Buried on Sunday
Registered by 
GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 2/25/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 2/25/2009 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
[This '86 trade paperback is my keeper copy of this book. I've registered and released several other copies, as I like the book so much I want to share it! The cover-art on this one is surprisingly creepy given the mostly-humorous tone of the novel - three silhouetted characters with attenuated shadows slouching towards a house in the distance...]
This is the second of Edward Phillips' "Geoffrey Chadwick" novels. (The series so far: Sunday's Child, Buried on Sunday, Sunday Best, Working on Sunday, Voyage on Sunday.) Chadwick is a middle-aged lawyer living in Montreal. He lives a quiet life, or tries to, but each of the books in the series presents him with a new complication. In this one, he has just accepted the end of his last long-term relationship - with a married, and closeted, school administrator - and, feeling at loose ends, accepts an invitation to visit an old friend in the country. Her husband turns out to be another old friend, and more; but before Chadwick can sort out his feelings at the reunion, the house-party is interrupted by a small gang of escaping bank robbers who hold the party hostage until they can arrange an escape.
The Chadwick novels aren't typical mysteries; crimes occur, but their solution is seldom part of the story. There are certainly aspects of psychological suspense, but Chadwick's such a detached sort of person that even the most intense moments feel distant - not in a bad way, mind. I've enjoyed the books immensely (not least because Chadwick is roughly my own age and yet is allowed to have some kind of life - so many novels insist that only the youngsters get to do anything {grin}), and I find the writing deft and the plot twists surprising and pleasing.
This is the second of Edward Phillips' "Geoffrey Chadwick" novels. (The series so far: Sunday's Child, Buried on Sunday, Sunday Best, Working on Sunday, Voyage on Sunday.) Chadwick is a middle-aged lawyer living in Montreal. He lives a quiet life, or tries to, but each of the books in the series presents him with a new complication. In this one, he has just accepted the end of his last long-term relationship - with a married, and closeted, school administrator - and, feeling at loose ends, accepts an invitation to visit an old friend in the country. Her husband turns out to be another old friend, and more; but before Chadwick can sort out his feelings at the reunion, the house-party is interrupted by a small gang of escaping bank robbers who hold the party hostage until they can arrange an escape.
The Chadwick novels aren't typical mysteries; crimes occur, but their solution is seldom part of the story. There are certainly aspects of psychological suspense, but Chadwick's such a detached sort of person that even the most intense moments feel distant - not in a bad way, mind. I've enjoyed the books immensely (not least because Chadwick is roughly my own age and yet is allowed to have some kind of life - so many novels insist that only the youngsters get to do anything {grin}), and I find the writing deft and the plot twists surprising and pleasing.
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Martha's Exchange, Main St in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, August 18, 2009
GoryDetails at Martha's Exchange, Main St in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (8/18/2009 UTC) at Martha's Exchange, Main St in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES: I'd been hanging on to this book as my "keeper" copy, so I could re-read the series whenever the mood struck me. But I came across this copy recently, and it turned out to be signed by the author, so I thought I'd hang on to that one instead.
So I plan to leave this copy somewhere in or near Martha's Exchange at about 1:30, perhaps on one of the flower-boxes out front or propped up in the entrance. Hope the finder enjoys the book!
