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Book Reviews of Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, Bk 6)

Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, Bk 6)
Corpus Christmas - Sigrid Harald, Bk 6
Author: Margaret Maron
ISBN-13: 9780553274103
ISBN-10: 0553274104
Publication Date: 10/1/1990
Pages: 214
Edition: Reprint
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Crimeline
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, Bk 6) on
Helpful Score: 1
Easy Read. Interesting setting. Not alot of depth
SusanG avatar reviewed Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, Bk 6) on + 41 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Thi book is one of the NYC detective Sigrid Harald series, an earlier series by this author. I like the character very much and enjoyed this plot set in the art world. I am on the WL for the rest of the series.
reviewed Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, Bk 6) on + 318 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A Maron mystery featuring Lt. Sigrid Harald, who investigates a death in a private art museum, the Breul House. A fascinating cast of characters including the Lt.'s love interest, older artist, Oscar Nauman. All takes place in December. A very good read.
reviewed Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, Bk 6) on + 431 more book reviews
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I've been a Maron fan for years and somehow missed this book. It was the perfect "holiday read"!!
reviewed Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, Bk 6) on + 26 more book reviews
I enjoy this series!
cyndij avatar reviewed Corpus Christmas (Sigrid Harald, Bk 6) on + 1032 more book reviews
Sixth in the series, originally published in 1989, no need to have read the previous although there is a little backstory you'll miss. Lt Sigrid Harald of the NYPD attends a party at a small art/historical home museum with her SO, famous artist Oscar Nauman. After the party, a member of the museum's Board is found murdered. He was an unpleasant man with a penchant for ferreting out other's misdeeds, so the slate of potential suspects is large. Complicating the case is that Nauman has been friends with many of them for years. During the investigation quite a few nefarious doings come to light. I might have gotten more out of this if I were conversant in modern art; names and concepts are abundant but most of it went over my head. But the mystery isn't dependent on knowing those things. I did not guess the villain in this one, I guessed someone who didn't have anything to do with it - I'm not usually that far off so that was fun. I liked the snippets of old letters that Maron worked in. I didn't like the relationship between Rick and Pascal...there was definitely a squicky feeling given Pascal's problems. There's another subplot involving decades-old murders that seemed totally superfluous, I guess Maron wants to show that the department has more than one thing to work on. And though this is set just before Christmas, the time of year plays no part in the story other than some descriptions of shopping and lights. All in all, enjoyable reading although IMHO not one of Maron's strongest efforts.