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Paperback The Shortest Day: Murder at the Revels Book

ISBN: 0140173773

ISBN13: 9780140173772

The Shortest Day: Murder at the Revels

(Book #11 in the Homer Kelly Series)

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Langton fans will love curling up in front of a roaring holiday fire with her latest Homer Kelly adventure--a rich Christmas brew spiced with medieval revelry, a romantic rivalry, and a soupcon of murder. Line drawings.

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Rated 5 stars
I listened to an unabridged recording of this book

I loved it. I was sorry when it came to an end. I think this is my favorite Langton so far -- beautifully written and at times very wise. Like most Langton books, this isn't a conventional mystery -- you know very early on who the killer is -- the only suspense (and it's actually suspenseful) is who is going to be the next victim and how and when the killer will be caught. The setting is Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Harvard...

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Rated 4 stars
Another Great Homer Kelly Mystery!

"The Shortest Day" uses an unusual (for a mystery, that is) plot device to great effect: you know whodunit early in the book and follow the good characters as they try to find out what you already know. You want to shout "Look there!" to them, and you cower when you see that the villain means to strike again. In this Homer Kelly mystery, the action is centered around the annual Christmas revels, which are to take place in...

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Rated 5 stars
A Christmas Mystery

Set amidst a production of the Christmas Revels at Harvard, the mystery is solved by Homer Kelly, the big oaf, and his much more intuitive wife Mary. Intertwined with the richness of the Revels is the encampment of homeless people on Harvard's campus, themes of love and jealousy, and the author's beautiful line drawings of Cambridge. One of Langton's best.

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