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Title: Hocus Croakus : A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0-380-97868-7 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Felt Cheated
Comment: I've read all of Mary Daheim's B&B mysteries, and until this one, generally enjoyed them for what they are, entertaining cozies that chart the lives of Judith Flynn and her family as Judith solves various murders. So I was all set to expect more of the same entertainment from this latest in the series. I don't want to spoil the plot, but suffice it to say I felt disappointed with the trick that the author played on this reader. By the end of the book, I also grew to dislike pretty much all the characters. The gambling casino location seemed to bring out the worst traits in most of Judith's family members. I agree with the reviewer who said this is not one of Daheim's better efforts. I hated this book so much that I revealed the surprise ending to the members of my monthly mystery book club so that none of them would be tempted to read the book and suffer the same irritation and disappointment that I experienced.
Rating: 2
Summary: not her best work
Comment: I read all the Bed and Breakfast books and I generally LOVE them all - I don't really know what it was but I felt like I was just really getting tired of Judith sticking her nose into things the twist was nice and I cannot wait till the next book - but it was a major downfall to her last book and to all the previous titles in this series. I think maybe there just wasn't enough Rene in it for me -
Rating: 5
Summary: Fine Addition To A Great Series
Comment: Judith McMonigle Flynn, owner of Hillside Manor B&B needs some place to stay while her business is being renovated after a fire. Luckily her cousin Renie comes to the rescue, she has to attend a convention at the Native American Stillasnowamish Casino and invites Judith to come along.
Judith, her husband, retired homicide detective and now Private investigator, Joe Flynn, Cousin Renie and her husband Bill, and a nightmare for any vacation, their mothers. Gertrude who now lives in a converted toolshed at the B&B because she refuses to live in the same house with Judith & "LunkHead" and Renie's mom, Aunt Deb, who still considers her daughter to be about twelve and in need of constant reminders about wearing sweaters and not talking to strangers.
What starts out as a semi-peaceful vacation changes quickly when after sitting through the magic show of The Great Mandolini, his beautiful assistant is found dead.
The tribal detective Jack Jackrabbit asks for Joe's assitance in solving this case, but not being asked to help doesn't stop Judith from trying to solve the mystery.
I don't want to tell much more about the plot, but this latest book has a lot of great twists and turns before it is resolved and I never saw any of it coming.
It is a very funny book. Cousin Renie seems to know everything about gambling and her descriptions of some of the weird slot games she's playing are hilarious. Her husband Bill seems to spend most of his time observing the games for days before he plays. He's got a system. Aunt Deb is a big hit at the convention after she takes her daughters place because Renie can't pull herself away from the casino. And Gertrude discovers Keno on the TV in her room.
I read a lot of these series mysteries and I think this one is the best.
If you're a brand new reader, I would suggest you try to read the books in order. Each book does stand alone as a great mystery, but the relationships of the people evolve over each book, for instance, in the first book, "Just Desserts" Joe & Judith meet up again after 20 years when he comes to investigate a murder at her B&B, how they get back together and why they broke up in the first place and what happened over the intervening 20 years is explained over several books. There are usually references to previous crimes and characters, such as the idiot sheriff from the book "A Fit Of Tempera", Sheriff Abbott N. Costello who makes a return visit in this book. The author does give you enough information that you know who or what they are without having to have read the previous book.
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Title: Bell, Book, and Scandal : A Jane Jeffry Mystery by Jill Churchill ISBN: 0060097973 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Silver Scream : A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery by Mary Daheim ISBN: 038081563X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murder Walks the Plank : A Death on Demand Mystery by Carolyn Hart ISBN: 0060004746 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Death in a Beach Chair by VALERIE WOLZIEN ISBN: 0449007197 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cutwork by Monica Ferris ISBN: 0425193896 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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