Jewel Mysteries From a Dealer's Note Book, by Max Pemberton
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Jewel Mysteries From a Dealer's Note Book, by Max Pemberton- Amazon Sales Rank: #9100049 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .19" w x 6.00" l, .27 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 82 pages
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. these short stories are real gems By Linda Umstead For readers who find the subject of expensive jewels fascinating, here is a delightful compendium of stories from the point of view of a dealer in fine jewels. Each tale has a nice little problem and we soon learn that our hero is not a fellow with whom to be trifled. A great put-down-and-pick-up-again book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Jewel Mysteries, Kindle Book By Katherine Bailey It is too bad that Kindle doesn't have some type of introduction to the books and what the books or each story is about instead of just jumping to page 1 of the book. This is okay, found some errors though. Why aren't the books just scanned instead of someone typing them up.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Some great Victorian Era detective stories narrated by a likeable amateur detective. By Whistlers Mom Max Pemberton had a most unusual career as a professional writer. He was a journalist and editor whose first novel (THE IRON PIRATE) was published when he was 30 years old. It was a success and from 1893 until 1914, he published at least one and sometimes two or three books a year (a total of 40) - mostly of the Jules Verne adventure/sci-fi type. Then he seems to have stopped publishing except for a few biographies.He founded the London School of Journalism in 1920. Maybe that fully occupied his time or maybe there were other factors. I find it very curious that such a popular author should be so prolific for over 20 years and then stop so abruptly.In 1904, he published a book of mystery stories featuring jewel dealer Bernard Sutton. "The Ripening Rubies" has been included in several anthologies of Victorian detective stories. I read it and fell in love with this intelligent, charming gentleman and his wry view of the English aristocracy to whom he sells his wares. So I was thrilled to be able to get a whole book of stories about him.The first story is (IMHO) very weak and I was afraid I was going to be disappointed in the book. Fortunately, the other nine stories (including "The Ripening Rubies") are much better. I enjoyed them thoroughly. They're written in first person and Sutton is a lively, amusing story teller. His occupation leads him down some fascinating paths and he frequently finds it necessary to solve a puzzle (or a crime) in order to protect his business or a valuable client. Not that he's blind to his clients' faults by any means. He's a shrewd, hard-headed Victorian gentleman and your money buys his jewels, but not his friendship or his admiration. To gain that, you must be the kind of person he admires and he has high standards.He's particularly critical of misers and several of the stories deal with penny-pinchers who let their love of money (and jewels) rule their lives. They get their just desserts in the end and we're all happy to see that "what goes around comes around." He's also (for an old bachelor) something of a romantic. He likes to see young lovers happy and will go to some trouble to help them out of their difficulties. In one story, he himself falls for the charms of a young lady and it's almost the death of him.He's a well-traveled cosmopolitan, at home in Paris or New York as well as London. One story finds him in Algiers, dealing with rascally Arabs and lethargic French policemen. One of my favorites pits a fickle English aristocrat against the high-spirited American heiress whom he courted and abandoned. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" and American ladies (especially rich ones) don't take insults lying down.Pemberton was a fine writer and these are great stories. If you like Victorian mysteries, you shouldn't miss this book.
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