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A murder threatens to force the police into a confrontation with New York's gypsy community. The cops are determined to pin the blame on a gypsy. But Roman Grey knows there is more to the case than the convenient closing of a crime file, and vows to bring the truly guilty to justice.Tags
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Roman Grey (Romano Gry) is required by his Gypsy family's traditional beliefs to prove his dead friend, Nanoosh Pulneshti is not responsible for the murder and mutilation's of a young woman. If he is not successful Nanoosh's mulo, his spirit could not free itself for the shame, nor could Roman convince his friend, NYPD Police Sergeant Harry Isadore, of his own innocence of being an accomplice to murder.
Gypsy in Amber is filled with interesting details of the culture of the Rom and intricacies of antique collecting. This, coupled with an intriguing murder to solve and fast paced thrilling final chapters, make this book a compelling read.
Gypsy in Amber is filled with interesting details of the culture of the Rom and intricacies of antique collecting. This, coupled with an intriguing murder to solve and fast paced thrilling final chapters, make this book a compelling read.
This is Martin Cruz Smith's first mystery. I found it very enjoyable. The main character Roman Gray is Gypsy or Rom. If Smith had continued in this series the character would have been fleshed out and developed more over time. As it is we just get a hint of what we are going to miss out on. The next and last in the series is CANTO FOR A GYPSY and it is hard to come by.
I really enjoyed this book. Roman is pulled into an investigation tio prove a fellow gypsy did not murder and dismember a young woman. I really wish there were more books in this series!
Nice try. First book for writer who got better, put a Cruz in his name (my edition listed author as Martin Smith), and got rich trashing the Ruskies. The book feels like a half year's research on gypsies and antiques packaged in a freeway body-confusion mystery. It tried.
Roman uuris fotot: veoauto oli külili, kummuli ''Cadillac'' lösutas paarkümmend meetrit kaugemal. Kohti, kust olid leitud laibad, tähistasid suured ristid. Kaugemal vedelesid mööblitükid, plaadid, köied. Kuldtaldrikud sätendasid. Nende vahel märkisid ristid kohti, kus olid olnud tüdruku tükid...
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Martin Cruz Smith is a writer of suspense novels. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on November 3, 1942 but grew up in New Mexico and the Philadelphia area. Smith earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Smith worked for local television stations, newspapers, and the Associated Press. His early work was published under the names show more Simon Quinn, Jake Logan, and Martin Smith. Smith is best known for a series of suspense/thrillers featuring Investigator Arkady Renko. The first of these books, Gorky Park, was published in 1981 and adapted as a film starring William Hurt and Lee Marvin two years later. An earlier film of his work, Nightwing, directed by Arthur Hiller, was released in 1979. Smith is a member of the Authors League of America and the Authors Guild. In 2013 his title Tatiana made The New York Times Best Seller List. The Girl from Venice also became a bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Sing, Zigeuner, sing . . .
- Original title
- Gypsy in amber
- Original publication date
- 1971
- People/Characters
- Roman Grey
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- Related movies
- The Art of Crime (1975 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- The Romany chi
And the Romany chal
Love luripen
And lutchipen
And dukkeripen
And buknipen
And every pen
But moripen
And tatchipen
The Gypsy woman
And the Gypsy man
Love stealing
And loving
And fortune-telling
And lying
And every pen
But killing
And truth
—OLD ROMANY SAYING - Dedication
- This book could not have been written without
the help of the Gypsy library and the notes
of Reverend Frederick S. Arnold.
For my father and mother - First words
- God made Man in His image, Roman had heard.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He crossed his fingers.
- Original language*
- Engels
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