My Mother, The Detective

书名：My Mother, The DetectiveTheComplete"Mom"ShortStories
作者：JamesYaffe
译者：
ISBN：9781885941114
出版社：Crippen&Landru
出版时间：1997-1-20
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：174
豆瓣评分： 8.9

书籍简介：

Such a Mystery! Mom never wanted her son Dave to become a policeman. "For all the brains it takes, believe me, you might as well be in business with your uncles." Besides, "All those gangsters and dope fiends and bookies and hatchet murderers and other such goniffs; isn't it possible you could get hurt some day?" It's not difficult to solve crimes, Mom explains—and it's certainly not for her. Dave and his very superior, Wellesley-educated wife, Shirley, have dinner with Mom in the Bronx every Friday evening. Between the chicken soup and the schnecken, Dave talks about his current cases. Mom is not interested in what she describes as sophie-ological analysis and psycho-annihilating the suspects, but her long experience in dealing with scheming butchers, nosey neighbors, and eccentric relatives leads her to a logical solution to all Dave's mysteries. "By yourself, you should've guessed it," Mom says, but it takes Mom's insight into personality to unravel the crime. Thirty years ago, Ellery Queen wrote that it was "sure as death and 'tectives" that a collection of Mom short stories would appear. Witty, wise, and filled with warmth, the Mom tales are some of the finest armchair detective stories ever written.

作者简介：

James Yaffe is the author of many novels and stage plays, as well as the non-fiction The American Jews. He began writing for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as a teenager in 1943. He is a professor of literature at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

书友短评：

@ Miyuu 高质量的安乐椅神探短篇集，我最喜欢的两篇是妈妈与春天和妈妈的回忆，第一次看这种安乐椅短篇集，说实话形式上难免有些重复，不过这篇集子选的案子诡计和布局是真不错，作者在二三十页的篇幅里闪转腾挪，能把起承转合交代的清清楚楚，我觉得这个写作功力我是很佩服的，况且几个看似无关实则切题的问题让人从疑惑到恍然大悟再到回味无穷，作者是懂得拿捏读者心理的。如果要写短篇集，一定要多研究一下本书的写作节奏，篇幅不长但几次反转都出人意料，这个肯定是对谜题结构进行详细拆解后的精妙组合。总之一句话很赞！ @ 花发发花会挥发 4.5 @ 闻人 打卡这本安乐椅侦探神作，出乎意料的提问切入点，娓娓道来的心理分析，加上八大姑七大姨的八卦，第8篇妈妈回忆最佳。 @ Catkin 日系看太多了换个欧美的调节一下。侦探妈妈是典型的安乐椅侦探，每次只需要问几个（在我看来）不甚相干的问题就能找到答案。不得不说妈妈真的很敏锐（而且亲戚也很多），唯一的问题就是诡计一般般吧，倒是妈妈的吐槽和说理挺有意思的。

Introduction
Mom Knows Best
Mom Makes a Bet
Mom in the Spring
Mom Sheds a Tear
Mom Makes a Wish
Mom Sings an Aria
Mom and the Haunted Mink
Mom Remembers
Mom Lights a Candle
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