Ανήσυχη πόλη

Mike McCall

by Ellery Queen, Κάτε Παπανικολάου (Translator)

Ο Μάικ Μακ Κωλ το ένιωσε από την πρώτη στιγμή, που έφθασε εκεί. Η Τισκουάντο ήταν μια πόλη έτοιμη να εκραγεί. Έμοιαζε σαν να ήταν κτισμένη πάνω σ' έναν όγκο από δυναμίτη...
"Δεν λείπει παρά μόνο το φυτίλι" σκέφθηκε ανήσυχος ο Μακ Κωλ.
Σ' αυτό όμως έκανε λάθος. Το φυτίλι υπήρχε. Και την άκρη του την κρατούσε μία κοπέλα - η Λώρα Θόρτον. Μόνο που η Λώρα είχε εξαφανισθεί...
"Όταν βρεθεί, όλα θα ησυχάσουν", έλεγε -και το πίστευε- ο αρχηγός της τοπικής αστυνομίας.
Εκτιμούσε, όμως, βεβιασμένα την κατάσταση. Γιατί, κι όταν ακόμη η Λώρα βρέθηκε -μισοπεθαμένη... -τα πράγματα δεν έγιναν καλύτερα. Χειρότερα έγιναν... Το φυτίλι είχε πάρει ήδη φωτιά. Κι η φωτιά, που κάθε λεπτό έφθανε και πιο κοντά στον δυναμίτη, είχε τη μορφή ενός νέγρου φοιτητή: εκείνου που είχε βρει μισοπεθαμένη τη Λώρα...

Genres: Mystery, Portuguese Literature, Fiction, Dark Academia, Detective

228 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

aka Barnaby Ross.
(Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
"Ellery Queen" was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty two years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age "fair play" mystery.

Although eventually famous on television and radio, Queen's first appearance came in 1928 when the cousins won a mystery-writing contest with the book that would eventually be published as The Roman Hat Mystery. Their character was an amateur detective who used his spare time to assist his police inspector father in solving baffling crimes. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee's death.

Several of the later "Ellery Queen" books were written by other authors, including Jack Vance, Avram Davidson, and Theodore Sturgeon.

Reviews

[Tommy Verhaegen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dit boek werd niet geschreven door de twee neven achter het alias Ellery Queen. Het hoofdpersonage is Micah McCall, speurdneus voor de gouverneur Sam Holland, en niet Ellery Queen, schrijver van detective.
In 90 percent van dit verhaal rent de McCall achter de feiten aan zonder vooruitgang te boeken. Hij vindt wel het ene lijk na het andere en wordt door iedereen, studente, staf en politie, met de nek aangekeken. Op de campus heerst totale chaos.
Pas in de laatste bladzijden komt McCall met de oplossing van 1 zware mishandeling en 2 moorden.
Door hem zal de gouverneur ook de touwtjes in handen nemen en het studentenprotest "oplossen".
Dat betekent dat alle vernielingen, mishandelingen, verkrachtingen, drugsgebruik enz totaal ongestraft blijven. De autoriteiten gaan op de knieën en de auteur verwijst zelfs naar een "succesvolle" implementatie van een extreem-links programma op een andere universiteit als het lichtend voorbeeld.
De rampzalige resutaten daaran zien we vandaag elke dag rondom ons.
Weinig speurwerk, veel frustratie en uiteindelijk 1 geniale inval. Meer betekent dit verhaal niet.

[Dulce · Rating 2 out of 5]

Não vale a pena ler. O enredo é pobre e o mistério praticamente não existe. Interessante é apenas a descrição do ambiente na Universidade, mas mesmo esta peca por ser superficial e não abordar todas as suas facetas. As personagens não são descritas em todas as suas dimensões pelo que fica a sensação de não as ficarmos a conhecer realmente.

[Ilah Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disappointment

I love all the Ellery Queen books. Found them late in life. Want to read them all. Entertainment in literary form . However. I liked the detective but the skirt chasing was unnecessary. Spoiled it. It was clean, glad it wasn't graphic.

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Não entendo a avaliação tão baixa dos livros da Ellery Queen. Eu adoro, são policiais muito bons.
Um misterioso desaparecimento de uma aluna leva a uma investigação policial na universidade. Após esta desaparecimento começam a acontecer mortes relacionadas.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not age well.

[nês · Rating 4 out of 5]

i already knew who did it aaaaaaaaaaa

[Kirsten Zeller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. A guessing who done it.

[Golden Age of Detective Fiction · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Tita · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mais um livro que estava há anos na estante (que veio numa promoção de um jornal) e que finalmente peguei nele pois queria um livro pequeno.
É um policial, com crimes que tal como o título indica, estão relacionado com problemas na universidade, mas não achei que a história nos prendesse, como também não simpatizei com McCall, o detective que está ao serviço do governador, que me pareceu mais preocupado em engatar a "secretária" do que com o crime. É certo que é ele quem desvenda os crimes, mas fiquei com a sensação que as coisas lhe iam "caindo no colo".
Uma leitura que serve para passar o tempo mas nada de especial.

[Ime CG · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solo para aclarar, el autor de la historia fue Gil Brewer aunque fue registrada por el seudónimo de Ellery Queen como muchas otras obras supervisadas por el dúo, escribo esto por si alguien busca dentro de este libro el estilo de Ellery Queen.

Es una historia fácil de leer y entretenida.

[Babete · Rating 4 out of 5]

:-)

[Raquel Santos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Policial levezinho, bom, para passar o tempo, mas completamente imemorável.

[Lauren · Rating 1 out of 5]

Speed turns college students into murderers and some girls just looooove rape. Did you know? Sheesh.

[Antonella Imperiali · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ma il finale...

[Sergio · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un giallo che offre una sola certezza, quella di sbadigliare di noia fin dalle prime pagine...

[Catia.borboleta Da Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uma historia que se lê bastante bem