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Title: Maggie Needs an Alibi by Kasey Michaels ISBN: 1-57566-880-7 Publisher: Kensington Mass Market Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (20 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Energetic and funny
Comment: Imagine your fictional characters appearing real-life and taking over your life. Kasey Michaels starts her riotous who-dun-it with a twist where popular writer Maggie Kelly gets the shock of her life when her book protagonists Regency detective extraordinaire Alexandre Blakely and assistant Sterling Balder manifests in her world. Things start going out of hand when Alex becomes a heroic rescuer at Central Park - and really wrong - when her publishing boss Kirk Toland ends up dead after eating her mushroom steak. Funny and satirical, Ms. Michaels wickedly lampoons the publishing industry and deftly paces the tale with snappy dialogues and quirky characters including her doorman Socks, thugs like Snake and the detective Steve Wendall. Ms. Michaels however chooses to downplay the romance element here which may be disappointing for her fans but nevertheless this audacious book charms with its energy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hilarious! I loved it!
Comment: Maggie has made a successful career for herself telling the stories of the finest Regency detective since Holmes, Alexandre Saint Just and his trusty sidekick Sterling. Until now, she has not had to worry about out of control characters or writer's block. Then, one day she opens her eyes to find that Sterling and Saint Just have gone out of her head, literally. They are in her living room, bodily, and she is short a couple of cats.
If the fact that her star characters are now her roommates wasn't enough to deal with, her ex boyfriend is making a pest of himself. Though she might like to kill Kirk the Jerk, Maggie never intended to do so. She just has to convince the police of that, when he winds up dead after eating poison mushrooms she served. Maybe having Saint Just around is a good thing after all.
***** Maggie and her two "friends" will quickly win your heart. The situation is completely unique and fresh, and the humor fast paced. Maggie is easy to like, and while Alex and Sterling might get on your nerves, it's in the way that loved ones can. You love them for the irratations. I look forward to their further exploits. *****
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: I have been a fan of Ms. Michaels for a long time and usually am delighted by the wit, romance and good characterization of her books. This book was simply not up to par with her previous novels. The plot sounds far more interesting than it reads. The characters are more annoying than charming and the pace is too slow for this type of book. I was not amused by the dialogue and the plot as I usually am. As noted by other reviewers, there is precious little romance in this book either. Considering that it is a hardcover and thus I paid more for it than her previous paperback releases, it was a severe disappointment. Usually an author earns their way into the hardcovers by selling lots of paperbacks and showing consistent quality and reader appeal. This novel is a step back for the author and I'd be surprised if she continues to be printed in hardcover.
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Title: Maggie by the Book by Kasey Michaels ISBN: 1575668815 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: This Must Be Love by Kasey Michaels ISBN: 0821771183 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Escapade by Kasey Michaels ISBN: 0446606839 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Too Good to Be True by Kasey Michaels ISBN: 0821767747 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Knock Me Off My Feet by Susan Donovan ISBN: 0312983743 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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