Recensione:
“When it comes to evoking a bygone era of dim gas lighting, ill-heated homes, the shenanigans of the criminal underclass and the corrupt hypocrisy of our ‘betters,’ Jennings has [Anne] Perry beat hands down.”
— The Calgary Herald
“Jennings brings to life a violent but vital society of astonishing contradictions.”
— New York Times Book Review
“Jennings has always had a fine eye for telling details and good characters.”
— Globe and Mail
L'autore:
Since 1997, Maureen Jennings has written six Detective Murdoch novels:Except the Dying, shortlisted for both the Anthony and the Arthur Ellis Best First Novel Awards,Under the Dragon’s Tale, Poor Tom Is Cold, Let Loose the Dogs, shortlisted for the Anthony Best Historical Mystery Award, andNight’s Child, shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award, the Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery Award, the Barry Award, and the Macavity Historical Mystery Award, andVices of My Blood.
Three of the novels have been adapted for television, and four seasons of a television series,The Murdoch Mysteries, based on the characters from the novels, have been produced by Shaftesbury Films for CITY TV/Rogers, UKTV in Britain and distributed internationally by ITV/Granada international.
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