Death at the Fair (Emily Cabot Mysteries)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (684 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0984067612 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lyn Reese said Chicago, 189Chicago, 1893 World fairs were immensely popular events in the19th and 20th centuries. Chicago's "World's Columbia Exposition of 1893" wowed its visitors with its dazzling technology displays and promotion of American business and products. In McNamara's story, its aim to promote Chicago is thwarted when a potential investor who would have funded the fair for another year is found murdered in one of the pavilions. Emily Cabot's friend and teacher at the University of Chicago becomes murder suspect number one, and it is up to Emily to clear his name.Emily represents one of the first American women able to complete a . . World fairs were immensely popular events in the19th and "Chicago, 189Chicago, 1893 World fairs were immensely popular events in the19th and 20th centuries. Chicago's "World's Columbia Exposition of 1893" wowed its visitors with its dazzling technology displays and promotion of American business and products. In McNamara's story, its aim to promote Chicago is thwarted when a potential investor who would have funded the fair for another year is found murdered in one of the pavilions. Emily Cabot's friend and teacher at the University of Chicago becomes murder suspect number one, and it is up to Emily to clear his name.Emily represents one of the first American women able to complete a . " according to Lyn Reese. World fairs were immensely popular events in the19th and 20th centuries. Chicago's "World's Columbia Exposition of 189Chicago, 1893 World fairs were immensely popular events in the19th and 20th centuries. Chicago's "World's Columbia Exposition of 1893" wowed its visitors with its dazzling technology displays and promotion of American business and products. In McNamara's story, its aim to promote Chicago is thwarted when a potential investor who would have funded the fair for another year is found murdered in one of the pavilions. Emily Cabot's friend and teacher at the University of Chicago becomes murder suspect number one, and it is up to Emily to clear his name.Emily represents one of the first American women able to complete a . " wowed its visitors with its dazzling technology displays and promotion of American business and products. In McNamara's story, its aim to promote Chicago is thwarted when a potential investor who would have funded the fair for another year is found murdered in one of the pavilions. Emily Cabot's friend and teacher at the University of Chicago becomes murder suspect number one, and it is up to Emily to clear his name.Emily represents one of the first American women able to complete a . 0th centuries. Chicago's "World's Columbia Exposition of 189Chicago, 1893 World fairs were immensely popular events in the19th and 20th centuries. Chicago's "World's Columbia Exposition of 1893" wowed its visitors with its dazzling technology displays and promotion of American business and products. In McNamara's story, its aim to promote Chicago is thwarted when a potential investor who would have funded the fair for another year is found murdered in one of the pavilions. Emily Cabot's friend and teacher at the University of Chicago becomes murder suspect number one, and it is up to Emily to clear his name.Emily represents one of the first American women able to complete a . " wowed its visitors with its dazzling technology displays and promotion of American business and products. In McNamara's story, its aim to promote Chicago is thwarted when a potential investor who would have funded the fair for another year is found murdered in one of the pavilions. Emily Cabot's friend and teacher at the University of Chicago becomes murder suspect number one, and it is up to Emily to clear his name.Emily represents one of the first American women able to complete a . Wonderful description, great research, good read Two things before I begin. First, I have never commented on a book in this kind of venue. Second, I have known Frances McNamara for over 20 years. However, I do not think knowing Frances for all these years affected what I thought about this novel.Frances definitely captured the essence of the time in her descriptions and in the language her characters used. Without this I think it would be hard to understand the plot as it unfolded. I did not find it slow going in the beginning. In fact I think the descriptions gave life and color to the time period and made it easy to understand why the characters ac. Mary Beth Dunhouse said Intriguing. The author places the reader right in the middle of the Chicago's World's Fair with detailed descriptions that evoke its size and wonders. She has created an intriguing group of characters beginning with Emily Cabot a University of Chicago graduate student. As Emily's group of relatives and friends begin their tour of the fair site relationships between the characters are established. The narrative flows in the first two chapters drawing the reader in and providing tantalizing hints for future development. I was eager to read on.
Emily Cabot is one of the first women graduate students at the University of Chicago, eager to prove herself in the new field of sociology. While she is busy exploring the Exposition with her family and friends, her colleague, Dr. Wells. Rich with historical details that bring turn-of-the-century Chicago to life, this novel will appeal equally to history buffs and mystery fans.. A lynching that occurred in the dead man's past leads Emily to seek the assistance of the black activist Ida B. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition provides a vibrant backdrop for this exciting new mystery. Emily sets out to search for the truth behind the crime, but is thwarted by the thieves, corrupt politicians, and gamblers who are ever-present in
. Currently, she works at the University of Chicago Library and is author of the Emily Cabot series of historical mysteries set in Chicago in the 1890s. Frances McNamara graduated from Mount Holyoke College and has graduate degrees in English and Library Science from Simmons College. When not tending to the library systems or writing whodunits, she can be found racing a Rh
When her husband is killed, and Chapman is found by the body, it is up to Emily and a rotating cast of advisers-some recognizable from your history texts, some not-to free him. Against the backdrop of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, McNamara deftly weaves thes of Southern honor, Northern political graft, post-Civil War abolitionist concerns, nascent women's suffrage and tangled familial relationships In addition to solid pacing and engaging sotrytelling, the plot incorporates historical figures like Frederick Douglass, Mayor Carter Harrison and Eugene Prendergast, nicely balancing historicla exposition with narrative drive --Kirkus Discoveries . --manuscript review by Publishers Weekly, an independent organizationA compelling tale of th