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Sam Smith Mystery #10
Stardust: Os Mistérios de Sam Smith
Após ser contratada pelo multimilionário Jeremy Loudon, minha tarefa era encontrar sua maleta perdida. Loudon afirmou que essa maleta carregava dez mil libras conquistadas em um jogo de pôquer. No entanto, conforme as pistas eram desvendadas e me levavam até a Europa, minhas suspeitas se aprofundavam. O que havia na maleta de Loudon além de dinheiro? Por que ele estava sendo tão evasivo? Por que ele insistiu em não envolver a polícia?
Minha busca pela maleta perdida me levou a cafetões, pornógrafos, feministas radicalizadas, traficantes de armas e ao Distrito Vermelho de Amsterdã.
Enquanto isso, a investigação parecia espelhar minha própria vida. Loudon tinha tudo, mais dinheiro do que podia gastar, um negócio de sucesso e uma bela amante. Meu negócio estava indo bem e em meu casamento havia amor e felicidade em abundância. Ainda assim, os encontros com meus colegas holandeses levantavam a questã eu deveria buscar por mais da vida?
Stardust, a história sobre os sonhos de uma mulher e minhas esperanças para o futuro.
Minha busca pela maleta perdida me levou a cafetões, pornógrafos, feministas radicalizadas, traficantes de armas e ao Distrito Vermelho de Amsterdã.
Enquanto isso, a investigação parecia espelhar minha própria vida. Loudon tinha tudo, mais dinheiro do que podia gastar, um negócio de sucesso e uma bela amante. Meu negócio estava indo bem e em meu casamento havia amor e felicidade em abundância. Ainda assim, os encontros com meus colegas holandeses levantavam a questã eu deveria buscar por mais da vida?
Stardust, a história sobre os sonhos de uma mulher e minhas esperanças para o futuro.
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First published March 1, 2017
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November 5, 2018
Love this series and Sam is developing on many levels, especially thinking about her future. She's brilliant at her job (integrity and determined) and is happily married - a husband who accepts her for who she is and what she does; pushing her past where it belongs.
Sam is enlisted to search for a briefcase, taking her to Amsterdam...
There is a great sense of place with just the right amount of description (Wales and Amsterdam). The characters are realistic and Sam's humour is threaded throughout her thought and feelings.
Some tension, suspense and mystery add to a good story, well told.
Highly recommended.
Sam is enlisted to search for a briefcase, taking her to Amsterdam...
There is a great sense of place with just the right amount of description (Wales and Amsterdam). The characters are realistic and Sam's humour is threaded throughout her thought and feelings.
Some tension, suspense and mystery add to a good story, well told.
Highly recommended.
April 6, 2018
Continued thrills
As the Sam Smith series continues with another thrilling mystery, we also get some lessons about the Netherlands. Along the way Sam starts thinking about running a household and possibly motherhood. The author mixes all this with an intriguing mystery makes a very enjoyable read.
As the Sam Smith series continues with another thrilling mystery, we also get some lessons about the Netherlands. Along the way Sam starts thinking about running a household and possibly motherhood. The author mixes all this with an intriguing mystery makes a very enjoyable read.
September 14, 2025
Sam finds trouble again
A less-than-honorable rich man hires Sam to recover a stolen briefcase. He tells her the case contains a lot of cash. Chasing the person who stole the case leads her to Amsterdam, where she gets involved with a number of unsavory characters. Good story!
A less-than-honorable rich man hires Sam to recover a stolen briefcase. He tells her the case contains a lot of cash. Chasing the person who stole the case leads her to Amsterdam, where she gets involved with a number of unsavory characters. Good story!
April 22, 2021
I cannot continue it's terrible
March 15, 2017
Hannah Howe makes the city of Cardiff come alive with her vivid descriptions and historical references. This story also takes Sam Smith to Amsterdam. The descriptions and history of that location are just as informative. While working for her latest client, Sam runs across idealists with stardust in their eyes. Some, however, are easily swayed by the world of drugs and greed that they find themselves in.
If you look closely, you'll see a theme of chess playing throughout the story. Pawns being sacrificed for what some may consider the greater good of others, or the greater "greed" of those in power. The story talks about extremists, and women's rights, and how any good ideology can easily turn bad. Sam herself summarizes this quite well: "People are not chess pieces, pawns to be sacrificed while kings and queens look on.”
You can never go bad with a Sam Smith novel. I highly recommend.
If you look closely, you'll see a theme of chess playing throughout the story. Pawns being sacrificed for what some may consider the greater good of others, or the greater "greed" of those in power. The story talks about extremists, and women's rights, and how any good ideology can easily turn bad. Sam herself summarizes this quite well: "People are not chess pieces, pawns to be sacrificed while kings and queens look on.”
You can never go bad with a Sam Smith novel. I highly recommend.
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