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Norway in cherry blossom time seemed exactly the right place to hold a conference of the World Association of Romantic Novelists (WARN for short). Superintendent Perry Trethowan wondered at times how he had allowed his sister to 'con' him into accompanying her to the conference but he finally decided that his role was to be one of amused detachment and observation, most especially of the two Queens of the Conference – frothy, gushy, lethal Amanda Fairchild, the British challenger, and the show more vast, malevolent Lorelei Zuckerman from America. What Perry had not been prepared for was a body – one clothed in billowing pink, with a bough of cherry blossom carefully placed on the corpse. It was a most unusual murder, in a most unusual place. 'Mr Barnard disports himself with reliable zest, humour and cunning' Sunday Times 'Immaculately plotted, written with a touch as light as thistledown, and infused with gentle malice, this is a delicious soufflé of a whodunnit and the secret, which is w... show lessTags
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This is the final book in the short Superintendent Perry Trethowan series by Barnard. I have enjoyed them all. In this mystery Perry has accompanied his sister Christobel to Norway where she has been registered to attend a romance writers convention. As in his other books which profile the writing profession Barnard pokes fun at the authors in the trenches who provide the vast amounts of fodder for the reading public.
Also attending the conference are the reigning divas of the American and British romance writers. I call them divas because they really put on acts until one of them is killed and the hunt is on for the killer. The characters are all well drawn and fleshed out and the book was a gem.
Also attending the conference are the reigning divas of the American and British romance writers. I call them divas because they really put on acts until one of them is killed and the hunt is on for the killer. The characters are all well drawn and fleshed out and the book was a gem.
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- Canonical title*
- Kuolema kirsikankukkain aikaan
- Original title
- Death in Purple Prose
- Alternate titles
- The Cherry Blossom Corpse
- Original publication date
- 1987
- People/Characters
- Perry Trethowan; Christobel
- Important places
- Norway
- First words
- Oh look, darlings, cherry blossom, said Amanda Fairchild, as we sped from the docks into the centre of Bergen, and towards the bus station.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They were mostly silent for the rest of the flight.
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- English, Finnish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
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