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The Weeping Woman (The Bedford Green Mysteries) Kindle Edition

by Michael Kilian (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.2 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
First in the historical mystery series featuring a sophisticated sleuth in Jazz Age Greenwich Village!
 
Everyone who’s anyone in 1920s New York knows Bedford Green. Once a merciless gossip columnist, he has given up the life of sleaze and secrets and decamped for the Village—to open a gritty little art gallery showcasing the most shocking European artists imaginable.
 
The gallery is a money pit, and Green is in debt to some of the roughest loan sharks south of 14th Street, but that doesn’t stop him from looking fabulous or having a good time. He’s happy hanging around Manhattan society—at least until his assistant starts to cry.
 
Sloane is a modern woman, a flapper with a razor-sharp bob and a bulletproof heart, but she’s convinced that her friend Polly Swanscott is in danger. From the speakeasies of the Village to the finest cafes in Paris, Green will do his best to save Polly—and he’ll do it with a cocktail in hand . . .
 
The Weeping Woman is the first book in the Bedford Green Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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    The Bedford Green Mysteries
  2. Print length
    260 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
  5. Publication date
    September 29, 2015
  6. File size
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Michael Kilianis a Washington, DC correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the author of numerous books, including the Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries. His family includes early settlers of Virginia and New York, and Union soldiers who died at Fredericksburg and fought at Gettysburg on Little Round Top.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B013S430IS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (September 29, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 29, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.7 MB
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  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 260 pages
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  • Leyla
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
    Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2015
    This book is more than a mystery, it actually takes me right into the era, it makes feel I am there. The places, the attitudes, the language is all there - when I put the book down, I almost have to shake myself into the present - very reluctantly, I might add. Just think of being able to share a meal with Picasso, or a swim with Cole Porter. This book is a travel back into memory. Having said that, the mystery was very good and I felt that it intrigued me and couldn't easily put the book down. The ending did come to a surprise, but reminded me that maybe those times were not so great after all. I encourage anyone who want a trip back to bohemian times. I am very please that these books are being reprinted for the a new generation to love, or maybe for us who remember books written with a real story. .
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  • S Riaz
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Weeping Woman
    Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2015
    It is good to see a reissue of this first, Jazz Age mystery, featuring Bedford Green. It is 1925 and Bedford Green is enjoying running a small art gallery in New York, after leaving his job as a celebrity columnist for a tabloid newspaper. Despite some niggling financial concerns, life is good and so he is shocked to come to work one day and find his beautifully young assistant, Sloane Smith, in tears. Having never heard her cry before, he is eager to do anything he can to help.

    Sloane informs him that her friend, artist Polly Swanscott, has sent her a worrying postcard from New York – however, she is obviously holding something back about why she feels something bad has befallen her. Still, Bedford agrees to help and goes to see Polly’s family who, like Sloane’s, are extremely wealthy. Bedford had planned to sail on the Aquitania to Paris to search out paintings and make some much needed money and Sloane asks to come along.

    This is a wonderful, period mystery, set firmly in the New York and Paris of the twenties and featuring cameo appearances by real life characters, from Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker and Gertrude Stein, among others. In many ways, the search through café culture Paris is as enjoyable as the mystery itself. I also liked the character of Bedford Green and of his cool and mysterious assistant, Sloane. At times, the storyline got a little confusing and I felt that too many characters were added. However, that did not bother me too much and I would certainly like to read the other mysteries featuring Bedford and Sloane. Lastly, I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, for review.
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  • Michael Bunn
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not good literature, or even literature for that matter
    Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2014
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    By now, the serial author is down to a formula. Not good literature, or even literature for that matter, but a fairly entertaining story. Buy used.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2001
    In 1925 Manhattan, former newspaper reporter Bedford Green enters his own art gallery only to hear his assistant crying. Since Sloane Smith never weeps, Bedford is very concerned and asks what is wrong and can he help? Sloane tells Bedford that her former college crony, Polly Swanscott has sent her a postcard from Paris that implies she is in trouble. Sloane asks Bedford to use his connections here in New York and when he travels to France next week to find and help Polly. Reluctantly Bedford agrees to do what he can.

    Bedford begins making inquiries throughout the metropolitan area. He soon finds out that someone burglarized Polly's Manhattan apartment and that another thug killed that robber. He uncovers more information in New York and later on the ocean voyager and then in Paris, Bedford meets some author wannabees like Hemingway and Fitzgerald, but even with their help his efforts to save Polly from an unknown threat seem futile.

    THE WEEPING WOMAN is an exciting historical mystery that brings to life Manhattan and Paris during the 1920s. The entertaining story line is fun as readers meet a twice-published Fitzgerald with Zelda, Hemingway, and Picasso. Bedford is a rock who supports the plot and the rest of the cast. No one will weep after reading Michael Kilian's enjoyable novel.

    Harriet Klausner
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  • bookwomen37
    3.0 out of 5 stars Murder and Mayhem in 1920's France
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2016
    This was not one of my favorite mysteries. I felt that the mystery was rather weak and was really only an excuse to have the detective travel to Europe and interact with all the famous personalities in 1920's France. If you have read about this period in history you will recognize many characters and stories. I was disappointed by the ending of the mystery. I did like the characters and the setting. This series does not have to be read in order. Read this book for a fun historical romp through 1920's Paris with famous literary figures not for the mystery.

    I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review
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  • Lorraine Talbot
    3.0 out of 5 stars A sometimes confusing, slow moving story
    Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2004
    This is the story of a young woman upset because her friend is missing and she asks her employer, the protagionist of this book, to help her find her friend. The beginning is confusing because there seem to be too many characters to keep track of. Then the presence of jazz age celebrities would slow me down. I was not alive during the 20's, the setting of this book, but many of the real people put in as characters were still alive when I was young, Millay, O'Keefe, Picasso, Hemingway, etc. Each time one of these characters appeared it would make me pause and remember hearing about them in the past. Reading about a fictional character who is mentally disturbed is altogether different than reading about a character who was, in real life, a disturbed woman (Zelda Fitzgerald). 3/4 of the book was searching for a missing person - it wasn't until the last 1/4 that we learned of the murder and read its ultimate solution. The writing is good and younger readers might find the book more gripping than I did.
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