Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing, Maryla Szymiczkowa
Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing, Maryla Szymiczkowa
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Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing

Author: Maryla Szymiczkowa, Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Narrator: Moira Quirk

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperVia

Published: 03/17/2020

Synopsis

A bored socialite becomes a cunning amateur sleuth in this wildly entertaining, Agatha Christie¬inspired mystery of murder and mayhem set in nineteenth-century Poland¶“An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.”—Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel laureate and author of the Man Booker International Prize winner Flights¶ Cracow, 1893: Zofia Turbotynska—professor’s wife, socialite, and bored homemaker—has little more to do than plan a charity auction sponsored by the wealthy residents of a local nursing home and the nuns who work there. But when one of those residents is found dead, Zofia finds a calling: solving crime. Ridiculed by the police, who have declared the deaths of natural cause, she starts her own murder investigation, unbeknownst to anyone but her loyal cook Franciszka and one reluctant nun. With her husband blissfully unaware of her secret, Zofia remakes herself into one the most surprising, and maybe even effective, detectives combing the city streets. But what will it take for her to find the killer. . .before she becomes the next victim?

About Maryla Szymiczkowa

MARYLA SZYMICZKOWA is a pseudonym for partners Jacek Dehnel and Piotr Tarczyński. Dehnel is the award-winning author of numerous books, including the novels Lala and Saturn and the poetry collection Aperture. Tarczyński is a translator and historian. They live in Warsaw, and the Zofia Turbotyńska Mysteries are their first shared project.

About Antonia Lloyd-Jones

ANTONIA LLOYD-JONES is a prize-winning translator of Polish literature. She has translated works by many of Poland’s leading contemporary novelists, including Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, as well as authors of reportage, crime fiction, poetry, screenplays, essays, and children's books. She is a mentor for the WCN Emerging Translator Mentorship Programme, and from 2015-17 was co-chair of the Translators Association.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on March 13, 2021

I often struggle with translated books (I don't know why, I just do) but this one I had no issues with. Witty, adventurous and full of brilliant characters, this book kept me reading up into the night. I loved the discriptions of Victorian life in Cracow and the incredible way this thrilling book too......more

Goodreads review by Agnieszka T. on July 19, 2015

Wyśmienita powieść. Owszem, promocja zrobiła jej krzywdę, bo trudno ją nazwać "zagadką roku", ale tak pięknie zobrazowane charaktery i charakterki, Kraków z dawnych lat, z jego wszystkimi chyba cechami charakterystycznymi, te społeczne zależności i przepychanki, te cudowne szczegóły zarządzania dome......more

Goodreads review by Jolanta (knygupė) on May 07, 2020

Lenku Miss Marple, tik per daug istempta. 2.5*......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on July 10, 2020

There's a lot to like here, it's got an impeccable sense of time and place, it's slyly funny and charming, and it's certainly a unique mystery that is almost cozy with all its trappings. I wanted to like it more than I did. I was also, be warned, in a bit of a slump and so not the most welcoming for......more

Goodreads review by Come on September 22, 2024

Maryla Szymiczkowa è lo pseudonimo della coppia, nel lavoro e nella vita, formata da Jacek Dehnel e Piotr Tarczyński. Dehnel è autore pluripremiato di numerosi libri, Tarczyński è traduttore e storico. Vivono entrambi a Varsavia e la serie con protagonista Zofia Rombotyńska è il loro primo progetto......more

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