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    Death in Zanzibar
    Death in Zanzibar
    Death in Zanzibar
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    Death in Zanzibar

    By M. M. Kaye

    3.5/5

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    Written by celebrated author M. M. Kaye, Death in Zanzibar is a wonderfully evocative mystery ...

    Dany Ashton is invited to vacation at her stepfather's house in Zanzibar, but even before her airplane takes off there is a stolen passport, a midnight intruder--and murder. In Zanzibar, the family house is Kivulimi, the mysterious "House of Shade," where Dany and the rest of the guests learn that one of them is a desperate killer. The air of freedom and nonchalance that opened the house party fades into growing terror, as the threat of further violence flowers in the scented air of Zanzibar. Richly evocative, Death in Zanzibar will charm long-time fans and introduce new ones to this celebrated writer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateDec 1, 2015
    ISBN9781250089274
    Death in Zanzibar
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    M. M. Kaye

    M.M. Kaye (1908-2004) was born in India and spent much of her childhood and adult life there. She became world famous with the publication of her monumental bestseller, The Far Pavilions. She is also the author of the bestselling Trade Wind and Shadow of the Moon. She lived in England.

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    • 3/5
      I enjoyed this book which was an easy read. My major criticism is that its very dated which is a shame as it is likened to Agatha Christie whose books are timeless.

      Dany is invited to stay in Zanzibar with her mother and step-father. Before she even leaves the UK her hotel room is searched and her passport taken. How she manages to travel is a story in itself leading to all kinds of problems when she eventually arrives straight in the middle of a murder.
    • 5/5
      Awesome setting, awesome read! Very suspenseful and loved the twist at end!
    • 4/5
      A novel of young love and murder written before the time of political correctness. With this group of misfits, this book could be an ad for any type of alcoholic drink. We are teased by the naïve love of our teen age heroine, which turns out to be a red herring. She eventually falls for the other young man, who seems to face the possibility of becoming an alcoholic.
    • 3/5
      The hero of a previous book (Trade Winds) left a treasure In his house, and now his descendent is having a house party in it, which turns into a classic-style British mystery. The author, as the wife of a British officer, lived in Zanzibar at the time (the 1950s) when the story is set --by the time it was published in the 1980s, it was already, as she said, period piece --Zanzibar had gone from being a traditional sultanate under British "protection" to part of the republic of Tanzania. .
    • 4/5
      Went through and read every M.M. Kaye book many years ago. I remember I loved all of them.
    • 4/5
      A great old-fashioned whodunnit in the style of Christie. The plot is a bit far-fetched but the resulting mystery is very entertaining and there is even a dash of romance. In deciding who committed the crimes, I changed my mind so often that I picked just about all the characters at one point or another. However, that just meant that I was right if only for a short time. I enjoyed the descriptions of Zanzibar, now a region of Tanzania. I loved the polite language and hammy plot of a mystery written in 1959 when people played music on a gramophone, women wore stockings even in hot climates, and the journey from London to Nairobi by air took more that 24 hours. The author had a longing to see Zanzibar after hearing a popular song in the fifties - said to be "Stowaway" by Barbara Lyon - that has the refrain "Then I'll go sailing far - off to Zanzibar". She eventually managed to visit the island when her husband's regiment was diverted to Kenya and she joined him there. All of M.M. Kaye's books were set in places she visited or lived in as an army wife.
    • 3/5
      Light and fluffy mystery/romance that passes an afternoon.
    • 2/5
      A fairly interesting mystery in the British parlor style (was it the mysterious Arab? The flamboyant secretary). But the lead character is annoying, and the conclusion feels so very, very, very outdated by the end of the cold war. But it did make me want to go to Zanzibar.

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