Murder at the Gardner

by Jane Langton

Book Overview

Tadpoles in the fountain lead to murder in the corridor of Boston's IsabellaStewart Gardner Museum. The trustees call in Homer Kelly, ex-cop and Harvardlecturer, to solve the case. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140113827
• ISBN13: 9780140113822
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Gripping plot and delightful story

What I like most about reading Jane Langton's Homer Kelly novels is that I get to enjoy a gripping plot while at the same time learning something. With this book, I got to learn about the Gardner Museum while I enjoyed the suspenseful story. And her murder mysteries are set in interesting and genteel places, so that I get the benefit of the suspense without having to feel like my soul is being dragged through all the darkest places in human consciousness. Ms. Langton's writing style is also very pleasant, and I enjoy the pace of her stories. I select her books when I want to be pleasantly entertained.

lyrical and involving

Jane Langton's mystery novels always present a detailed and engrossing picture of a small, intricately structured world and the people in it (here, the Gardner Museum in Boston). Her writing style is hard to describe -- it's seemingly effortless, yet lyrical at the same time, with hidden secondary meanings sprinkled here and there. A really fine book.

Lyrical combination of mystery and art

I was amazed to see that this book had only received one bad review. This is a wonderful book - one in a series of mysteries with a loveable absent-minded professor who speaks his mind and bumbles into all sorts of mischief while solving complex murders. The author also adds her own drawings, which are a nice touch. I highly recommend all the Homer Kelly mysteries-I have read them all - if you like your mysteries to have some weight too them. Not too fluffy, but not overly erudite either.