Death on Demand (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 1)
by:
Carolyn Hart (author)
The prime suspect in the murder of author Elliot Morgan, Annie Laurance Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, embarks on an investigation in an attempt to clear her name. Originally in paperback.
The prime suspect in the murder of author Elliot Morgan, Annie Laurance Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, embarks on an investigation in an attempt to clear her name. Originally in paperback.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780553263510 (055326351X)
ASIN: 055326351X
Publish date: 1987-01-01
Publisher: Crimeline
Pages no: 195
Edition language: English
Category:
Writing,
Adult Fiction,
Books About Books,
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Death,
Cozy Mystery,
Murder Mystery,
Fiction
A "cozy mystery" and first in a series set in an island off South Carolina. Annie Laurance owns a mystery bookshop there, Death on Demand popular with a bunch of mystery writers who regularly meet there. Soon after one odious author among them threatens to tell their secrets, he's killed and Annie f...
After a reading jolt (meant in a very good way) of James Lee Burke, I usually have to take a brain rest with a little, quick read “cozy.” Little, yes 200 pages; quick read, no I had a lot going on; easy to follow, no, not so much with a lot of characters; fun read, definitely!Set on a small South C...
Fun read. Good solid plotting and the characterizations were entertaining. Slightly improbably that in a group of authors (or anyone), every single one would have such dark secrets in their pasts. Everybody has skeletons and incidents, but these were all doozies. I loved Annie and Max's relation...
This story was ok. It was enjoyable enough, I liked the male main character (Max) quite well, and the female main character (Annie) was ok, too, although at times I found her to be far less of a believable character than Max. I also had the murderer figured out almost immediately, which is a bit o...
The painting puzzle in each book of this series is a delight in itself.