "Heavy Reader" - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Coffee with (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) (Hardcover)

I respectfully disagree with the reviewer who wrote "Her understanding of how academic titles, promotions and tenure work is embarrassingly wrong . . ." Ms. Maron is quite well known for her unrelenting research in her books and considering the fact that her husband was a university professor for many years I venture to say she was right on the money in this book as she is in her others. Also, as one who has also worked in a university setting for 20 years I would have to say that she is absolutely right on target. I loved this book and hope for at least one more Sigrid novel in the future.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very entertaining. One of her better mysteries., February 9, 1997

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This review is from: One Coffee With (Sigrid Harald Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read 5 of Margaret Maron's books so far, and this rates up there with The Bootlegger's Daughter

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A pretty good book to start the series, July 31, 2002

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Beth Guynn (Hillsville, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Coffee With (Sigrid Harald Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first book in Maron's Sigrid Harald series and her inexperience shows. The book gets off to a slow start and the solution is unconvincing.

However, the characters are vivid and that makes up for a lot. And, as with any series, the first book gives the background for the rest of the books, and it is a good series.