An Incident at Bloodtide: A Mongo Mystery

Mongo #12

by George C. Chesbro

Au retour d'une sortie sur l'Hudson, Mongo et son frère Garth trouvent au domicile de ce dernier un visiteur indésirable : Sacra Silver, prétendu magicien et surtout ex-petit ami de l'épouse de Garth, la chanteuse de country Mary Tree. Cet illuminé de Silver a tout bonnement décidé de reprendre sa femme ! Garth qui n'a aucune patience avec les dingues de ce genre, on le sait depuis longtemps, le flanque dehors. Mais Mary est inquiète car elle sait bien qu'il arrive malheur à ceux qui défient Silver. De fait, le cadavre d'un vieil ami de Garth, agent de la brigade fluviale, est repêché dans l'Hudson. Au cours de son enquête, Mongo découvre qu'une importante compagnie pétrolière vide les cuves de ses navires dans le fleuve, pour ensuite les remplir d'eau douce... Quels sont les liens entre ce

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

330 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

George C. Chesbro was an American author of detective fiction. His most notable works feature Dr. Robert "Mongo the Magnificent" Fredrickson, a private detective with dwarfism. He also wrote the novelization of The Golden Child, a movie of the same name starring Eddie Murphy.

Chesbro was born in Washington, D.C. He worked as a special education teacher at Pearl River and later at rockland Psychiatric Center, where he worked with trouble teens. Chebro was married and had one daughter and two step-daughters.

Reviews

[Claudia A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

I don,t know how Chesbro does it. He comes up with these incredibly unique stories. That's why he is the writer

[Genevieve Paquette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. A nice, quick read. A little weird, a lot late 80s/ early 90s, but fun. The characters aren't exactly multi-dimensional, but they're likable and interesting. The mystery was basic but believable. I enjoyed the hard-boiled-lite writing style. And the inclusion of a witchcraft storyline was handled well.

[Colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

As the series progresses, the books become more tightly written, the plots easiertofollow and more believable, but I feel it lacks a bit of the more surprising and fun elements of the earlier books. Still appealing though

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good story aside from the environmental preaching, which was doubly disturbing because till now I'd never felt that Chesbro had let personal views parrot out of the mouths of his characters.

[Rogue Reader · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sorry but Mongo and his brother are just a bit too clever, can't suspend belief enough to enjoy.

[Lapetitesteph]

Très bien.