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    Three-Day Town
    Three-Day Town
    Three-Day Town
    Audiobook9 hours

    Three-Day Town

    Written by Margaret Maron

    Narrated by C. J. Critt

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff 's Deputy Dwight Bryant are on a train to New York, finally on a honeymoon after a year of marriage. January in New York might not be the perfect time to visit, but they'll take it. The trip is a Christmas present from Dwight's sister-in-law, who arranged for them to stay in an Upper West Side apartment for one week. While in New York, Deborah has been asked to deliver a package to Lt. Sigrid Harald of the NYPD. Sigrid offers to swing by the apartment to pick up the box, but when they reach the apartment, they discover that it is missing and the doorman has been murdered. Despite their best efforts to enjoy a blissful getaway, Deborah and Dwight soon find that they've teamed up with Sigrid and her team to catch the killer before he strikes again.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 21, 2011
    ISBN9781461847144
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    • 3/5
      I was fully intending not to read this book, having decided that its premise (a mystery bringing together Maron's two long-standing series heroines, Deborah Knott and Sigrid Harald) was too much of a gimmick, but I was desperate for some escapist fiction to tide me over the long holiday weekend, and there it was.... It was serviceable enough as a stress-reducing read, but doesn't really do either character justice, and I found the closing vignette much too cloying. I've given it three stars rather than two out of sheer nostalgia for the earlier Deborah Knott books, which for many years now have been staples on my mystery bookshelves.
    • 5/5
      It was fabulous having Sigrid Harald back!
    • 3/5
      North Carolina Judge Deborah Knott and hubby Dwight Bryant, a high-ranking police official, head from Colleton County to the Big Apple for a much-delayed honeymoon. They’re staying gratis in the Manhattan co-op apartment of Dwight’s sister-in-law. While they’re at a neighbor’s party, a man is killed in their apartment, bringing in Sigrid Harald, a NYPD lieutenant. By coincidence, Judge Knott is delivering a wrapped package to Sigrid for her to give to her mother; the package is from Sigrid’s grandmother, who lives in Colleton County NC. (Sigrid Harald is another of Margaret Maron’s series characters.)Three-Day Town is written mostly from the viewpoints of two narrators, one concerned with Judge Knott’s doings, the other with Lt. Harald’s – so while readers see both, the protagonists know only their own. Ms. Maron handles those viewpoints in her usual masterful fashion, but I didn’t care much for that approach. I also would prefer to find Deborah and Dwight back on their home turf, but I understand that authors need variety in their writing and Three-Day Town certainly provides it.I thought the sub-plot involving a stolen piece of art to be somewhat distracting – and the resolution of that plot thread a bit disappointing. Still, this series remains one of my long-time favorites – and Three-Day Town was a good read from a wonderful writer.
    • 4/5
      After a year of marriage, Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant are off to New York City for a long-delayed honeymoon. January might not be the perfect time to take a bite of the Big Apple, but Dwight's sister-in-law has arranged for them to stay in her Upper West Side apartment for a week.Deborah had been asked to deliver a package to Lieutenant Sigrid Harald of the NYPD from Sigrid's Colleton County grandmother. But when the homicide detective comes to pick it up, the package is missing and the building's super is found murdered. Now despite their desire to enjoy a blissful winter getaway, Deborah and Dwight must team up with Lt. Harald to catch the killer before he strikes again.
    • 4/5
      Deborah and Dwight are off to wintry NYC and a belated honeymoon.. Settling into s relatives apartment, they are invited to a neighbor party. And, find a murdered man on their balcony. Investigating is Sigrid and her team. Lots of interaction between the cousin, sort of, and several more deaths occur. Good crossover between the two series.
    • 4/5
      Every few Deborah Knott series books Maron seems to get a bit of cabin fever and sends her characters out and about, either somewhere in North Carolina other than Colleton County or as in the case of this novel, New York, New York.The mystery starts after Deb and Dwight get to New York City and their lent apartment for the week, and go to a party on the floor. When Deborah goes back to the room she finds a dead body. Thankfully (because it would be a bit of a stretch) Deb's not related to the victim unlike most of the other Deborah Knott mysteries.Sigrid Harald, from Maron's other mystery series, is on the case, and then it becomes a race, who will solve the mystery first. Sigrid or Deborah.There's also a cool little subplot about Deborah's nieces and nephews back at high school in North Carolina that had me chuckling a bit.But the most interesting part of the novel was to see Maron's two very well fleshed out main characters from her two serieses interacting, working together (or not) on the page.Also there were a couple of twists, including a big one, that I didn't see coming. And while I thought the big twist was handled well, I was a little disappointed that it got a little lost in the end.Still. A pretty great novel with an interesting mystery and as always great characterization and character interactions.
    • 4/5
      Judge Deborah Knott and her husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, are spending a January week in New York City, a delayed honeymoon after their marriage a year ago. The plan is to visit museums, jazz clubs, and Broadway shows, but their plans change when a man is found dead in the apartment they are borrowing for their visit. Things I liked: Deborah and Dwight's relationship, the cross-over with one of Maron's other series characters, NYPD lieutenant Sigrid Harald, and the NYC setting. Things I could have done without: Deborah ending up in physical danger again by trying to solve the murder on her own. Things I could have used more of: I missed the usual North Carolina setting and the interest and amusement provided by Deborah's huge family (11 brothers and a bootlegger daddy). Still worth reading, overall.
    • 2/5
      I remembered that I had read earlier books of Maron's and thought I didn't care for them much. But since this one had pretty good reviews I decided to give it a try as I needed something to pass the time. I can only give it two stars for the plot. There are so many wonderful female protagonists out there, these characters are really trite. Musing on how one's former lover, now dead, didn't compare her beauty to the beauty of super models, wasn't she lucky? Another, thankful to get a break from her spouse on her honeymoon to go shopping for expensive red high heels and boots on 5th avenue in NYC (while enmeshed in murders happening all around her)? Sorry, not my kind of women. And as for the main male character - the last few paragraphs of the book made me want to barf. Sorry, but that is what came to mind.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed this story, as I have many Maron books. I enjoyed the new setting in NYC, but I must admit that I missed Colleton County too. I had to read this book in two installments, since I had to return it to the library before finishing it. I'm glad I got to wrap it up. Now I'm looking forward to the next in the Deborah Knott series.
    • 3/5
      Nice escape reading. I have read a few by this author over the years. Fun to revisit old character friends.
    • 5/5
      Deborah and Dwight finally get that honeymoon they've been putting off. With a loan of an apartment from a good friend, tickets to see a Gilbert & Sullivan opera, and a whole week to themselves in New York City, what could go wrong.

