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Review: "Bland again engages the reader on many levels as Marti and Vic reevaluate their partnership while solving the case that could divide them forever"
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Summary: Another of Bland's Compelling Mysteries
Review: "Tell No Tales" is the 4th book of Eleanor Taylor Bland's that I've read.Although I began to guess who the killer was from her excellent foreshadowing, the suspense and complexity of the plot kept me from putting the book down.She draws such realistic, multidimensional characters that one hates to leave them at the end of the tale.
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Summary: Definitely not a bland police procedural
Review: Chicago police detectives Marti MacAlister and her partner Matthew "Vik" Jessenovik struggle to keep their law enforcement work from interceding with their personal lives at a time both deal with radical change. The newly married Marti works on establishing a cohesive family relationship with her new husband Ben and their children. Simultaneously, Vik deals with the muscular deterioration caused by a horrific attack of multiple sclerosis on his suffering spouse Mildred. However, two corpses appear, forcing Marti and Vik to dive head first into their professional lives. The body of an unidentified mummified woman was found in an abandoned theater owned by the wealthy Cheney family. The second deceased person turns out to be Barnabas Cheney, a mentally disturbed individual. Someone murdered both victims with the only link being Barnabas. As Marti and Vik investigate, clues seem to take them no where until they find a link to Vik's police mentor and hero, former detective Curly Smith, an item threatens to split the team apart. The seventh novel in the MacAlister-Jessenovik police procedural continues the tradition of multilevel story lines blending into a wonderful novel. The main plot evolves around the murder investigation. However, the secondary plots bring much personal depth including the schism between the former tightly unified detective team. It is the secondary tales that make TELL NO TALES and the fabulous previous books into one of the best representatives of the sub-genre. No one comes away from an Eleanor Taylor Bland reading experience feeling that they tasted a bland novel because of the varying complexities that ultimately flow into an entertaining book. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: SECRETS UNCOVERED
Review: A body of an eccentric derelict is found in a basement apartment. Newly-wed Marti's brief honeymoon is interrupted to investigate the case. Vik, her partner is also aroused from his duty in caring for his wife with multiple sclerosis. Neither detective is a happy camper in coming into work. Hours later they get another call. This time a mummified body is found in a boarded up theatre. What more can happen? Marti and Vik find themselves caught up in a mystery that tests their partnership, strains their family relationships and forces Vik to re-examine his hero worship of Curly Smith, a man who was like a second father to him. At first glance the two bodies have nothing to do with one another but as these detectives plow through the facts, secrets are uncovered. Join these two as they unravel a mystery containing many actors spread over three decades. Watch Marti as she attempts to understand the social and political mores of the times that led to the murder of the mummy. Explore Vik's feelings concerning his father, his uncritical love for Curly and his guilt over his wife's illness. Tell no Tales weaves an intricate web of emotions, politics, wealth, prejudice and failed justice that grabs the reader and has you wondering just how things will turn out. Bland does a good job in putting us in the detectives' shoes in exploring all aspects of the two cases which don't seem to be inter-related. You won't be able to put this tale down.
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Summary: Tell No Tales Tells Great Tales
Review: Another excellent mystery from Eleanor Taylor Bland!
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Summary: Loved It!
Review: I enjoy Bland's mysteries. I have read all of them and each one is better than the last. The characters are becoming more alive with each mystery. I hope Vic and Marti stay partners. Sorry Vic's idol had to fall, but such is life. I also hope Grandma stays! The marriage will work also, I can just feel it. See, I feel as though I know all the people personally.
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