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Title: Blood on the Vine: A Murder, She Wrote Mystery: A Novel by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain, Peter S. Fischer ISBN: 0-451-20275-9 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Okay.
Comment: This book seemed worse than most MSW novels. The characters that Jessica meets are one-dimensional and boring. This book also says what might happen to Jessica and George Sutherland relationship-wise.
Rating: 3
Summary: Sour Grapes?
Comment: I love Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain's Murder She Wrote series of novels, but this one seemed to be in bad taste. The motivations of some of the characters seemed a bit sordid. It wasn't the kind of thing I would want Jessica mixed up in. When the denouement revealed what had gone on behind the scenes, it left a bad taste in my mouth. It definitely wasn't a nice cozy.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not bad, but not the best
Comment: I love the Jessica Fletcher mystery books, but this one just didn't seem right some times.
The characterization of Jessica just seemed off. There seemed to be an arrogance about her (and George Sutherland) that I found unappealing and not in keeping with either the televison program or other books in the series.
George Sutherland is given a very large role in this mystery, which is not necessarily a bad thing. But at times, Jessica seemed more like his assistant than the star of the book.
There was also a poorly done scene at a spa. I kept thinking about how much more intersting it would have been if Jessica had done one of her "addle brained old woman" or "rich snob" acts to get the information she needed rather than the direct approach used by the author. Even without going that route, I think the whole scene could have been handled much better. One of the things that I always liked about the character was that she never completely loses her cool. This particular scene just did not ring true to me.
There is also a revelation near the end of the book that seems to come from out of nowhere. I think there was a definite need for some foreshadowing prior to this.
On the postive side, the book is engaging and easy to read. If it were not part of the Murder She Wrote series, I think I would have liked it more. It just doesn't seem like Jessica to me.
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Title: Trick or Treachery: A Murder, She Wrote Mystery by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain ISBN: 0451201523 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Murder She Wrote : Provence to Die for by Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher ISBN: 0451205669 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Murder She Wrote: You Bet Your Life by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain ISBN: 0451207211 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Murder She Wrote: Murder in a Minor Key by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain ISBN: 0451204344 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Knock 'Em Dead: A Murder, She Wrote Mystery: A Novel by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain ISBN: 0451194772 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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