      Well, murder for one thing. First night there and the superintendent of the building is found dead in the apartment they are using. Enter one Sigrid Harald, police officer and the starring character in an earlier set of mysteries by Margaret Maron.

      I admit this taste of Sigrid has made me want to go back and read her entire series, which I will be doing!

      This story is told in chapters by different main characters, mostly Deborah and Sigrid but occasionally Dwight as well. There are enough suspects in an apartment building is NYC to keep everyone guessing. The ending had some surprises for me.

      Just can't wait to read more, both of Deborah and of Sigrid.
    • 5/5
      Awesome series, unlike any others that I've read, have every one of them. Revolves around a woman judge and her southern family, including dad who used to be a bootlegger. Start at the beginning and read each book in order, you'll love them.
    • 4/5
      An excellent entry in Maron's Judge Knott series. This one, set in New York, made me homesick for my native city. I haven't been back in two years and this made me want to go back for a visit. The mystery was cool. It didn't call for much putting together of clues so much as observation and some lucky breaks. There was also a character from another one of Maron's series, featuring Sigrid Harald, a series I have not read yet. A very enjoyable read. Well-written as always.
    • 3/5
      A good Judge Deborah Knott plott, but, I didn't like some of the characters. Not up to the usual great status for a Margaret Maron mystery, never the less, Deborah came out a winner in identifying the bad guy.
    • 3/5
      C. J. Critt is the perfect voice for Deborah Knott! I love listening to these books. This one reminded me of a TV series that's introducing a spin-off -- the familiar characters encounter and interact with the new ones. I realize Sigrid Harald isn't exactly new: Maron wrote a short series about her some years ago. And of course Sigrid has to be a distant relative of Deborah's! My favorites of the Deborah Knott series are the ones set in her home town, among family and friends that have almost become my own friends over the decades of reading about them.
    • 4/5
      I've read some Margaret Maron, and collected several in preparation for the inevitable binge. I've only read a couple of the Sigrid Haralds, though, and so was pleased that Three-Day Town (which I received from Netgalley, thank you) was part of the Deborah Knott series; these books have been on my radar for a while but somehow never actually wound up in my hands, so I looked forward to meeting Judge Knott. I don't really like starting in the middle of a series (instant spoilers for every book before it), but I have to say, I found this a great place to break in. And then, to my surprise (not having read the synopsis), who should enter the picture but Sigrid Harald.I do feel obliged to remark that the book shares one of what I feel are the besetting sins of "cozy" mysteries - to wit, the fact that death follows the featured character(s) around like a stray puppy. It's inevitable, I know, but stretches my suspension of disbelief more than most fantasies. In these series, Sigrid Harald is a homicide cop, and so has every reason to keep encountering death; Deborah Knott is a judge married to a cop, and is therefore in a situation where she might do so also. However, this book sends her and her husband on vacation - a week in New York, their long-delayed honeymoon. And within forty-eight hours someone is dead in their borrowed apartment.That out of the way (and, really, who cares?), it's a great story. The writing is so fluid and full of character I can't imagine why I haven't read more Margaret Maron. Coming off a recent stretch of Carol O'Connell's Mallory novels, read far more recently than the Sigrid books, I'm seeing a resemblance between those two main characters; Sigrid isn't a psychopath, but she is a social misfit in some of the same ways. This could be one reason I haven't read more Maron, if my ambivalence toward Sigrid here is evidence. I was a little sorry every time the narrative switched over from the first-person intimate of Deborah Knott to the third-person chilly of Sigrid Harald.*That* being said, the sure-handed telling of the story is a sight to see. Neither main character has all the facts, and their relationship (all but nil, and not likely to grow warmer) does not see them swapping confidences. In the meantime, other secondary characters go about with bits of information, leaving the reader to wait until either Deborah or Sigrid makes the necessary connection and resulting discovery. There is one aspect of the story (where the obscene statue came from), revealed to the reader in a flash-back prologue, which is never revealed to the main characters. This book is obviously the product of a seasoned writer. I can't say I adore Deborah, and I can't even say I much like Sigrid (though I'm intrigued by her); I found the evolution of the murder mystery a little far-fetched; even so, all in all, it was quite a good read.
