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by Lucille Kallen

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Author:
Lucille Kallen
ISBN13:
978-0345334268
ISBN:
0345334264
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ballantine Books (November 12, 1985)
Category:
Suspense
Subcategory:
Mystery
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1217 kb
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Rating:
4.7
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New York : Ballantine Books. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. Gutierres on June 15, 2010.

Introducing . Greenfield book. Lucille Kallen was the lone woman on the writing team for Sid Caesar's 'Your Show of Shows' (1950-1954) and only turned to fiction when the show was canceled. As far as I can tell she only wrote the 5 mysteries in the . She passed away from cancer in 1999 at the age of 76.

Lucille Kallen was a writer's writer. No quibbles possible. It's so unfortunate that Ms. Kallen could not have written more of these wonderful books before her premature death some years ago. We just have to cherish those she did write. She writes with lucidity and perception and such dry wit that you could almost wish to be reading in the rain.

Lucille Kallen has a very light touch and never wonders too far from what she knows in Introducing C. B. Greenfield. The mystery is never very threatening or suspenseful (or, for that matter, mysterious) and it relies far too heavily on coincidence for its momentum. But is it still a joyful read if only for listening to the narrator Maggie's inner voice and her boss', .

once again ms kallen has hooked me with the last of her . greenfield mysteries. greenfield are the 1960's sherlock holmes and dr. watson. One person found this helpful.

Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Are you an author? Learn about Author Central. Lucille Kallen (Author). once again ms kallen has hooked me with the last of her .

Greenfield: The Piano Bird (1984). Greenfield: No Lady in the House (1984).

1922-05-28)May 28, 1922. She also worked extensively on Broadway, was a long-time writing partner of Mel Tolkin, and published six novels, including a series of mysteries featuring the character . Greenfield: The Piano Bird (1984). Greenfield: The Tanglewood Murder (1985).

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Lucille Kallen (1979). Lucille Kallen (1983). Greenfield: no lady in the house, Ballantine Books. Determination, Truth, Horse. Tell people the truth, they laugh. Introducing C. Greenfield, Crown Pub. Running, Music, Piano.

The strongest element? Narrator-sidekick Maggie Rome, who's at her breezy best in the opening chapters here-on leave from Greenfield's small-town New England paper, tending her ailing mother (a slipped disc) on the unspoiled isle of Sanibel off Florida's west coast.

An upper-middle-class Westchester woman, Maggie Rome teams up with her boss, newspaper editor C. B. Greenfield, to investigate a vicious hit-and-run accident

  • Good writing is good writing is good writing -- wherever one finds it. Even if you're not a fan of mysteries, if you love witty and excellent writing, as well as unforgettable characters and clever plots, you won't regret reading this book. If you remember "Your Show of Shows" from television's golden age, you'll understand the high praise for this book, because the author was one of the writers of that masterpiece of wit and erudition -- the only woman so honored.
    Maggie Rome is a woman that other women will enjoy reading about: she has a husband, two sons, a dog, a career, and occasionally fibs about her age--but only by three years. She is perceptive, a good cook, although a somewhat recalcitrant housekeeper, an amateur pianist of some capability, and the star reporter of the Sloan's Ford Reporter. The C. B. Greenfield of the title is the owner and publisher of the weekly paper in upstate New York, a cellist and music lover, and a man whose way with words and love of puzzles exasperates Maggie almost beyond bearing. Sometimes.
    This is the first of five stories about Maggie and C.B.,--I'd already read one of the others--and have every intention of reading the others. In fact, I intend to search out all the books and add them to my collection; I need them handy to re-read when I need a pick-me-up. I wish that one of the publishers of mystery stories would bring them out again in new editions. Unfortunately, it would be too late for the author, whose pen was stilled in January 1999. We're all diminished by her passing.

  • Lucille Kallen has a very light touch and never wonders too far from what she knows in Introducing C. B. Greenfield. The mystery is never very threatening or suspenseful (or, for that matter, mysterious) and it relies far too heavily on coincidence for its momentum. But is it still a joyful read if only for listening to the narrator Maggie's inner voice and her boss', C.B. Greenfield, outer one. The author uses her skills learned in writing comedy sketches for television to keep the slight story moving in a gentle, humourous fashion that may appeal more to readers of domestic comedies of an earlier generation (think Shirley Jackson's Raising Demons) than mystery readers. A little joy.

  • Good writing is good writing is good writing -- wherever one finds it. Even if you're not a fan of mysteries, if you love witty and excellent writing, as well as unforgettable characters and clever plots, you won't regret reading this book. If you remember "Your Show of Shows" from television's golden age, you'll understand the high praise for this book, because the author was one of the writers of that masterpiece of wit and erudition -- the only woman so honored.
    Maggie Rome is a woman that other women will enjoy reading about: she has a husband, two sons, a dog, a career, and occasionally fibs about her age--but only by three years. She is perceptive, a good cook, although a somewhat recalcitrant housekeeper, an amateur pianist of some capability, and the star reporter of the Sloan's Ford Reporter. The C. B. Greenfield of the title is the owner and publisher of the weekly paper in upstate New York, a cellist and music lover, and a man whose way with words and love of puzzles exasperates Maggie almost beyond bearing. Sometimes.
    This is the first of five stories about Maggie and C.B.,--I'd already read one of the others--and have every intention of reading the others. In fact, I intend to search out all the books and add them to my collection; I need them handy to re-read when I need a pick-me-up. I wish that one of the publishers of mystery stories would bring them out again in new editions. Unfortunately, it would be too late for the author, whose pen was stilled in January 1999. We're all diminished by her passing.

  • Lucille Kallen has a very light touch and never wonders too far from what she knows in Introducing C. B. Greenfield. The mystery is never very threatening or suspenseful (or, for that matter, mysterious) and it relies far too heavily on coincidence for its momentum. But is it still a joyful read if only for listening to the narrator Maggie's inner voice and her boss', C.B. Greenfield, outer one. The author uses her skills learned in writing comedy sketches for television to keep the slight story moving in a gentle, humourous fashion that may appeal more to readers of domestic comedies of an earlier generation (think Shirley Jackson's Raising Demons) than mystery readers. A little joy.

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