Death and Blintzes: A Belle Appleman Mystery (Rosen Mysteries) - Softcover

Rosen (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897334507 ISBN 13: 9780897334501

Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

Iti is the mid-1930s -- the time of the Great Depression. F.D.R. is in the White House, Hitler has risen to power in Germany and, in Boston, something not quite kosher is going on at the Classic Clothing Company. But so what if it is? Belle Appleman, the young widow recently hired for hte Pants department, knows how lucky she is thta her friend from Evening English, Nate Becker, was able to get her the job at all.

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Review

"Feisty, impulsive and chatty, Belle Appleman is a welcome addition to Boston's growing population of female amateur detectives." -- Publishers Weekly

From the Author

Why "Death and Blintzes" is interesting reading.
Belle Appleman, the amateur detective and heroine of "Death and Blintzes", exemplifies the optimism and hope of American life during the Great Depression. And when she pushes her nose into murders, you can bet that the killers don't stand a chance. As authors of this novel, we tried to bring the period of the mid-1930's back to life. As one reviewer wrote: "This novel is set in the Depression but it's anything but depressing." The New York Times Book Review wrote, "There is no desperate attempt to recreate the period of the 1930's. Yet the flavor comes through, especially when the authors get wrapped up in the role of labor unions during the Roosevelt years..."Death and Blintzes" has a curious charm." And about Belle herself, the reviewer in Harvard Magazine wrote: "Like one of the great actresses she is always imitating--Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, or Myrna Loy--Belle Appleman moves through this book as if in a movie of her own. The mystery possesses a blend of nostalgia, humor, and intrigue, whose simplicity recalls the time it portrays." And from another reviewer: "...food is practically a subplot in this book..."

About this edition

• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0897334507
• ISBN 13: 9780897334501
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200