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Zusatztext "A first-rate comedy of manners" —Anthony Boucher! Los Angeles Times “The case of the missing author is over. Gore Vidal has emerged from behind the facade of Edgar Box.” — The New Republic Informationen zum Autor Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-three novels, five plays, two memoirs, numerous screenplays and short stories, and well over two hundred essays. His United States: Essays, 1952 – 1992 received the National Book Award. Klappentext In Death Likes it Hot ! dashing P.R. man Peter Sargeant travels out to a posh beach community to help a wealthy socialite plan an end-of-summer party. His enjoyment of the sun! the surf! and the company of a lovely young fashion reporter is interrupted by the death of the socialite's niece: she mysteriously drowns while swimming on a crowded beach. No one suspects murder until the police find a lethal dose of sleeping pills in her system. As Sargeant watches the police's investigation unfold! he keeps an eye on the grieving socialite; the victim's famous painter husband; a suspiciously cheery brother and sister; and a garrulous tabloid columnist. Now! instead of planning guest lists! wine choices! and menus! Sargeant is faced with a killer unlike he's ever faced: highly sophisticated! devilishly clever! and just as smooth as he is. Zusammenfassung In Death Likes it Hot ! dashing P.R. man Peter Sargeant travels out to a posh beach community to help a wealthy socialite plan an end-of-summer party. His enjoyment of the sun! the surf! and the company of a lovely young fashion reporter is interrupted by the death of the socialite's niece: she mysteriously drowns while swimming on a crowded beach. No one suspects murder until the police find a lethal dose of sleeping pills in her system. As Sargeant watches the police's investigation unfold! he keeps an eye on the grieving socialite; the victim's famous painter husband; a suspiciously cheery brother and sister; and a garrulous tabloid columnist. Now! instead of planning guest lists! wine choices! and menus! Sargeant is faced with a killer unlike he's ever faced: highly sophisticated! devilishly clever! and just as smooth as he is. ...