    • 4/5
      For those who like Margaret Maron's Judge Knott, as do I, this is the kind of thing they like. This time, the judge and her husband leave Colleton County for a vacation in New York in an apartment borrowed from a friend. What should happen but -- murder most foul! Indeed, a murder committed in the apartment where they are staying! The book brings in the central character from another Maron series, NYPD detective Sigrid Harald. Lots of nice commentary on NY, interesting characters, and even a side-plot mystery back in the judge's North Carolina family. Satisfying all round.
    • 2/5
      This novel, unlike all the other novels of the Deborah Knott series is set in New York City. The time is January and a snowstorm has encased the city, but murder continues. Maron also wrote a series set in New York with Sigrid Harald as the main character. Maron penned the last Sigrid mystery in 1995, but this novel seems to predict the reemergence of Sigrid. Sigrid seems the main character of this novel. Sigrid leads the police investigation, while Deborah and Dwight seem to be by-standers. The Southern format is replaced by the fast-paced format of New York. The crime does not linger for days, but is quickly solved. Maron appears to be following Michael Connelly's scheme of intertwining figures from different series. While Connelly's grouping works, Maron's meetings seem stilted and flat. The story seemed boring and not climatic, even though some of the characters were quirky.
    • 4/5
      This book is an entertaining cozy mystery. Although I don't follow either of Maron's two series characters from this book (Sigrid Harald or Deborah Knott), I enjoyed their alternating points of view here.
    • 3/5
      I was fully intending not to read this book, having decided that its premise (a mystery bringing together Maron's two long-standing series heroines, Deborah Knott and Sigrid Harald) was too much of a gimmick, but I was desperate for some escapist fiction to tide me over the long holiday weekend, and there it was.... It was serviceable enough as a stress-reducing read, but doesn't really do either character justice, and I found the closing vignette much too cloying. I've given it three stars rather than two out of sheer nostalgia for the earlier Deborah Knott books, which for many years now have been staples on my mystery bookshelves.
    • 5/5
      Three Day Town is the latest in Margaret Maron’s Judge Deborah Knott series. Deborah and Dwight, her husband of about one year, are finally getting away for a mini-honeymoon in NYC. As part of the trip, they are bringing a parcel to be delivered to the daughter of one of their friends. They are staying in an apartment owned by the wife of one of Deborah’s relatives. The first night there, they attend a party next door and come home to the body of the building’s superintendent in the apartment.Now, the story gets interesting! The investigating police officer is Lt. Sigrid Harald, the protagonist from an earlier Maron series. Ms. Harald is an acerbic, somewhat humorless detective with a past tragedy in her life. She is also the granddaughter of Deborah and Dwight’s elderly friend who asked them to deliver the parcel. The contents of the parcel are somewhat shocking and may be connected to the murder. There are all kinds of interesting characters woven throughout this story. Well to do society types, art lovers and artists, service workers in the co-op, and New York’s finest all play a part in this mystery. One of the interesting things about this book was seeing Deborah work away from her home base. She and Dwight contribute to the solution but not with much cooperation from Ms. Harald. The taciturn detective’s character becomes more likeable as we learn more about her, but she is the opposite of Deborah’s open, earthy personality. I have to say that I decided to go back and read the older series after reading this book. I asked the author if future Harald books were planned and she said no but that there would be appearances in future Knott books. This book has plenty of suspense and the characters are well done. One of Ms. Maron’s strengths is the believability of her characters. They add to the story and don’t distract the reader with useless red herrings. As usual, the interplay between Dwight and Deborah is wonderfully romantic even in the midst of a murder. I have to say that I will be glad to see them back home in the next book. I just love the family dynamics and the southern ambiance in these books. Can’t wait for the next book in the series!!
    • 3/5
