LAST FULL MEASURE - Softcover

Glatzer, Hal

3.6

5 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880284847 ISBN 13: 9781880284841

Publisher: Daniel & Daniel Publishers, 2015

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A pleasure cruise, a treasure hunt, swing music, and murder? who could ask for anything more? In late November 1941, swing musician Katy Green joins two old friends in a dance band on the SS Lurline en route to Honolulu. Hidden treasure at their destination could make them rich, but murder—as well as World War II—is in the offing. Swing music fans, nostalgia buffs and history enthusiasts will enjoy the authentic period and musical detail in this delightful historical mystery. And Stanford and Cal graduates will enjoy the traditional Big Game rivalry aboard ship! A vintage postcard of the SS Lurline introduces each of the 13 chapters, as well as cover and frontispiece illustrations.

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About the Author:

Hal Glatzer is the author of two previous Katy Green mysteries, also awardwinning audioplays. A composer and musician, he was also a newspaper and TV reporter in Hawai’i. Glatzer and his wife live among SF, NYC and the Big Island. AUTHOR:

From Publishers Weekly:

Those who love the music of the big band era will enjoy Glatzer's lightweight third Katy Green historical (after 2004's A Fugue in Hell's Kitchen), which portrays the life of working musicians (or, more often, looking-for-work musicians) with authority and charm. The basic setup has strong dramatic potential: Katy Green, who plays fiddle and alto sax in an all-girl band working on a cruise ship bound for Honolulu in late 1941, is offended by the anti-Japanese racism she encounters in other passengers, just days before the Pearl Harbor attack. But atmosphere and sensitivity by themselves can't carry a weak plot. Make that two weak plots. For this story has two separate plot threads, which never get tied together. One fizzles to a dead end, and seems designed primarily to exhibit the author's knowledge of Hawaiian history. The other, involving several murders aboard ship, rests precariously on the most oblique of motives. Readers who can ignore all this in favor of nostalgia will be rewarded with a pleasant trip. (Apr.)
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