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Dunne, Sep 2003, 22.95, 208 pp.
ISBN: 0312321260
The Nortons want to relocate the remains of a cousin from her burial spot under the Martha's Vineyard cemetery's yew tree to a plot in Milwaukee. However, the gravediggers find no remains when they inter the dirt at the location. Ninety-two year old Victoria Trumbull comes by just as the diggers give up assuming that the exhuming should have been somewhere else. Rumors say otherwise.
Not long afterward, those interested in the dead girl soon join her in the afterlife as someone begins murdering people. The coffin of the Norton cousin suddenly vanishes though Victoria had managed to strip a piece from it. Meanwhile Victoria saves retired foreign service employee Dahlia Atherton, who suffers from cancer, from drinking poisoned tea. Dahlia provides quite a tale about double cross involving gem smuggling and Victoria sees a link to the murders and the missing corpse, but will she live long enough to save the next season.
THE CEMETERY YEW is filled with twists and turns that will keep readers interest as they navigate Martha's Vineyard led by a nonagenarian guide. However, the myriad of subplots needs leaps of faith by readers to accept as they meander all over the place with tenuous links. Victoria remains a creaky yet solid scrappy sleuth with fans savoring her latest senior snooping. Other cozy readers will go elsewhere for the late summer.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards family/friends
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 60's-90's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 2
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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