      I like all of Maron's work, the first book with Kate, the Harald books, Deborah Knott but why did she have to put them all together? The book gains nothing by it.
    • 5/5
      It kept me interested and guessing the whole book. I like Deborah and Dwight. I think their must have been other books written with them and I would read them.Deborah and Dwight after a year of marriage are finally going on a honeymoon to New York City by way of train. Leaving Dwight son with brother and sister-in-law. They are staying in an apartment for a week while renter is out of town.Dwight is second in command of the Sheriff's Dept. in Colleton County, North Carolina. Deborah is a Judge.Their first day in New York they are invited to neighbor's party in the next apartment. They where asked by a distant relative to give her daughter a package since she lived in New York. But the daughter was out of the country for a month and left her daughter's phone number. So Deborah called and told her about the package. Sigrid Harald called back and asked what was in the package her grandmother sent her mom.So Deborah opened it and it was a statue of bunch of men making love. So Sigrid arranged to come pick it up that night and meet them at the party. When Sigrid and Deborah went back to their apartment the door was open and the statue gone. Dead building super on balcony. with door opened. In the bathroom Deborah was last to use it before they went to party and seat was up and she knew others had used it. Turns out a lot of people kept going in and out of that apartment. Everytime I thought okay maybe its him someone else dies. The super Phil's wife has mental problems and she stills little shiny stuff useually animals. Phil is always returning them. She never leaves the building and doesn't talk to others but does clean some of the apartments.The building has a old elevator that the doorman is sopposed to run at all times, but because their was a party lots of people crowded in hallway ended up lot of people came into the apartment to use the bathroom.Easy read murder mystery. Likeable characters. I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest review from Netgalley.
    • 4/5
      I have randomly read a few titles in Margaret Maron’s seventeen strong Deborah Knott Mysteries series but it has been a while. Three-Day Town was actually a great title to pick up because Deborah and Dwight are in New York on a belated honeymoon so the complex relationships in North Carolina are less crucial to the storyline, not that they don’t manage to find kin in the Big Apple. During their stay Deborah has been asked to deliver a package to a distant relative but before she is able to, the statue inside is stolen and a man murdered in their borrowed apartment. Ironically the package was intended for the mother of NYPD Lt Sigrid Harald who takes the lead on the homicide investigation. Readers familiar with Margaret Maron will recognise Sigrid who featured in her own series, the last of which was published in 1995.The victim of murder is the popular super widely considered an honest guy but the Upper West Side apartment building is seething with secrets and someone didn’t want theirs revealed. Maron has created some very interesting characters including a kleptomaniac cleaner with social anxiety disorder, who really add interest to the story. In fact I’m impressed with Maron’s ability to create well developed personas for even the minor characters that appear.Deborah and Sigrid are also an interesting juxtaposition in both personality and investigative style. Deborah is a southern charmer, warm and friendly who can not help but nose around the investigation while Sigrid is reserved and coolly analytical of the evidence.It’s a complex but neat, well paced plot with a plethora of suspects and a variety of possible scenario’s to consider. There are plenty of twists and I admit to being unsure who was responsible until just before the culprit was revealed. There are also two minor subplots, one involving the provenance of the missing murder weapon and one involving Deborah’s nephews and nieces back home, to add depth the murder mystery.Three-Day Town is an entertaining cozy mystery that works well as a stand alone and may pique your interest in the series if it’s unfamiliar to you. For fans this installment is something a little different, letting Deborah and Dwight spend some time much deserved time together away from Colleton County.
    • 4/5
      Judge Deborah Knott and her husband Dwight Bryant go on a belated honeymoon to New York, taking with them a mysterious package for a distant relative's daughter, Anne Harald. Anne is away, so her daughter, police lieutenant, Sigrid Harald comes to collect it instead. When she arrives, the package is missing and there is a dead body on the apartment balcony. Oops.The eagerly awaited return of Sigrid Harald. Hooray! Good, too.