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Cafe Europa: An Edna Ferber Mystery (Edna Ferber Mysteries), by Ed Ifkovic
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In 1914, as rumors of war float across Europe, Edna Ferber travels to Budapest with Winifred Moss, a famous London suffragette, to visit the homeland of her dead father and to see the sights. Author Edna is fascinated by ancient Emperor Franz Joseph and by the faltering Austro-Hungarian Empire, its pomp and circumstance so removed from the daily life of the people she meets. Sitting daily in the Café Europa at her hotel, she listens to unfettered Hearst reporter Harold Gibbon as he predicts the coming war and the end of feudalistic life in Europe while patrons chatter.Then a shocking murder in a midnight garden changes everything.Headstrong Cassandra Blaine is supposed to marry into the Austrian nobility in one of those arranged matches like Consuela Vanderbilt’s still popular with wealthy American parents eager for titles and impoverished European nobility who have them to offer. But Cassandra is murdered, and her former lover, the dashing Hungarian Endre Molnár, is the prime suspect. Taken with the young man and convinced of his innocence, Edna begins investigating with the help of Winifred and two avant-garde Hungarian artists. Meanwhile possible war with Serbia is the topic of the day as Archduke Franz Ferdinand prepares to head to Sarajevo. While the world braces for disaster, Edna uncovers the truth―and it scares her.
Cafe Europa: An Edna Ferber Mystery (Edna Ferber Mysteries), by Ed Ifkovic- Amazon Sales Rank: #4497570 in Books
- Brand: Ifkovic, Ed
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 278 pages
Review Set in 1914, Ifkovic’s so-so sixth Edna Ferber mystery (after 2014’s Final Curtain) takes the bestselling writer to Budapest, in the company of Winifred Moss, a British suffragette. The pair stay at a shabby hotel, the Árpád, where Edna can’t resist scrutinizing the other guests. She sees that Cassandra Blaine, a wealthy young American woman about to be forced into marriage with a European aristocrat, is not just spoiled but terrified; Cassandra’s murder sets Edna off to find the killer among the eccentric, suspicious characters hanging around the Árpád. The proceedings are enlivened by the antics of Harold Gibbon―an obnoxious but plucky reporter for Hearst’s sensational newspapers―but slowed down by excessive detail about what Edna and Winifred are seeing and eating. The feverish, doomed-operetta atmosphere is relevant, since Europe is on the brink of WWI. That the solution to the mystery relies heavily on international politics, however, diminishes Edna’s personal investigation. (Publisher's Weekly)
About the Author Ed Ifkovic taught literature and creative writing at a community college in Connecticut for more than three decades and now devotes himself to writing fiction. Downtown Strut is the fourth mystery in his Edna Ferber Mystery series for Poisoned Pen Press.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Budapest...in summer of 1914 By Jill Meyer "Cafe Europa", by author Ed Ifkovic, is the latest novel in his "Edna Ferber Mystery" series. I think there are five earlier ones, but this is the first one I've read. Now, I've jumped into mystery series before not having read the previous books and felt like I am missing "something", like the characters' back stories, but I actually found "Cafe Europa" pretty easy to get into. Of course, it helps to know who Edna Ferber was...I picked up this book because it is set in Budapest in that fateful summer of 1914. Hungary was the "junior partner" - as they thought of themselves - in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Budapest was a hotbed of spies - both homegrown and foreign. International business people were in the city, looking for investment opportunities, including the brokering of a marriage between a wealthy young American woman and a titled-but-broke Austrian nobleman. And there was one reporter, a "yellow journalist" from the Hearst syndicate, looking to write about the death-throes of the Empire. There was trouble on the southern lands of the empire and the Balkans were just waiting to explode.Edna Ferber was visiting the city with a British suffragette friend and became involved in the murder of another guest at their hotel. Ferber, in attempting to solve the crime - as well as a second that occurs soon after - is immersed in life the city. Ifkovic combines real characters with fictional ones, but it helps to have access to Wikipedia to figure out who is who. He puts a "List of Characters" in the front of the book.Good historical fiction both teaches and entertains, and it is certainly the case with Ed Ifkovic's "Cafe Europa". The book begins a bit slowly, but that time is spent establishing the characters and place. I think the reader should have an interest in WW1 Europe, but the mystery should keep almost everyone interested.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. TAKE A JOURNEY TO 1914 BUDAPEST, COURTESY OF "Café Europa" By KOMET I came to this novel not knowing what to expect. But I was intrigued to learn that its main setting would be Budapest during the late spring/early summer of 1914. I was also curious to learn that Edna Ferber, who had been a famous journalist and writer, would figure prominently in the novel. So, I set myself to embarking upon an exotic journey in a world long gone, in which international travel was largely the preserve of the wealthy and well-to-do.Edna arrives in Budapest with her friend Winifred Moss, a British suffragette, from Berlin, where she managed to escape from the smothering clutches of her mother. A mother who frets for her daughter's future, which she maintains should be with a husband and children. But Edna, who had over the previous decade, made a name for herself as a journalist and successful short story writer, knows her own mind and is unafraid to assert herself. Both her and Winifred become enthralled with the charm, wonder, and mystery of Budapest --- as well as fascinated by the old Emperor, Franz Josef, and the pomp and circumstance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a nation living on borrowed time."Sitting daily in the Cafe Europa, [Edna] listens to unfettered Hearst reporter Harold Gibbon as he predicts the coming war and the end of feudalistic life in Europe while patrons chatter." Then there is a murder of a young, wealthy American woman (Cassandra Blaine), who had often frequented the Cafe Europa, and was expected --- through parental coercion --- to marry a cash poor old count. A count who was more interested in the enhancement of his financial status the marriage would bring him than in his future bride. As for poor Cassandra, her heart was with Endre Molnar, a handsome and dashing Hungarian who had been her lover and was now a prime suspect in her murder. Edna, however, who had gotten to know Cassandra briefly in the few days before her death, thinks otherwise, and "begins investigating with the help of Winifred and two avant-garde Hungarian artists."Ifkovic writes with considerable skill, displaying a deep knowledge and feel for the sensibilities of his characters and the atmosphere of Budapest and Hapsburg society. I admit to being utterly enthralled by the cast of characters in "Cafe Europa" and the way the drama played itself out. No spoilers here. This is a mystery novel that will keep the reader on his/her toes and --- perhaps like me --- completely fooled as to the identity of Cassandra's murderer. (By the way, Edna Ferber was a real person. Her father was Hungarian and had emigrated to the U.S., where Edna was born in 1885. Three of her novels --- "Cimarron", "Showboat", and "Giant" --- were later adapted for the Broadway stage and the silver screen.)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Compelling Mystery Set in Budapest on the Brink of World War 1! By Jeffrey Tretin Fascinating murder mystery set it Budapest shortly before the onset of World War 1. All the characters, including those based on historical figures are well drawn. Anyone who enjoys historical fiction should not miss this mystery. It gives you a feel for Budapest as well as for the tensions that existed between the Austrians and Hungarians in the empire. I've previously read a book by Ed Ifkovic and look forward to more. Once you start, you won't be able to put it down. Very clever ending which I won't spoil for you.
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