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missmarketpaperback's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this other Elizabeth Peters. Vicky Bliss is a fun unconventional narrator. The language is, again, dated and I didn’t like any of her suitors. However the mystery and ghost story were fun.
agmaynard's review against another edition
2.0
Audio. Points for its feminist salvos—in the 70s, rarer than you’d think.
singinglight's review against another edition
3.0
Leila at Bookshelves of Doom was reading this one. Looked fun, so I picked it up. It was fun. It’s one of those that if I’m ever in the mood I’ll read another in the series but I don’t feel any particular compulsion to keep going. [Oct. 2008]]
Hah! Little did she know...
I actually ended up quite addicted to this series. And now rereading the reviews is making me want to reread the books. Scmiiiiidddddt.
Hah! Little did she know...
I actually ended up quite addicted to this series. And now rereading the reviews is making me want to reread the books. Scmiiiiidddddt.
cyntax's review against another edition
4.0
This was my favorite mystery series in middle school/high school, and lately I've been wanting to re-read it to see if it lives up to my memories.
I just love Vicky Bliss - she's a feminist, and I always loved how smart and hardworking she is.
Vicky is an art history professor at a Midwest university. One winter night she visits her kinda-boyfriend Tony (fellow art history professor and chauvinist) in his office. While perusing a new book with previously unpublished letters, they realize a long-lost carving by a famous artist may be hidden in an old castle in Germany. Tony makes a deal with Vicky - they will compete against each other to see who can find the artifact first. If Tony wins (or as he puts it, proves his intellectual superiority), he wants Vicky to marry him.
For me, this book is a perfect combination of a 1940s caper and Indiana Jones (in the form of Vicky Bliss of course). Still a favorite.
I just love Vicky Bliss - she's a feminist, and I always loved how smart and hardworking she is.
Vicky is an art history professor at a Midwest university. One winter night she visits her kinda-boyfriend Tony (fellow art history professor and chauvinist) in his office. While perusing a new book with previously unpublished letters, they realize a long-lost carving by a famous artist may be hidden in an old castle in Germany. Tony makes a deal with Vicky - they will compete against each other to see who can find the artifact first. If Tony wins (or as he puts it, proves his intellectual superiority), he wants Vicky to marry him.
For me, this book is a perfect combination of a 1940s caper and Indiana Jones (in the form of Vicky Bliss of course). Still a favorite.
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