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The Doctor Digs a Grave

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The Doctor Digs a Grave

Robin Hathaway

A mystery in which a Philadelphia doctor is drawn into murder and local secrets.

mysterydoctorPhiladelphiacrime fiction

Work Information

Beyond the examination room, danger spreads in unexpected ways.

The first book in a series, blending medical knowledge with classic mystery storytelling.

Book Information

Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Published
1998-05-01
Pages
259 pages
Language
英語
Size
14.61 x 2.54 x 22.23 cm
ISBN-13
9780312185688
ISBN-10
0312185685
Price
9500 JPY
Category
洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery

When the somewhat unfashionable physician Andrew Fenimore spots a teenage boy trying unsuccessfully to bury his beloved cat in Philadelphia's posh Society Hill, he befriends the lonely youth and leads him to what is rumored to be an ancient Indian burial ground of the Lenape Indians. The two stumble across a body while digging, but this is not what surprises them. The young woman who is buried there is sitting in an upright position and facing east, as is customary with the Lenape, but her death is obviously a very recent one. When the identity of the woman is discovered to be that of the fiancee of an old colleague's son, Fenimore quickly finds himself buried in the investigation to uncover the cause of the woman's untimely death.

Reviews

  • けっこうドジなとこが気に入ってます。

    探偵らしくない感じが、面白かった。ホレイショを気に入って雇っちゃうとこも、気に入ってます。 ホレイショ?がどんな人物かは読んでみてください。

  • 奥深さはあるが

    ネイティヴ・アメリカンに対する偏見や差別、また彼らの風習の話などは興味深いが、 ストーリーはやや地味で一部のシーンを除き盛り上がりに欠ける フェニモア先生とホレイショのやりとりは面白かった ホレイショはレギュラーキャラになったりするのだろうか。気になる所だ それなりには楽しめる作品

  • プロットも面白い、ほんわかミステリ

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  • 爽やかで前向き、でも奥深い。

    主人公のフェニモア先生がよれよれホームズ、助手の少年が生意気で現代っ子でクールなワトソン君、といった感じ。、その他の登場人物たち全員も一癖も二癖もある魅力的な人物ばっかりで、(猫さえ!)勝手気ままに、いきいきと動いていて、すみずみまで楽しく読めます。 しかも謎解きも面白い。 謎が解けていくにつれ、殺された女性が身近に感じられてくるのも何とも切なくて…。だんだん彼女を好きになっていくのに、彼女はもう死んでいる。この切なさ! それでも全体は暗くならずに、ユーモアと爽やかさを感じさせるのが、この本のすごくてすばらしい所だと思うのです。 舞台になっているフィラデルフィアという街も人物同様とても魅力的に描かれていて、なにより作者がこの街を愛しているのが感じられます。生きていて、リアルで、それでいて殺伐としていない、生活感のきちんとある街。どこかで殺人がおきていそうな、でも同じ時間にオーブンのケーキも焼き上がってそうな。どっちか片方に振られるのではなく、一緒にそれらがある街の感じがすごく素敵です。 さらにこの本にはネイティブアメリカンのラナピ族の人も登場します。そして彼らが現在アメリカで置かれている複雑な状況についても描かれています。今、日本でネイティブアメリカンのイメージって、変に表面を美化されてる気がしますが、この本のラナピ族たちは変に美化されていなくて、そこも面白いです。彼らの文化や生活のあり方、その生活ゆえの実社会との食い違い、生きにくさ…。そして彼らの文化の美しさも本当にきれいに描かれています。(私はその美しさにすごく感動しました) 変なところも駄目なところもすばらしいところも書ききって、単純に謎解き部分も面白い。しかもほのぼのしてて読後感は非常にさわやか。愛すべき作品だと思います。

  • 心優しい探偵ドクター

    中年の見てくれは格好よくない心優しい町医者が主人公のミステリです。 フェニモア先生と、ホレイショ少年の心温まる交流が魅力的でした。 ラナピ族とアメリカの土地にまつわる関係性がおもしろかったです。

  • One of four books by this author that I have read. Lot6s of twists in the plot and well-developed characters. Recommended.

  • This author has a series with the Dr. Fenimore character. I decided to try one to see if it was for me. Well, I did finish it, and I did not anticipate the ending. (I seldom figure out the endings of books, so that's good.) However, I did not find much development in the characters, and I was not sufficiently motivated to try another in the series at this time. Maybe later.

  • Enjoyable and a good read.

  • I lasted about two chapters and got tired of the underlying pc political message. I would not recommend this book.

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