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The other lady vanishes
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399585326
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Physical Description:
340 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at South Central Regional Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Library | F Qui v.2 (Text) | 35864002371795 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Morden Library | F Qui (Text) | 35864002371803 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2018 March #2
*Starred Review* Adelaide Blake is almost certain no one in the California coastal town of Burning Cove has made the connection between Adeline Brockton, the newest waitress at Refresh Tearoom, and Adelaide Blake, an escaped mental patient from the Rushbrook Sanitorium. By maintaining a polite distance between herself and everyone else, Adelaide hopes to keep her past under wraps, but that social buffer becomes increasingly difficult to sustain when wealthy, enigmatic businessman Jake Truett turns up to recuperate from a case of "exhausted nerves." As the initial spark of attraction between them ignites into something much hotter, they find themselves forced to work ever more closely together when a murderer comes calling. After wowing readers with The Girl Who Knew Too Much (2017), the first in a fabulous new series set in 1930s California, Quick brews up another delectable blend of history, mystery, and romance set against the opulent backdrop of golden age Hollywood. Between the novel's cleverly conceived and brilliantly executed plot and Quick's signature delicious dash of dry humor, The Other Lady Vanishes is the perfect cup of literary tea for both Âhistorical-romance readers and historical-mystery mavens. Copyright 2018 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2018 March #2
Second in Quick's (The Girl Who Knew Too Much, 2017, etc.) series of thrillers about 1930s Tinseltown. This installment follows a formula laid down in the first: A woman in jeopardy flees to Burning Cove, California, assumes a new identity, and soon finds a kindred spirit in a man with a dark past who just happens to be fiercely protective and, of course, handsome and sexy. This time, the fugitive is Adelaide Blake, who has escaped from Rushbrook, an insane asylum south of San Francisco. She hopes to elude her husband, Conrad Massey, who had her committed so he could steal her considerable inheritance. Adelaide's late parents were scientists killed in an accident after concocting a dangerous hallucinogenic drug, Daydream. (Or was it an accident?) Rushbrook administrators, in cahoots with Conrad, were experimenting with Daydream on Adelaide, who survived thanks to her own herbal antidote. Once in Burning Cove, where she's a tea house waitress, Adelaide and readers realize how far-flungâand far-fetchedâthe Daydream conspiracy is. Known as a resort town where movie stars go on well-publicized retreats, Burning Cove isn't the likeliest hideaway: Adelaide is being stalked, which is where her neighbor Jake Truett proves helpful: He was formerly in the "import-export" business, with ties to international espionage and other murky (but ultimately patriotic) endeavors. When "Psychic to the Stars" Zolanda and her assistant turn up dead in separate incidents, Adelaide suspects that someoneâa dizzying array of someones, in factâis using Daydream to make murder look like suicide (as she herself witnessed shortly before leaving Rushbrook). Conrad is glimpsed lurking about, and, as Jake and Adelaide attempt to solve the murders, they themselves become targetsâtaking time out to consummate their love. Although Vera, an actress, "the Most Beautiful Woman in Hollywood," has a peripheral, mostly offstage role, this volume is surprisin g ly short on movie dish: Burning Cove could be any resort town. Strictly phoned-in thrills. Copyright Kirkus 2018 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2018 April #2
On the run after a narrow escape from an exclusive mental sanitarium (and the villains who put her there), Adelaide Blake takes refuge in tiny Burning Cove, a town along the California coast that is becoming trendy with the Hollywood set. Her job at the local tearoom is a good match for her herbalist skills, and after two months she is still wary but beginning to settle into a routine. She has even attracted the interest of businessman Jake Truett, the widower who is renting the sea cliff cottage near hers. But her pursuers are hot on her trail, and when a popular psychic predicts a death and then is found murdered, Adelaide and Jake are swept up in a web of lies that has Adelaide at its core. Red herrings and multiple baddies stir the plot in a fun-filled romp that has ties to Quick's
Copyright 2018 Library Journal.The Girl Who Knew Too Much .VERDICT With humorous repartee, a diabolical plot, and characters that make the 1930s spring to life, Quick's lively story of murder, intrigue, and romance keeps its secrets until the very end. Quick ('Til Death Do Us Part ) also writes as Jayne Ann Krentz and Jayne Castle; she lives in Seattle. [See Prepub Alert 11/21/17.] - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2018 March #4
Fans of
Copyright 2018 Publishers Weekly.The Girl Who Knew Too Much will find that Quick's complicated but entertaining follow-up, set in Hollywood's golden age, hits the spot. The tea shop in Burning Cove, Calif., attracts movie stars and the tourists who want to gape at them. Adelaide Blake's special tea blends always bring back return customers, such as handsome widower Jake Truett, who is visiting the seaside community to soothe his "exhausted nerves," and Zolanda, a psychic to the stars. Adelaide understands botanicals because her parents were scientists who were killed after they developed a dangerous hallucinogenic drug. She landed in Burning Cove after being kidnapped and experimented on by doctors who were looking to develop that drug for street useâand to serve secret political agendasâon the eve of WWII. After Zolanda correctly predicts her own death, Adelaide and Jake wind up in the crosshairs of the sophisticated and violent drug ring that Adelaide only barely escaped. This romantic thriller requires careful tracking of numerous characters, but the effort pays off.(May)
