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Title: Dead Man's Island by Carolyn G. Hart ISBN: 0553566075 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: July, 1994 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting whodunit!
Comment: Wealthy, arrogant Chase Prescott invites his long-ago colleague Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins to come to his private island to try to determine who is trying to murder him. He tells her that an attempt has been made on his life and that he is determined to find the culprit. He invites anyone whom he feels had the motive and opportunity to Dead Man's Island (renamed Prescott Island by the egotistic Chase.) Henry O accepts his invitation and joins the others for a few days on the isolated, mysterious island off the coast of South Carolina. The problem she encounters is that everyone present does have a motive and that makes it difficult for her to find the culprit. The action becomes more exciting towards the end when a powerful hurricane threatens the island and murders begin to occur. The solution to the murder is a convoluted one which defies logic and which makes me wonder why Chase invited Henry O in the first place. The book is very readable, however, and gives the reader many pages of real suspense.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not up to her normal standards
Comment: This book is not like the normal Henrie O mysteries I have read. I understand that this is her first in this series. That may explain why the book just wasn't a great one?!
The Henrie O mysteries are very different from the Annie and Max Darling mysteries. Henrie O is typically a strong woman who has lived through some tough times. She is able to be a stand up type of woman for those in trouble.
In this book however, I just remember thinking several times through out the book: What? or You have got to be kidding? or For Heaven's Sake... It just didn't click together. Much of what occured in this book just seemed so not real. For an author who writes Henrie O books that are fairly well grounded, this book was a dissapointment.
Although I might read this book again because I am generally a Hart fan, I don't know that I'd suggest it to many other people. I would suggest a different Henrie O story however.
Rating: 2
Summary: Wordy but not very mysterious
Comment: Finished reading DEAD MAN"S ISLAND by Carolyn G. Hart. It is her first mystery with a new title character. After beginning reading the book I came across other people's critique of the book. After finishing, I agree. An elementary book with lots of words and a contrite ending. It is one they teach in writer's courses not to make. But she is selling books and I am not, so it shows you what I know.
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Title: Scandal in Fair Haven by Carolyn G. Hart ISBN: 0553565370 Publisher: Fanfare Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Death in Lovers' Lane by Carolyn Hart ISBN: 0380790025 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Death on the River Walk by Carolyn Hart ISBN: 038079005X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart ISBN: 0553272225 Publisher: Crime Line Pub. Date: 01 June, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Southern Ghost by Carolyn G. Hart ISBN: 0553562754 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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